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[...] The mother had an absolute terror of cats, and considered them the personification of evil. [...] She was extremely unbalanced, the mother, emotionally, and considered her husband’s mother, who was a foolishly naive, good-natured and innocent thing, as a personification of evil.

[...] Her pace was good.)

Good evening.

(Good evening, Seth.)

This is entirely different from Ruburt’s attempt with his creature, for he was trying to form an evil creature, in those terms, to slay—a thing conscious of its own evil in those terms, and that is always dangerous. [...]

Good evening.

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

To replace it with a new construction, it is a good idea to suggest that the old construction has indeed vanished, and in its place a new more acceptable one is being built. [...]

(To Nadine.) It often occurs that those who have strong healing abilities focus upon illness and sickness and are obsessed with it in the same way that many ministers, given to thoughts of good and God, are obsessed with the idea of the devil and evil. [...] If you will forgive me, it is somewhat like a woman with very earthly desires, but strong abilities in that line, who rigorously refuses to use them and dwells instead on thoughts of their evil, holding them back simply because she realizes they are so strong. [...]

[...] Now, I am going to drink some of this, though it is not good brandy. It is good wine, but it is not good brandy. [...]

Now I bid you all good evening, and I bid a particular good evening to an old friend who has not been here in some time. [...]

(To Louise.) Now, if you want to cough have a good one and do not feel embarrassed. [...]

[...] When you think in terms of possession, you are thinking again in antiquated terms of good and evil. [...]

[...] If you believe that abortion is evil and have one—it will be an evil. It is not basically evil, but that makes little difference to you if you believe that it is. [...]

[...] Now I am joking because I never could miss a good joke, so do not take that seriously. [...]

[...] Because they are behind me, the scene is too good to miss and they have never seen a psychology like your own. [...]

Now: I bid you another most fond good afternoon —

(“Good afternoon, Seth.”)

[...] In fact, that kind of rage is the mark of a perfectionist caught in what seems to be the grasp of a world not only imperfect, but evil.

Good evening.

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

[...] It is a good idea to write down a list of specific acts or incidents that fill you with a sense of guilt. [...]

[...] Jane’s trance had been good, her delivery even and rather quiet. [...]

Now I bid you another most fond good afternoon —

(“Good afternoon, Seth.”)

[...] Like so many others they believe that self-expression is dangerous, evil, and bound to lead to suffering — self-inflicted or otherwise.

It will be a good idea, even if it is not pleasant, for Ruburt to do some more free association in relationship to his fears about his body’s performance — and those fears should not then be treated impatiently. [...]

(“In this book, Seth leads the reader beyond conventional ideas of good and evil to a new framework of understanding. [...]

If you believe that hate is wrong and evil, and then find yourself hating someone, you may try to inhibit the emotion or turn it against yourself — raging against yourself rather than another. [...]

[...] All natural aggressive elements were denied in their natures, and any evidence of momentary hatred was considered evil and wrong. [...]

[...] My fondest wishes to you both, and good evening.

Ideas of good and evil are exaggerated, cut off from each other. [...]

What protection, then, but to effectively project these outside of the self — impulses of good as well as evil — and hence effectively block organized action?

(Whispering once again to start:) Good evening.

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

Forget ideas of good and evil for our discussion. For one thing, men who perform seemingly evil acts but who believe those acts to be right and justified, can be carried along in relative safety for some time before their errors catch up with them, because the power of their own self-approval is so strong.

Now, good evening.

(“Good evening. [...]

His ommm exercises can serve a good purpose; they calm body and mind at once, that is at the same time, and they can serve you also. [...]

(I’ve made good use of the time. [...]

(Her Seth voice was quite good, although she used a number of long pauses.)

Now — I bid you another fond good afternoon —

(“Good afternoon, Seth.”)

[...] One emotion is not good and another one evil.

Now give us a good long moment. [...]

[...] Again, what is the ideal, the good impulse, and why does it seem that your experience is so far from that ideal that it appears to be evil?

(Whispering:) Good evening.

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

Good evening.

(“Good evening, Seth.”

You may be convinced that human nature is evil, or that no one is safe from another’s aggression, or that people are motivated mainly by greed. [...]

[...] If you think that men are evil, however, you are often not able to examine that as a belief, but take it as a condition of reality.

[...] Many of you believe, moreover, that the physical self’s very nature is evil, that its impulses, left alone, will run in direct opposition to the good of the physical world and society, and fly in the face of the deeper spiritual truths of inner reality. [...]

[...] But what good were the developing stages of a wing, I wondered, and how many uncounted generations of reptiles-turning-into-birds had to carry those appendages, before a fully-formed bird was finally hatched that could fly? [...]

(Whispering:) Good evening.

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

The ideas initiated this evening are good ones. [...]

He often projected these onto his mother, so that she became the symbol of all evil, at various times in any case. [...]

[...] He was constantly told to slow down, to use discipline, and this reinforced the fear that what he was, was fearful, powerful, evil, and best hidden.

[...] His book was a good one and he was proud of it. [...]

“By the time” that the Garden of Eden tale reached your biblical stories, the entire picture had already been seen in the light of concepts about good and evil that actually appeared, in those terms, a long time later in man’s development. [...]

Good evening.

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

(“Good.”)

Now I bid you another most fond good afternoon.

(“Good afternoon, Seth.”)

[...] The desire to die is considered cowardly, even evil, by some religions — and yet behind that desire lies all of the vitality of the will to life, which may already be seeking for new avenues of expression and meaning.

When you believe that you are good, your body functions well. I am sure that many of you will say, “I try constantly to be good, yet I am in miserable health, so how can that be?” If you examine your own beliefs the answer will be apparent: You try to be so good precisely because you believe you are so bad and unworthy.

Normal aggressiveness flows with strong patterns of energy, giving motive power to all of your thoughts whether you consciously regard them as positive or negative, good or bad. [...] When you consider a thought good you usually do not question it. [...]

[...] Consciously, most people are already afraid of it — they did not repress it because they considered it good. [...]

A cat playfully killing a mouse and eating it is not evil. [...]

Now: Good evening.

(“Good evening, Seth.”)

[...] In doing some of these exercises, you might come across images of masturbation, homosexual or lesbian encounters, or simply old sexual fantasies, and immediately backtrack because your beliefs may tell you that these are evil.

[...] At the same time, such beliefs convince them that the self is evil. [...]