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[...] Do not expect too much. To expect too much is to grant authority a basic authority that it does not possess.

(In sum, we probably got exactly what we expected out of the deal, although it was certainly valuable as a reminder of how the psychic field and its members are regarded by the “straight” scientific community. [...]

[...] You expect more of them than you do others, because you are still blinded by the ideas of authority.

[...] The royalty check was expected later in the year. [...]

You can expect news from your friend Pat Norelli, and another communication from Edwards.

[...] Jane has received her expected note from Harry Edwards in England, concerning absent healing, and in answer to Jane’s monthly report; therefore another letter soon from Edwards would be unusual.)

[...] The activity of the ions, only slightly outside of the expected, will nevertheless make it plain that the scientists do not have predicted activity. [...]

[...] The child expects the parents to come to its support in the same way that it expects its own fingers and toes to support its various positions and decisions. [...]

I expect (to Sue and Ned) some greater performance from you two now. [...]

You (to Bette) can expect some increased activity in out-of-body experiences if you permit them to occur. [...]

[...] We have spoken about the importance of expectation. [...]

(For some material on expectation see the following sessions, among others: 79, 135, 157, 158, 159, 160, 163, 164, 169, in Volumes 2, 3, and 4.)

[...] Upon suggestion dream actions can be turned toward fulfilling constructive expectations, which can themselves effect a definite change for the better in the personality involved.

(Jane smiled, a reaction that I expected. [...]

[...] I hadn’t expected him to use our bank accounts as analogies, but saw at once what he was up to. [...]

[...] Just what I expected, I told Jane, and added that it looked like we would end up stuck with mangled work distributed in Europe.

[...] Tam visits next week, so we may learn more, but at the moment I don’t expect any miraculous results. [...]

This will give you some time, for her own subconscious attitude must be altered if any real improvement is to be expected. [...]

You must begin to expect that she has hope, for she reacts to all suggestions, as each individual does. [...]

[...] We can begin a program designed to change her own inner expectations.

(I didn’t think anything immediate would develop, I told her, nor did I expect the session tonight would be on me. [...] That is, at least rejection wasn’t implied, but I must admit that both of us are very cautious about expecting any sort of real acceptance via academia; certainly not these days. [...]

[...] Certainly we hadn’t expected such an outright acceptance so quickly after LD’s visit last week [Sunday the 22nd]. [...]

Indeed, you should expect it. [...]

[...] The author does not realize how much is necessary before his methods will have the effect that he expects. [...]

(“I now expect them to disappear.”)

[...] If she had a session today, I wanted to tell Seth that what I was writing here today was much more than I’d expected to be able to write two weeks ago, say, or even a week ago.... [...]

[...] I told Jane that I’d never expected to be writing down what I was doing these days, since I hadn’t mentioned it to Seth after all. [...]

[...] I told her that I expected her to be in good shape when I got her home again. [...]

(4:27.) Now, you can indeed expect further improvements with Ruburt’s eyes and sight. [...]

[...] Some such feelings could be expected, naturally enough, since you do not live in a perfect world. [...]

[...] I still felt that surge of expectation and energy, as though we had somehow turned a corner in probabilities. [...]

[...] So if you had a job he felt you were sacrificing, but if you did not then he expected you to paint your best, and make the world take it, and pay for it.

[...] But for now I expect this week’s suggestions to be faithfully followed.

[...] He can expect more relaxation periods now, so have him go along with them, and watch his moods then.

 (To Sue.) You are ready for an excursion into another level of probabilities that you have not visited and so our friend, Ruburt, will expect to see the results in black and white before too long. [...]

(To Arnold.) I also expect something from this corner. [...]

The life that you two personally have, has been brought about through trust and expectation. Your artistic endeavors are the result of trust and expectation. [...]

In all of these areas expectations bring about physical reality.

The set and expectations will change. [...]

“I feel sometimes as if I am expected to justify life’s conditions, when of course they do not need any such justification.”

[...] If you can, playfully, playfully together, imagine you and Ruburt chasing each other up and down the stairs, or dancing beautifully, or whatever comes into your mind, as long as it is not serious, and you do not expect instant results.

[...] Like most people with no background in psychic work, I expected things to be pure and simple. [...] I didn’t realize either that little is known about normal perception, much less extrasensory perception, or that no medium is expected to be 100 percent correct. [...]

[...] I saw just what I could have been expected to see had I been in the cab physically. [...]

[...] We were trying to see what we could and could not expect of the sessions. [...]

[...] This does not mean that Ruburt should expect to go off and make great money as a musician. But expect abundance and the release of all your abilities.

[...] Settle upon a reasonable amount and expect it, knowing it is just. [...]

[...] The feeling of expectancy is all important, that in the end all good can come today.

Neither of us expected that Seth would develop his session out of that idea—or even that he would give material for Dreams. [...]

[...] A fond good evening—though you can expect some homey sessions also, of course, which are on the way (heartily and with humor.)