“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

There is always an excess of this inwardness, struggling to express itself in an outward form. [...]

[...] There is no energy that is not to some extent aware of itself; having sought and achieved expression through physical form in one way or another, it is not satisfied but forever seeks more complicated gestalts.

The inwardness therefore flows through and forms matter, and the inwardness remains when it has finished expression in any given form. [...]

The inwardness, as you know, is conscious of itself; but forming this new universe it could express its consciousness only through matter as it formed it, beginning with the innate, rather generalized consciousness of atoms. [...]

The body’s health is the expression of inner well-being. Poor health is an expression also, and it may serve many purposes. [...]

[...] With such a small example, however, you see how such roles, even when they are largely denied, have a bearing and limit expression.

[...] Indeed, the expression is a natural part of healing, and leads to great communication. [...]

[...] It means that you refuse to let old habits any longer rule, and each such encounter is an exercise in learning how to express and communicate your feelings each to the other.

Reasons have been given to you in the past, but you can break the habit now by expressing your emotions to each other, and so indeed you must. [...]

[...] In your relationship you inhibited the expression of joyful and loving emotions first. [...]

[...] The end result however on both of your parts was the inhibition of emotional expression in your relationship, precisely in those most important areas where it was most needed.

They feel isolated and alone, unappreciated, filled with rage which is being constantly expressed — in many cases, though not all — through a steady series of minor social crimes. This applies whether or not major crimes are committed; so the simple expression of aggression without understanding does not help.

If, on the other hand, parents view the body as a healthy, dependable vehicle of expression and feeling, then their children will look at their own bodies in the same fashion. It is very important that parents express a fond affection toward each other, and toward their children. [...]

[...] In many, though not all instances, such a secondary personality may represent simply the whole personality’s quite healthy attempts at expression that have been too long denied. [...]

[...] In some cases the secondary personality is, again, an emergency measure that will eventually tide the whole personality over, allow for the expression of actions before their explosion completely disrupts the personality system; and then the secondary personality structure may be dispensed with for all practical purposes, to be recalled however upon another emergency.

[...] However, it must be understood that from the whole personality’s viewpoint, a strong ego, that is a dependable one, and one that will also allow necessary expression, is a necessity. [...]

In this case the so-called secondary personality would express the whole personality to better advantage, and actually reinforce its permanence and identity. [...]

The propelling force in all of existence is the desire to be, however — the impetus toward expression, development, and fulfillment. [...]

[...] Part of the mystique of the suicidal impulse is indeed the secretive aspect — so the very expression of the feeling is beneficial, and leads to better communication.

Indeed, part of the would-be suicide’s dilemma may be caused by a lack of communication with others, a misinterpretation of the motives of friends or family members, and a difficulty in expressing one’s own needs and wishes.

[...] The multidimensional reality simply cannot be expressed. In the dreaming state, when consciousness relates opaquely to physical concerns, glimpses of the multidimensional self can appear in dream imagery and fantasies that will symbolically express your greater existence.

[...] These express in nonphysical terms your relationship with your own being. [...]

The person seeks a certain kind of expression while also feeling that the same expression is either dangerous, forbidden, or for one reason or another impossible to achieve. [...]

[...] The point is not so much to search for what is wrong, but to discover what expression is denied, even while it is sought for. [...]

(Pause at 9:20.) In either case, however, portions of the self are hampered, restrained, and their expression drastically reduced, and there are bound to be repercussions. [...]

[...] She fears then, Seth going too far as an expression of her creative and spontaneous self. This expression then must be kept within strict, safe limits. [...] Once more, I know I’m on to something here, while agreeing in advance that I’ve expressed the insight in simplistic terms.”

[...] And I learned during the day that our talk had upset her considerably, even though I’d told her I felt that there was “a lot of hope” in the ideas expressed in our discussion. [...]

[...] The entire rationale as expressed in some of those sessions concerning the rather paranoid tendencies of the conscious mind, should also be remembered. [...]

[...] The situation however is such that almost any clear emotion is automatically denied expression, shunted aside and often replaced completely by an opposite—all under the guise of the idea of (in quotes) “being good and understanding.”

