“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

You (to me) have been of great help lately. He must be encouraged however to realize that his body can indeed perform better. Now when you believe that, Joseph, then assure him of your belief. It is extremely important that this be done, and that each of you do realize that the body can indeed improve, and is not at the mercy of old beliefs. Have him read the sessions on work and spontaneity. The body’s ability now to cure itself is the important point, however.

[...] You are not at the mercy of the past, or of previous convictions, unless you believe that you are. [...]

You have been taught that you are at the mercy of previous events, so your idea of looking for the source of personal difficulty is to examine the past, but — to find what you did wrong there, or what mistakes occurred there, or what inadequate interpretations were made there! [...]

You are not at the mercy of past beliefs, therefore. [...]

[...] It is bad enough to believe that you are at the mercy of one past, but to consider yourself helpless before innumerable previous errors from other lives puts you in an impossible situation; the conscious will is robbed of its power to act. [...]

(“Well, isn’t it true that at the present we are more or less at the mercy of the subconscious?”)

That is true, but that is saying that the whole is at the mercy of its parts. [...]

[...] You are hardly at the mercy of a reality, therefore, that exists apart from yourself, or is thrust upon you. [...]

[...] You are not at the mercy of unconscious drives unless you consciously acquiesce to them. [...]

[...] Only when it refuses responsibility does it finally find itself at the seeming mercy of events over which it appears to have no control.

[...] Here, as always, Seth maintains that we’re not at the mercy of such involuntary processes.

[...] One of the current ideas in vogue holds that you are constantly at the mercy of suggestion. [...]

[...] So if you believe that you are at the mercy of physical events, you entertain a false belief. [...]

[...] This does not mean that you are at the mercy of those circumstances. [...]

[...] Realizing this, you will understand that you are not at the mercy of a past over which you have no control.

[...] No one is so at the mercy of another’s beliefs. [...]

[...] You will feel relatively incompetent to handle present physical reality, to alter your environment, to affect and change your world, if you feel that you are at the mercy of conditions over which you have no control.

[...] Yet underneath he felt that he was at the mercy of nature, because in cutting himself off from it he also cut himself off from using many of his own abilities.

[...] One of the greatest, however, is the idea that the conscious mind does not have any touch with the fountains of its own being, that it is divorced from nature, and that the individual is therefore at the mercy of unconscious drives over which he has no control.

Some of your beliefs originated in your childhood, but you are not at their mercy unless you believe that you are. [...]

[...] Your own ideas concerning the artist in society being poor, mistreated and at the mercy of others—now this is a core belief of yours that you consider a truth, and the nature of reality.

[...] No one is at the mercy of past negative events. Ruburt, being an excellent writer, certainly does not feel at the mercy of all of those unknown, uncounted hours spent in childhood writing poetry—so it is only your frame of reference that makes the former statement appear to be true. [...]

[...] I am at the mercy of my environment. [...]

[...] He is therefore at the mercy of every physical camouflage. [...]

[...] And the two of you together also live within one life that expresses multitudinous voices, and sheds its own mercy, gladness, and joy, out into the world at large, enriching it, renewing the springtimes, and never truly ending.

[...] I tried, but could not cry as he spoke: “Loving and merciful God, we entrust our sister to you. [...]

[...] The fatal act propels the consciousness out from the flesh, so that in those terms it is merciful.

[...] Their words fall with great weight because you are so at the mercy of their support. [...]

You are not at the mercy of your emotions, either, for they are meant to follow the flow of your reasoning. [...]

[...] You are not, therefore, at the mercy of any neuroses from a past life any more than you are at the mercy of any neuroses from this life. [...]

(9:46.) Your ideas of God are put to the test in this meeting (at Camp David), for here men who claim to believe in a merciful God discuss their mortal claims to property and land, and each feels behind him the ancient dictates of an archaic God.

[...] We are not at the mercy of events. [...] Look at it personally: You are not at the mercy of your childhood environment or background, unless you believe you are. [...]

[...] But most people take it for granted that we are pretty much at the mercy of events over which we have little control.