“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

Now because neither of you wanted children, his books were considered part of his wifely duty; substitutes, he felt, that were better than the originals. He felt, then, that he could produce far better books than he could children. Your sexual lives, despite what you may jointly think, did not suffer on the level in which both of you were working at one time. You were each agreeable to pouring sexual energy into your work.

He must see that the writer’s freedom and ability is dependent upon his being a free person. Now those with strong talents are more aware than others of the power of energy. They have chosen to be so aware. Those involved deeply in any art are consciously or unconsciously working in a most intimate manner with the challenges of another kind of creativity. Through their art they see their beliefs and feelings translated into form. On that level they are studying the ways in which beliefs and feelings are translated into living reality. They are ready to deal with the joy and responsibility that others may not as yet understand, so it is easy enough to make errors. The creative abilities have a power that can be confusing, overprotected, or on the other hand run from. Ruburt was trying to do double duty—protecting his abilities and your own. If he remembers his instinctive feeling for nature he will know that he belongs outside as well as inside.

[...] He feels duty-bound to find out what is wrong, and that is how the habit so took hold. [...]

[...] (Pause.) It is no more his duty to be psychic than it is his duty to be human, or creative. [...]

He has inhibited physical aspects in terms of decorating, etc., going out— those areas, out of a sense of duty. [...]

[...] Other muscles had done double duty, so to speak, and “improper” postures were set up to maintain balance. [...]

[...] It became his duty to repress spontaneous feelings that might lead him astray. [...]

[...] If your father did have daughters, rather than sons in the life that you know, he actually would have fared better in the physical world, because he would have felt it his duty to protect them financially: he would have considered them fairly helpless, and in need of his abilities. [...]

[...] This playful activity is, in fact, the basis for their organized behavior, and they “play” at adult behavior before they assume their own duties.

[...] Almost at once the new libido takes up its adopted duty of maintaining the physical universe, along with all others, and without hesitancy.

[...] Her duties have been changed somewhat, and will include lecturing to the children’s classes on art history; Jane likes to teach, and many sessions ago Seth said this ability was a carry-over from a previous life, and was so far not being used in this life.)

[...] The new department or her position would build upon her present knowledge and duties; that is, the knowledge would be of definite value to her, but the main emphasis of her duties would lie elsewhere. [...]

[...] New people were there to take care of her because Lottie and Darlene and Barb were pulled off for other duty—perhaps for some time. [...]

[...] I “travel” to many other levels of existence in order to fulfill my duties, which are primarily those of a teacher and educator, and I use whatever aids and techniques serve me best within those systems.

[...] She said Carla had told her that she was on duty the night of the day Jane was admitted to the hospital April 20, just a year ago. [...]

However it is your duty, and the duty of every individual insofar as it is within his power, to maintain his own psychic health and vitality; according to the strength of this vitality he will protect himself and others. [...]

[...] She could not describe her duties.

[...] The inward work ends up causing them to relate to a physical world when they believed that their duty was to shut themselves off from that world.

(“I believed it was my duty to use my creative abilities each day, to concentrate fully there and to exclude everything else I could.”)

One of my duties is to enlighten you on such matters. [...]

[...] The outer ego recognizes its own duties, but it is aware that more is involved.

[...] Intuitive springs rush to the surface, and because the outer ego has already been alerted, it is able to accept these realities while still performing its ordinary duties.

Such an accident would occur in a period of exuberance, rather than for example when he was driving in connection with his duties at work. [...]

[...] In all periods of your time they went about their duties both in the waking and sleep state. [...]