[...] Help given spontaneously out of love is the only kind of real help to giver or receiver, and yet this important kind of help is often denied expression because of the inner resentments.

[...] So the true love and compassion goes crying, while you are forced to express an exterior love and compassion many times.

[...] He felt better physically when he realized the feelings at that point, and when even through a reproachful silence he expressed them. [...]

[...] They were not approved of, and intellectually Ruburt silenced them, before giving them adequate voice or expression.

The feelings can be adequately handled through reason and emotion after (underlined) they are allowed expression.

[...] But you did not encourage him to express the feelings. [...]

He told himself he understood what the feelings were, and did not approve of them, but he did not allow them expression at all.

[...] The idealization of motion, however, in that person’s mind, or of change, may be denied expression at any given time — but it will nevertheless seek expression through experience. [...]

[...] Privately your thoughts are expressions of your idealizations; and while expressing those inner patterns they also modify and creatively change them. [...]

[...] That existence was expressed in the personality, but not in the normal conversation with the boys he dated, or with his friends. [...]

He became quite good at expressing this inner life regardless of other circumstances, and the situation at home, and he understood that it was at odds with what was expected. [...]

[...] He tried to tie it to writing alone, which was the closest approximation he could make to creative conventional activity, while still allowing himself expression. [...]

In other periods, for example, there were acceptable frameworks through which mystics expressed themselves, and most cultures have such avenues. [...]

[...] Sexual activity is therefore also meant as enjoyment, as an expression of pure exuberance. [...]

[...] What you think of as lesbian or homosexual activity is quite natural sexual expression, biologically and psychologically. [...]

[...] So the species is blessed, if you will (louder) with many avenues for sexual expression. [...]

You have, in the dream’s meaning, your father who wants to be left alone, who likes to work in solitude, and who is quite uncomfortable with the expression of emotion. You have, in the dream’s meaning, your mother given to explosive bursts of emotional expression, who it seems makes emotional demands. In the dream’s meaning, she chased after him, and in that context you felt one portion of yourself making demands upon another portion that resented the emotional involvement, the emotional outbursts that that portion naturally expressed. [...]

[...] Obviously, you want to work in peace: you resent the intrusion of having to take the time to express anger or disappointment. [...]

[...] Such a book will always be expressed through those invisible national characteristics that are so intimately involved with language—and obviously, were that not so; no book could be understood by someone of a foreign language. [...]

[...] He opens up a door in himself that leads to other levels of his being, but a being that cannot be completely expressed in your world. That existence is mine, expressed in my experience at another level of reality, so I must write my books through Ruburt. [...]

[...] When you are dealing with subjective experience, however, definitions can often serve to limit rather than express a given experience. [...]

[...] It is futile to question: “What is the difference between my psyche and my soul, my entity and my greater being?” for all of these are terms used in an effort to express the greater portions of your own experience that you sense within yourself. [...]

[...] These mundane activities may seem quite divorced from what I am telling you, yet in each simple gesture, and in the most necessary of physical acts, there is the great magical unknowing elegance in which you reside — and in the most ordinary of your motions, there are clues and hints as to the nature of the psyche and its human expression.

[...] The creative artist is always involved in the expression of the ideal, and his work expresses that ideal as best he can.

[...] You would find it hard to express pleasure with a given cover, or you would forget, as with Seven Two, for its attributes would seem lost in your larger displeasure. [...]

[...] I spoke on television, and you were both appalled at the gulf between what you saw as the idealized message of our work, and the ludicrous (pause) lack of integrity of the environment in which that ideal was expressed. [...]

[...] A simple statement of fact, regardless of the reasons: Ruburt has a great but not neurotic need of expressions of love. [...]

Ruburt is not a child, but you often do think that your concern automatically expresses your love, and take it for granted that to Ruburt that is clear. [...]

He felt it unfair to keep at you for emotional expression of love through verbalization and touch when it was not natural to you. [...]

[...] In the meantime follow the few suggestions given, and in whatever way you can, express your own spontaneous feelings toward Ruburt.... [...]