“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

You decided to take the focus point in a determination to rid yourself of the underlying causes once and for all. I realize only too well that what I say can often appear very simplistic. Generally, underlined four times, suicides do not appreciate, for example, for whatever reasons, the quality of life, but set up demands as to what life should be. They require a perfection that life itself never delivers. To whatever extent you place demands upon life, or others—to that extent you will cut down on your options and experience difficulties. Life does not perform on demand.

To the extent that you enjoy the quality of life itself, you do not need to place demands upon it, for its abundance shows in profusion. Whenever you concentrate upon “what can happen” negatively, you literally cut down your options, inhibit your own and life’s abundance. You feel unsafe and ill-at-ease.

The next brief chapter will be devoted to methods that will allow you to take advantage of greater options, to bring into your daily experience events and experiences that have so far remained “latent.” In each individual case the options will be different, of course, yet you can draw into your present life some knowledge and intimate connection with your own probable realities.

[...] That is, reincarnational influences usually leave many options open to an individual in any case. [...]

New learning would always be involved, and thus new options would always be open. [...]

Obviously, as I mentioned earlier, each individual also has many options open. [...]

This retreat from pleasure begins to cut down upon normal activity, new encounters, or explorations that might in themselves help relieve the problem by opening up new options. [...]

[...] There’s no need to go into all the complicated details here; it’s enough to say that the photos Bantam used in Seth Speaks were involved, especially the cover shot of Jane; as well as bids for Oversoul Seven between Pocket Books and Bantam; Jane’s fears that she’d end up committed for two more Seven books she hasn’t written yet; and various misunderstandings concerning ethics, expired option, and an offer to Jane to go to work for Simon & Schuster-Pocket Books, and to take Tam with her.

[...] Bantam, who had the original option on Seven, then bid higher for the three projected Sevens than Pocket Books has so far—the latter has until this Wednesday to bid against Bantam’s $50,000 offer.

[...] Before we are finished we hope to give you a far greater framework in which to consider your own well-being and the many options that are open to any individual. [...]

[...] It opens your options, enlarges your vista of comprehension, so that the difficulties themselves are simply no longer as important—and vanish from your experience in, again, a more natural manner (all intently). [...]

Four days after Sue’s visit we received an enthusiastic letter from an independent motion-picture producer and director in Hollywood, informing us that he’s finally succeeding in his quest for an option to the film rights to Jane’s novel, The Education of Oversoul Seven. [...] It means only that our friends in Hollywood and in the subsidiary rights department at Prentice-Hall have agreed upon the terms of the option; a contract has yet to be signed by all of us. [...]

[...] Today I worked also on chronologies for a Dutch publisher, and for the film producer who’s optioned the movie rights to Jane’s Oversoul Seven novels.

When for whatever reason you feel unsafe over a long period of time, or when you begin to retreat, in a frightened fashion—for there are many kinds of retreat—then you cut down your options to whatever degree, and you must of necessity cut down your expectations also. [...]

[...] The conscious options that opened as man’s mental world enlarged made it impossible to allow sufficient freedom, and yet necessary control, on a biological level alone.

The most important clause, the option clause, has been settled in Ruburt’s favor. [...]

[...] The development of tools gave man options in the way and manner of killing his prey.

[...] One option we’ve considered is having a temporary postcard printed up referring to our hassles with Jane’s illness, that we can’t answer mail at this time except to say thanks, and that later we may be able to. [...]

[...] I’ve also thought of not finishing Dreams, but going back to painting for the rest of my life—another option. [...]

Since disapproval will never bring abundance or pleasure, it gradually cuts down on your options, until there is little about yourself you approve of. [...]

It means that all options except sexual freedom have been denied. [...]

(This afternoon and evening, and somewhat to my surprise, Jane has been talking about discussing her physical symptoms in her new book, God of Jane. I thought her changed attitude stemmed from her long phone conversation with Tristine Rainer, of Dan Curtis Associates, a television production company that wants to option her life story. [...]

[...] Among them was one from a Dan Curtis production company, who wants to option her life story for a possible movie for television. [...]