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Ignore it. It does not bother me.... the dreams also provide additional assurance, and while dreaming body states are altered—something physicians of course do not recognize. The existence of Sumari physicians will make sense when we finish our discussion of inward orders of reality and the dream state.

Cyprus was correct, and in the terms used Sumari physicians then are aiding in Ruburt’s recovery. The information, brief as it was this morning, was also correct. It is of prime importance then that he not become impatient, continue as he has been doing; and give us a moment.

The physicians aid by giving precise overall directions to the body consciousness, simply facilitating healing, and directing energy—they are artists in their field. The body must adjust itself, and is doing so. Minute and obviously invisible alterations and adjustments of all kinds are occurring.

A few moments earlier he vaguely caught an image, as his mind, picking up inner information, translated it: he was being led to a physician’s office in the image. Actually at these other levels, a Sumari physician was helping him. [...]

Now: such physicians, in their field, are like the mental physicists and dream artists (described in The “Unknown” Reality). [...]

[...] It also means that he is “working alone,” in that there is no other healer or physician or system. [...]

Give us a moment … The complete physician would be a person who learned to understand the dynamics of being, the soul-body relationship — one who was healthy in his or her own body. [...] Physicians are not the healthiest of men by far.⁴ Why do you think they can cure you?

[...] I would like to add here the “complete physician.”

[...] So far, Seth hasn’t designated or titled a Part 1.⁶ Jane had received more, but she was vague on it: “… something to do with how each of us could be our own dream-art scientist, mental physicist, and complete physician. [...]

[...] Chapters 16 and 17 in particular contain material on what Seth calls natural hypnosis, and on Western medicine, physicians, the suggestions associated with medical insurance and “health” literature, diet, childbirth, hospitals, natural death, good and evil, and so forth.

[...] The dream-art scientist, the true mental physicist, the complete physician — such designations represent the kinds of training that could allow you to understand the unknown, and therefore the known reality, and so become aware of the blueprints that exist behind the physical universe. [...]

(10:16.) Your physicians can point to lives saved by sophisticated technology. [...]

[...] The complete physician would try to understand the inner mechanics of vitality and, as best he could, learn to encourage these.

[...] The complete physician would be an individual, (male or female), who was in superb health, and therefore understood himself the particular dynamics that operate between spiritual vitality and physical well-being. [...]

[...] Uneven—gives the oddest feeling at times, but I do trust physician within...

[...] Physicians began to think of men as carriers of disease and diseases — which, in certain terms, they [the physicians] did themselves create through some new medical procedures.

[...] A good physician is a changer of beliefs. [...]

3. Each morning in bed or after breakfast Rob to remind me to trust the physician within and the ancient wisdom of the body—those words.

[...] It is possible, however, to carry this idea even further, so that a person in poor health should be seen by the physician in relationship to the family, and also in relationship to the environment. [...]

[...] A new pet given to a bereaved individual has saved more people from needing heart operations than any physician. [...]

[...] Now if you are in poor health, and have a physician, you had better continue going to him, because you still rely on that system of belief — but use these exercises as supplements to build up your own sense of inner health, and to protect you against any negative suggestions given by your doctor. Utilize the belief in physicians since you have it.

(Pause.) A modern Western physician — granted, with the greatest discomfiture — will inform his patient that he is about to die, impressing upon him that his situation is hopeless, and yet will react with scorn and loathing when he reads that a voodoo practitioner has put a curse upon some innocent victim.

In many instances, therefore, modern physicians are inadequate witch doctors who have forgotten their craft — hypnotists who no longer believe in the power of healing, and whose suggestions bring about other diseases which are diagnosed in advance.

The physician, you see, existed in some dimension, and continues to do so. [...]

[...] You may project for example into the life of that physician.

I am using you here and the physician probability as an example. [...]

[...] I reminded myself often of the physician within etc; and “talked” to the “divine parent of my being”—and tried to keep my spirits up though now and then I’d really get scared. [...]

(“For Wednesday:/ Remember—Physician-within sugg. [...]

Give us a moment… Physicians, of course, are also constantly at the beck and call of many people who will take no responsibility at all for their own well-being, who will plead for operations they do not need. The physician is also visited by people who do not want to get well, and use the doctor and his methods as justification for further illness, saying: “The doctor is no good,” or “The medicine will not work,” therefore blaming the doctor for a way of life they have no intention of changing.

The physician is also a private person, so I speak of him only in his professional capacity, for he usually does the best he can in the belief system that he shares with his fellows. [...]

[...] When it saves lives, it does so because of the intuitive healing understanding of the physician, or because the patient is so impressed by the great efforts taken in his behalf, and therefore is convinced secondhandedly of his own worth.

The physician is also caught between his religious beliefs and his scientific beliefs. [...]

[...] I was getting out of a car, with a man, and we were on our way toward a house in which a healer or physician lived. [...]

[...] On awakening could feel my eyes were bugging out and vision blurred some; Pat and Carroll came; I’m embarrassed to be seen walking as I do—worse Carroll comments on my eyes—throat—I’m mad at me and at her; instant poor mood, worry about eyes again—think worse things—make an effort to trust the physician within; tell myself to ignore negative suggestions—then return to natural data. [...]

Once again, his attempts are at the point of success, so it is highly important that he trust the physician within, and the body’s ancient knowledge, and I know he has begun again to use those suggestions.

[...] Now: Seven can be counted upon, as Ruburt knows; and Sumari physicians are assisting. [...]

[...] Physicians often wonder whether they should tell terminal patients of their impending deaths. [...]

No man will die simply because a physician tells him he is going to, however. [...]

[...] You are then forced to project these outward upon a physician, a healer, or any outside agency. If your own belief in the physician “works” and you are cured of symptoms, you are physically relieved, and yet your own belief in yourself may be further infringed upon. [...]

Unknowingly, the sick often give up their power to act in a healthy manner to the physicians. [...]

[...] He does not need to go to a doctor, but he does need to pay attention to the physician within, and to heed the body’s ancient wisdom.

He must trust the physician within. [...]