“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

In a strange fashion desire promotes action seemingly without effort, or the effort seems so natural, so spontaneous and so joyful that it is not recognized as effort in the old fashion. The great artists did not use their abilities so much through the utilization of will and effort as they did through following their own natural impulses, desires, and intents. These form a true sense of purpose, so that the aspects of the will and the effort fall naturally into place to bring about the desires.

In a sense, to “give up all effort” is almost blasphemous in the light of predominating beliefs to the contrary. Eastern religions are the only ones that even remotely try to approach such a principle, and they do so in highly distorted fashions. Western religion and science promote the ideas of competition, effort, the emphasis upon the will, divorced from the imagination, so that to “give up all effort” can be read as an abdication of responsibility, an indication of laziness and sloth; or in fundamental Christian terms, the devil finds work for idle hands.

So now we come to imagination and desire. When these are utilized properly you do not need effort, for effort becomes effortless. It is and it is not. When Ruburt feels he understands this, without taking any special time, let him think of using desire and imagination together, purposefully disconnecting them for this exercise from willpower or effort, and seeing himself shopping with you in a store, or walking a beach in Florida, or anything else that automatically comes to mind.

Parts of original Christianity did indeed speak of this “letting go of effort.” In a curious fashion, such letting go of effort might well result in an increased abundance of creativity, for example, but the mental and psychological set allows an individual to become more aware of the basic motivations of the personality, that show themselves quite clearly through the impulses, and through desires—particularly when they are not overlain by layers of “I must,” “I should,” or “I must do this or that.” Such thoughts cut down on both impulses and action, by setting up invisible barriers.

[...] The effort will be more than worth your while, but the effort must be an honest one, or she will sense the hypocrisy.

You are concerned, and have made efforts, but you are better equipped simply because of your personality structure, to make these efforts. [...]

[...] It will take some effort on your part, but if she feels that you spend time with her simply because you want to be with her, this will go a long way in solving your difficulties.

If your relationship is as important to you as I believe it is, then you will make the effort. [...]

[...] You do it by changing over your accounts in whatever areas you are concerned, from the old savings account to the super-account with its nearly double rewards for the same effort. [...] You withdraw the account by trying to exert more effort in Framework 1, instead of letting the account take care of itself.

Now: You still have some money in a regular savings account, and that is handy for simple day-to-day expenses, so of course you always have some effort to expend in Framework 1, and some experience with its normal trial-and-error tactics. [...]

[...] He does this by mentally changing over his account (emphatically) from Framework 1, where he is indeed improving through effort, trial and error and determination—but improving at a far slower rate than he would like. [...]

He changes his health account to Framework 2, where he need expend no more effort than he is now, but the results, or the interest, will be far more than doubled. [...]

(On Monday, September 11, Jane had held a session in an effort to help a man and wife in Raleigh, NC. [...]

[...] (Long pause.) As an immediate step all effort should be made to remove negative suggestions, as these are building up about her. [...]

[...] It is most essential that negative suggestions be drained away from her, and replaced by positive suggestions (long pause), and a massive effort to do so is required.

[...] Not a wishful thinking sort of thing, but a definite effort to understand that her form is indeed composed of this energy, and in this way he can help her use it to her advantage.

[...] The effort to eat more will be as resisted by the chronically underweight, as the effort to refrain from eating will be by the obese. [...]

[...] The work is close to the way Seth would present it; it probably stems from her efforts last night, we think, to see what she could do with “book work” on her own:

(“The best thing to do is to stop all such efforts, but instantly begin altering your beliefs as instructed in this chapter.

[...] Once again she’d spoken with what seemed to be considerable effort as she lay on her back, her head propped up on several pillows, her right arm swaddled closely in the blue and white canvas sling that held it close to her side and across her lower chest. [...] She’d used a number of pauses, as though gathering effort or strength for the next few words. [...]

[...] Much more effort was involved for her, too. [...]

[...] The most important one is that Ruburt must make a conscious effort not only to alter his habits but to handle what he thinks of now as distractions by conscious effort, the changing of a pattern, rather than by unconscious limitations on the body. [...]

[...] The effort required is considerable, in a way, yet the knowledge that he could make the effort would be important.

[...] But at the same time you must make efforts to act according to the new one that you want.

[...] You, who do not have the physical difficulty, should now make an effort to initiate such things on your own. [...]

Now when you believe that much effort is required, and you let go the effort, you can become only more frightened. Ruburt must gradually try to understand that in that larger sense no effort is required.

[...] This is very difficult to explain, so that you avoid contradictions, but in the larger sense (underlined four times) no effort is required.

[...] In larger terms, Seth’s admonition to “let go the effort” is very important.

