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Subjectively, when you were jealous (see the 350th Session) you were actively jealous of Ruburt for being successful, and wished to strike out in retaliation. When you feel envious now, you envy his success, but you are not jealous of him as a person.

The mother wanted success for the child, and yet Ruburt felt (pause) that success would also be resented by the mother, that the mother would be jealous of it. The mother wanted success for the daughter so that the daughter could share the fruits of the success and provide for her. While Ruburt had no money there was no fear of this.

You both became involved in the psychic work. He felt therefore that you would feel his success was yours also. He thought at that time that you were simply jealous of him. Your reaction to the ESP book quite literally terrified him. He then realized that you did not want either of you to be successful.

(Here Seth clears up a point in Sunday’s pendulum session, in which the pendulum told me I was not jealous of Jane, but envious of her success. I wanted to be sure I wasn’t confused on the jealousy-envy terminology; I also wondered if there was actually any difference.)

[...] He is not jealous of his father’s love for the mother, for he understands quite well that her love for him is just as strong. [...] He may at times be jealous of her attention, but this is not a sexual jealousy in conventionally understood terms. [...]

[...] He is not jealous of the father with the mother, in the way that is often supposed. [...]

Even though such a period is due, I find myself jealous of missing any sessions, as you might guess, knowing me by now.

[...] If it were not that I know better, I would jealously not give you a rest period until you requested it. [...]

Now, my dear Joseph… You have also been jealous of Ruburt’s part in our sessions, and at times highly resentful, particularly of the attention he received when others were present. In the overall however while you were delighted on the one hand to have the sessions, you were jealous of the part Ruburt played.

[...] You were jealous of his rather limited projection attempts, and he stopped them for this reason.

[...] His present mother was a very jealous older sister. [...]

[...] You were jealous because your brother was staying so long with your father. [...]

[...] You may even feel jealous when you think of it, imagining that the physical universe will continue to exist long after you are gone. [...]

[...] He kept it in isolation and was jealous of it, and did not allow it joy nor freedom.

He was jealous of all (underlined) of his sons, not because your mother seemed to prefer them, but because he saw his own energy and life force giving independence in ways he could not control. [...]

He was (underlined) most jealous of you. [...]

(To Sue.) Now your friend was a jealous leader. A very good leader, but a jealous one. [...]

And each of you—  you (Joel) and you (Alison) and you (Florence) for I do discriminate, and Ruburt are so jealously concerned for these intellects, so jealous of the intellectual power that they would kill some poor little innocent flower just to see what made the thing grow. [...]

[...] I wasn’t concerned or jealous.

Now we shall put this plainly, for his ego has indeed distrusted his intuitional self, and has been jealous of it. [...]

[...] Your teacher, your immediate teacher, has had strong creative abilities and he was very jealous as to how they should be used. [...]

[...] It was not so much that Ruburt was jealous of my book, as it was that he felt he should distrust anything that came so easily.

[...] He was afraid you would be jealous of the book, and hurt, and his panic was of your reaction.

(“I can’t help wondering what I have been offering him lately, other than negative and jealous thoughts, and so forth.”)

You are so jealous of your own work that you use your psychic abilities most strongly as an aid to your work. [...]

The ego is a jealous god, and it wants its interests served. [...]

[...] And on this level the parent is astonished, delighted at the superior accomplishments of its children, the superiority of the offspring, and yet also jealous to some extent.

She had wanted to leave her job for another one but was afraid of taking the step, so she created circumstances in which the decision was seemingly taken out of her hands; it would appear as if she were the victim of unfeeling co-workers, jealous and misunderstanding, and a boss who would not stand up for her.

At times you become jealous of your energies. [...]

[...] Emma had bought a new satin gown that day, and my mother was jealous. [...]