“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(9:40.) The hallucination is created, therefore, out of fear and of restriction. The devil idea is merely the mass projection of certain fears — mass in that it is produced by many people, but also limited in that there have always been those who rejected this principle.

[...] They concentrate upon not what they think of as the power of good, but fearfully upon what they think of as the power of evil.

[...] Again, the point is that he covered up the fear of rejection, and tried to minimize the place of importance that the chapter has for him.

[...] He did not want to send it out for fear it would come back—underline back.

[...] But he was afraid to grant himself that release for the old fears of rejection stop him.

[...] There was a feeling of disappointment connected and I’d say that it represents some feelings about my abilities—I thought they were sterling—really terrific—and wore myself out caring for them, but I fear that they are only very good serviceable ones after all, their earlier promise not proving true.... [...]

[...] Fears, however, have prevented him from fully trusting—or consistently trying—such avenues, not only fears, but the batteries of past beliefs, both on his part and yours, with their unfortunate patterns of behavior and conditioned responses. [...]

[...] Among them is Jane’s fear of the controversial nature of Seth’s medical material, which led to Prentice-Hall’s installation of the hated disclaimer.

[...] However, they’ve been valuable in showing that she is still contending with previously buried fears. [...]

[...] Symbolically in your case, and opposed to our Jesuit’s case, the retention of fluids has to do with the fear for your position, of refusal to give up, or the fear of giving up, prerogatives. [...]

[...] There is always in such a condition the struggle between the desire to move quickly, and the fear of movement. [...]

[...] Not to fear selling his soul to the devil. [...]

[...] Ruburt has been to some extent afraid of hope, for fear that he would be let down. [...]

[...] When you are fearful you block out possibilities. [...]

[...] The women’s fear of bearing children alone made them barren when starvation loomed. [...]

Initially fear will be the impetus. [...]

[...] On the other hand, in such cases remember that often a doctor’s or a nurse’s negative suggestions or fears, voiced, simply give voice to the individual’s own fears. [...]

In all respects there must be complete honesty here, and conditions should be reached where there is no fear of ridicule on Ruburt’s part, or fear of lack of successful data, or failure.

This should be clearly understood, for our progress depends upon a feeling of trust, and fears of this nature will impede us. [...]

The fear was of an overreliance upon structure. [...]

I believe the feeling had to do with the fear there was an overreliance upon structure, in this case, that could impede the sense of motion; that a particular piece of fruit (pause), seemed so perfect in structure that it somehow seemed to be frozen within it, and could not roll. [...]

[...] You recognized your fear when you saw it in the dream as objectified on your thumb, and then you allowed it to disappear.

(Through the day Jane herself received periodic insights from Seth about the condition, mostly having to do with her fears that she wasn’t walking enough, and not trusting the body to do its own thing in the recovery process. [...]

[...] Ruburt felt he must have hurt Peg’s feelings, and this made him also feel somewhat abandoned, fearing that the friendship might simply lapse.

First of all, many of the questions reinforce the idea of fear, for example, or lack of safety, each time they are asked. [...]

“The energy behind his ‘black thing’ was the energy of hidden fears, but such a thing could be formed by anyone, since there are fears in any man. [...] Any ‘thing’ so created entirely of fears would be frightened and particularly angry at its creator. [...]

[...] Worse, I recognized many of them in myself: resentments, fears, and anger.

[...] Now, evil does not exist in those terms, and even illness or fear are not necessarily enemies, as much as aids to understanding and means to a greater end. [...]

Seth went on to say: “The evil that Ruburt imagined he was projecting outward does not exist, but because he believed it did, he formed the materialization from his fears. [...]

[...] She was overly fearful, ironically enough, for the child’s safety—and hence he developed a condition that kept him under scrutiny all the while.

[...] Such exaggerated fears, of course, were a strong element in the family itself, so that the family did not feel free to move. [...]

And it is this image of a god that you have been seeking to escape and yet fear that you will once again find. [...] For in all that you had, those qualities of unbending justice, inhumanely applied, were what clung to your mind and heart and tinged the edges of your soul with fear. [...]

(Intently:) There is no reason to fear a prolonged period of improvements that “go nowhere.” Only those fears slow down your success.

[...] You do have something extremely valuable when you realize it, though this is often lost to you in practical terms because of your fears and negative projections. [...]

[...] Fear, his and yours, makes him concentrate upon the body’s sensations too much, and that prevents him from the frame of mind necessary for his writing.

You can get rid of all the illness when you realize that you have the habit of creating and drawing it to you out of fear. What you fear most you draw to yourself. [...]

(During break Nadine stated her children were always sick and she has a terrible fear of germs.)

[...] So you also have strong healing abilities but these, so far in your personal life, have been latent because of your fear and your obsession in the other direction. [...]

[...] You need not fear any lack in that regard, then.

[...] (Speaking generally): You are so frightened of death, in your terms, that you dare not turn your consciousness off for one second; for you fear that if you do, indeed, who will be there to turn it back on again?

Until you are honest with yourself and become consciously aware of yourself, you cannot honestly relate with others; you will project upon them your own fears and prejudices. [...]

[...] They also imply the feelings of love and acceptance that are buried beneath your own fears, and those you are terrified of expressing in physical reality.

[...] He (as Seth sometimes addresses Jane, because of her male entity name, Ruburt) progresses at a certain rate, for example, and encounters some blockages, due to doubts and fears. [...]

(Long pause at 4:10.) This is now, at least, a natural casting-off of old doubts and fears, but in such a way that they are recognized and then let go.

[...] We thought this stemmed from the fear of interruption because of the party downstairs, though we heard nothing.

Distractions, or fear of distractions, have their own reality, and set up strongly positive electrical charges which can be detrimental, although other conditions, chemical and electrical conditions, must also be considered. [...]