[...] Groaning and straining, making hoarse sounds of effort, she began to struggle to move her whole body. I could see the effort travel up her left leg into the hips and her belly. [...]

[...] Once again she began noisily moving her head and torso from side to side—her best effort yet—the motion having repercussions in her belly and hips, legs and feet. [...]

[...] A clear reference, I said, to the body’s efforts to learn coordination, to her not being used to moving that much or that freely. [...]

It takes effort to inhibit your memory of your dreams. [...] So you no longer need to use the effort to inhibit the memory of your dream. You can tell yourselves that you can simply let that effort go. [...]

[...] It is not difficult, it is easy, and you can recall these experiences without effort. [...]

[...] I was just too hot but did make an effort not to sit too long; to go out on back porch, etc. [...]

[...] On awakening could feel my eyes were bugging out and vision blurred some; Pat and Carroll came; I’m embarrassed to be seen walking as I do—worse Carroll comments on my eyes—throat—I’m mad at me and at her; instant poor mood, worry about eyes again—think worse things—make an effort to trust the physician within; tell myself to ignore negative suggestions—then return to natural data. [...]

Framework 1, to some extent or another, however, is always influenced by Framework 2. There, the same correlations do not apply between the effort expended and the work performed, or the time required for such procedures. Very little effort, there, comparatively speaking, has an effect here in Framework 1—that is, a small amount of effort in Framework 2 can result in extraordinary work done in Framework 2, and with a foreshortened time effect.

[...] Work done in Framework 2, however, is out of all proportion to the effort expended. [...]

[...] Any of these methods, however, involve little effort, with important concentrated results, for you are taking time aside in the same way that I explained earlier you both do in the areas of your work. [...]

In Framework 2 the mind affects the physical brain in a more complete and effective manner than usual, and can spark images, thoughts, or correlations that exist in a context outside of the time that is happening in Framework 1. Time happens at a certain regulated rate, then, obviously, in Framework 1. A certain amount of time is needed there to do a certain amount of work, and according to scientific dictates a specific amount of effort is required to perform different kinds of work.

You have been fighting him in this regard, and this has impeded the efforts he has lately been making. [...]

[...] The rest of the time consciously make an effort to control your attitude when you find yourself thinking in terms of want or poverty. [...]

Your combined efforts can change your situation.

[...] I haven’t felt that we’ve been using any combined efforts particularly.”)

Ruburt realizes the desperation behind his own sudden impetus to dance, and the effort behind it. [...]

[...] Granted there are other reasons for it, nevertheless you choose to begin with a situation in which dancing is not the norm, where it requires on anyone’s part particular effort, and a spotlighted situation.

Ruburt feels if you love him you will make the effort, but you retreat. [...]

Do not stop your efforts, you see, until complete health has returned, for only then will the problems be completely conquered, and this complete conquest is your best insurance against any reoccurrence. [...]

[...] Do not give up your efforts too soon. [...]

It will take, perhaps, some work to maintain your relationship at this necessary level, but for your own health and Ruburt’s, such effort is more than worthwhile.

[...] I took it to mean that more effort was required for the session, or at least that her current physical situation resulted in a changed delivery. [...]

[...] So, I think, are the results, re the vitamin therapy and our own efforts—the peanut oil massages and the cod liver oil, and so forth. [...]

(I will now write Sheri asking for copies of all correspondence she’s had with England, both on her part and theirs, so that perhaps we can correlate Jane’s changing condition with their efforts. [...]

[...] The effort will be more than worth your while, but the effort must be an honest one, or she will sense the hypocrisy.

[...] You are concerned, and have made efforts, but you are better equipped, simply because of your personality structure, to make these efforts. [...]

(My question proved to have some value, for in some manner it spurred Seth, or Jane, to a better effort. [...]

[...] It involved her efforts in getting the tape made, and the two manuscripts in question, ready for the mail. [...]

First, Jane and I thank you very much for your efforts on her behalf. [...]

[...] We need dates especially, so we can correlate the efforts of others with whatever changes Jane shows: otherwise it will be very difficult to write convincingly about what transpires, for whatever we write will be designed to help others also. [...]

[...] This will involve some work on his part, but all effort must be made. He is to make an effort to remember his dreams, get up and record them, and anticipate projection dreams. [...]

[...] He did not want to make the effort to have a social evening with them. [...]

[...] His tale showed that Jane’s efforts of the night before had largely been futile. [...] He left, and Jane still had the impulse to have me call him back in another effort to help him. [...]

[...] He must make token efforts, therefore, to break away—efforts that must be futile, because if they worked he would be in the “real world.”

[...] Not only because of the lost time and probably vain effort involved, but because as she talked, she knew she was saying things that applied to her as well. [...]