“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

In this case the strings would be the muscles and tendons. The body is not a puppet, however, so the tightened ligaments and muscles restrained the joints to some extent—all of them. [...]

[...] The lubrication allows more spontaneous actions on the part of the joints, ligaments, and muscles. To some extent the changing pressure accounts for the eyes’ protuberance, so that they have plenty of moisture and do not become dry as the eye muscles and other portions of the eyes exercise their new activity.

Each muscle, ligament, and joint was to some extent affected, drawn too tightly. [...]

[...] Therefore in the late months the various ligaments and muscles, and tendons began to loosen.

[...] Some muscles and/or tendons in the back of her right knee had released. [...]

Ruburt by now should be able to see a certain “sequence,” as previously hardened muscles begin to loosen. [...]

When whole groups of muscles are involved other areas are also affected. [...]

[...] On two nights in bed, definite softening of very important muscles and ligaments from hips down back of legs, under knees; and also stomach muscles right side. [...]

The difference between the two sides of his body—the slowness and entire stance—began initially with tension in the head and jaw area, and the considerable tightening of large groups of ligaments and muscles in the neck particularly.

[...] Natural motion and near-normal speed is returning to certain muscles and ligaments in the arm—the right one particularly. [...]

[...] “I can tell the muscles want to do it, but all of them aren’t ready yet. [...]

[...] She also said she didn’t feel any soreness in her muscles the next day, say, after she’d begun using it. [...]

[...] Even her eye muscles moved, she said. [...]

[...] “I’m moving muscles I didn’t know I had,” she said. [...]

[...] As mentioned, when bodybuilders build up certain muscles, they do indeed experience great distress at times. They understand the reason for the discomfort, for they are building muscle—but in their cases they often overdo it. [...]

One point: I wanted to stress that when muscles are reactivated, to Ruburt they “feel sore.” The muscles’ experience is quite different. [...]

The sensations activate other ligaments, muscles, and so forth. [...]

[...] Since various groups of muscles and ligaments come into motion in their own order, the soreness will come and go, or appear in one place and then another. [...]

Certain muscle groups were very tightened, and tended to bunch. [...] Some cause various sensations as released muscles try to catch up. [...]

[...] Today, for example, her stomach muscles haven’t bothered her at all, as they had so much last Monday, as described in the session then.... [...]

[...] At this rate, it will not be long before the muscular activity makes Ruburt’s walking operationally better, for the muscles are incredibly strong and resilient, despite restraints they had been held in.

[...] And certain deposits and knots in the muscles are literally being melted and flushed away. [...] Muscle groupings have to learn to operate spontaneously together again, and this is being accomplished.

The weekend brought new activity in that neck area, bringing discomfort, but also new releases to the shoulders and the rib portions, loosening the stomach muscles. [...] As the muscles change, there can be some difficulties with depth perception regardless, since the muscles are used to reaching out only so far, and must change their orientation.

[...] Muscles in the stomach and the ribs themselves are involved (as Jane has noticed).

[...] The eye muscles change constantly almost, as the huge motor area of the neck alternately releases and relaxes. [...]

[...] He need not try to ignore that, but should remember that this is a response of muscles being newly released. [...]

[...] Their activation in turn releases other muscles. [...]

[...] That meant that at that point newly activated portions of muscles and joints were working more or less in unison. [...] The muscles in the high portions of the legs, in the back, are the ones that need to be strengthened to unite the body in the flexibility that various portions of it are achieving.

On your return, considering the situation, he gallantly tried to gather his resources, and made it halfway around the car before the protesting muscles had their say. The newly activated areas of the day repeated that they were being overworked, and they pulled other muscles with them. [...]

[...] The body could not, standing, stretch that fully all together and maintain balance, because part of the newly stretched muscles are not as yet that strong, where other portions that he has used are.

[...] The stool was no longer comfortable simply because his muscles were stretching further, but his fear at the seeming poor performance previously led him to some negative projections. [...]

[...] If you want to relax and you are tense, it is often simpler to bypass the issue, and tell yourself instead to imagine a peaceful scene, in which case you will relax without ordering your muscles to do so. [...]

[...] Its wisdom fashioned all my organs, tissues, muscles, and bones. [...]

[...] The healing intelligence of her subconscious mind which created her body is now transforming every cell, nerve, tissue, muscle, and bone of her being according to the perfect pattern of all organs lodged in her subconscious mind.

[...] Ruburt’s muscles know their own abilities. [...] It is Ruburt who must be convinced that his muscles can move correctly. [...] It is no surprise to the joints and muscles involved.

You need not have stiff muscles if you sit for a long period—but you will indeed if you believe that you will. [...] The muscles will need time to readjust.

[...] There is nothing basically wrong with the muscles or the joints. [...]

[...] Such thoughts automatically tense the muscles. If he is consciously adding instructions to relax on top of this he worsens the situation, for the muscles cannot relax and contract at once.

What you have now is a residue in the body of conflict representing mental conflict, when at the same time the muscles are being given signals to let go completely, and also signals to tense, signals of control. [...]

[...] Good relaxation is extremely important, where the muscles are let go as far as possible. [...]

One evening dancing, he tried consciously too hard, so that he tensed the muscles as he was trying to use them, and there was a physical result then. [...]

[...] Functionally, as the muscles release, balance in the legs must still be maintained. Certain muscles must be cleared before others. [...]

Many of the muscles have literally come alive again. [...]

[...] This week Ruburt has regained additional motion in his right foot, with a loosening of ligaments and muscles—important ones that will help the stretching of the legs. All of the ligaments have begun to stretch, and the muscles to loosen.

[...] The muscles have become lazy. [...]

The release of a muscle in the neck, the release of these muscles above Ruburt’s eyes (gesturing)—those are also observable “proof”—but only if you accept them as such.

[...] The back area in particular is somewhat more noticeable, since the muscles are beginning to work more. [...]

[...] Some additional arm exercise, for example, will also help, for the muscles simply then demand more food.

[...] The eye condition is not separate, and now the more active muscles are arousing greater activity on the part of the ligaments, which will begin to loosen the joints considerably. [...] They are moving constantly, releasing the muscles leading to the eyes, and making adjustments. [...]

[...] He stretched just about every muscle in a new way, and made new demands upon the body, that the body quite agreeably tried to meet.

[...] If you fully trusted what I am telling you, you would understand that that activity changes even as the muscles in the legs might be different from one day to another.

[...] Jane had some very beautiful images, she said, of the muscles of her neck and back as they supported her head. [...] She saw the muscles named first as a series of snakes with many heads; the heads changed into hands that supported her head and rotated it about very flexibly. Then came images of the muscles and fibers of her arms.

[...] “Now they’re pulling out some short muscles between my knees and feet,” Jane said. [...]