“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] It seems the sheerest nonsense, on the other hand, to believe that illnesses are caused by spirits or demons. [...]

[...] And yet the body knows that all-in-all, ideally, it does not make sense to inflict even a minute infection or illness upon the body, to introduce foreign elements that have not naturally been accepted by the body in its own context. [...]

[...] We spoke in a fairly recent session of illnesses as impeding actions.

When this solution fails the impeding action will then materialize as a physical illness, or as an undesirable psychological condition. [...]

[...] When he tried teaching he began to get ill, for he was afraid that he would settle for the respectable-enough prestige it afforded, give in and stop his writing and other pursuits. [...]

You have nothing to fear in terms of physical illness. [...]

[...] They may find themselves furious at the patient for becoming ill, and then develop unfortunate guilt feelings over their own first reactions. [...]

[...] If you are ill, remember when you were not. [...]

[...] If you think you are ill, most likely past-life information will show that you committed crimes for which you are now doing penance. [...]

[...] (True.) He felt that you ignored him when you became ill—that you were growing so morose that you felt life meaningless. [...]

It was during your illness that he began to watch your face for a hint of your mood and feelings—a tendency he has relinquished only lately. [...]

First of all if you’ll forgive me, I would like to go into the situations culminating in your illness of this time last winter. [...]

In the cats’ deaths both cats inherited the peculiar illness, which was a virus, that killed them. [...]

Your dog’s illness was incipient. [...]

[...] These same attitudes are apparent in a lesser degree to varying extents in periods of mental or bodily illness or in unsatisfactory life situations. [...]

[...] It is quite natural, then, that during a lifetime you experience various assorted periods of temporary illness.

(A note for the record: I tried to use the pendulum to help me fathom the reasons for my illness—but with very little success. [...]

[...] Later we will discuss more particular areas, such as circumstances in which illnesses date from birth.

[...] If you are ill you may find yourself dwelling upon the misery of your condition, and bitterly envying those who are healthy, bemoaning your state — and therefore perpetuating it through your thoughts.

[...] We will discuss the aspects connected with a long, healthy, fairly happy lifetime, and those involved with early death, severe illnesses, and suicide — particularly with the suicides of fairly young persons.

[...] These changes in your physical situation, believe it or not, will save you both some psychic difficulties and even physical ills. [...]

[...] The close observer could, I think, find among the three men more physical and psychological correlations [some having to do with illness], as well as meaningful opposing features, so that in this instance the counterpart relationships can be seen as quite apropos.

[...] When you wanted to quit your job you became ill so that no one could blame you. [...]

Illness is a face-saving device, socially, often occurring where private beliefs and feelings find irritation with mass beliefs. [...]

[...] What I think—and have, often lately—about illness is that we know so little about it that we’re still literally in the dark ages in that respect. [...] I think it’s very dangerous to take too hard a position at this time on anything we think we’ve learned, for I can’t imagine that in future millennia we’ll ever cling to very much of what we think is ‘true’ today—especially about things like illness. [...]

[...] We hope to show how most natural health-promoting beliefs can be applied to all mental, physical, or emotional illnesses or difficulties. [...]

1. We called those three very penetrating sessions private, or deleted, because they grew out of our own reactions to David Yoder’s challenges, to the illness of our cat Billy, to the playful antics of Billy’s littermate Mitzi, and to several other personal matters. [...]

[...] Father Trainor was an Irish Catholic priest who visited Jane and her ill mother regularly, for years, during Jane’s grade and high school days. [...]

[...] Bill lost much blood and became quite ill. [...]

[...] As in the case of your own illness, Joseph, you perceived the physical effect of the mental action, which was but a small portion of the event.

[...] I realize that you have been ill, and I should not tease you. [...]