“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

As your present situation with all of its challenges, joys and problems is contained in condensed form within each of your days, so the same applies to your life. [...] Spread out before you in great profusion, you will find not only any problems but their solutions.

[...] If he simply did not want to make any public statements outside of the books themselves, there would be no problems there. [...] If he were poorly equipped to speak in public there would be no problem. [...]

[...] So Ruburt is not to be taken in by people who come here or write, expecting him to solve their problems in the flesh, or expecting me to do it. [...]

He tried too hard at times, however, so that again he concentrates upon the problem in an attempt to solve it, which aggravates the fears. [...]

[...] The illness has been accepted by the personality in place of deeply rooted problems that the personality would not face. As any symptoms subside the problems will be felt by the personality.

[...] Otherwise the personality would become swamped by the problems that it has been trying so desperately to avoid. [...]

This paced release allows the personality to face these problems slowly so that it is not overly frightened. [...]

If you have a mathematical problem in, say, geometry, you solve it in a certain specific fashion. [...] But the creative problem is never entirely even stated: it is felt or sensed. [...]

We are back to self-disapproval, of course, but I want you to understand that while self-disapproval is a problem for most people in your society, it is a problem for the artist particularly, because it is the artist who must trust himself or herself most of all, and it is the artist who must often have no other approval to count upon. [...]

So in a certain fashion the artist is “looking for a creative solution to a sensed but never clearly stated problem or challenge, and that involves him in artistic adventure. [...]

You set up strong barriers in those directions—these have been added to by concentration upon the problem, so you become involved in this vicious circle. [...]

You have created the problem in your own mind, of course, and reinforce it. [...]

[...] You use telepathy very well in discovering their feelings—you use your inner senses in perceiving their difficulties and intuitively you are aware of the problems and able to help them rise above them.

[...] This again is the problem of trying too hard. [...]

There are comprehensions, illuminations, that cannot be verbalized, that arise as a result of … solving problems or challenges that seem to have nothing to do with the original challenges. These, however, are quite unpredictable fulfillments that come about as you solve what appears to be one main problem. [...]

[...] [See session 472 in Volume 9 of The Early Sessions.] Material on Jane’s symptoms, interior and exterior illness, inner-self constructions and challenges, recognizing problems, etc. [...]

[...] Looking at him, you can see that the condition, the problem, is a repressed one —the physical symptoms make this obvious. [...]

[...] He comes through as an extremely attractive, highly intelligent young woman, with strong psychic and creative abilities, unusual insight into the problems of others—as a writer, a psychic, and as “the mistress” of a delightful establishment.

He also comes through as a young woman with some problems, with a repressive tendency that is physically materialized, with dogmatic and somewhat rigid distorted ideas that have only lately really been understood by the personality. [...]

[...] He has largely learned however to avoid this, particularly since our session that the feeling he is repressing is the problem, and if that is allowed release the physical aspects will vanish.

[...] In a chaotic world of twisted reasoning he thinks his symptoms will take your mind off your own problems, and relieve you to some extent. [...]

[...] Part of this was a projection of other problems however, rather than specifically your attitude toward the book. [...]

(“He knows that’s no problem.”)

It is the habit, to one extent self-examination carried too far in that respect, of too much concern with the problems of the self anyway. [...]

[...] The problem was to help him reestablish his own initiative in that regard. [...]

This however is not their problem, for like all other individuals they perceive a reality that they have created. Their problem therefore is a distortive one. [...] The reality, however, is much more distorted than usual, and this is one of the main problems.

[...] The point of resistance becomes woven into the personality framework, the problem being not of the subconscious, but again of the ego’s denial or attempt to deny a portion of its own reality.

[...] One of the main problems however is any undue emphasis on the problem. [...]

The problem is obviously distressing, but help is not to be found by discussing its distressing aspects. It does not serve as an impetus any longer, now that the problem has been faced. [...]

In a fashion you recognized much of this in your morning discussion about Ruburt’s problem, but it applies to each of you. [...]

At Ruburt’s end, it almost seems as if he had our material at hand magically without effort, and therefore should have put it to use at once, learning the lessons of half a lifetime in a few years, and graduating to solve all of his own problems and half of the world’s as well. [...]

[...] While it may sound unrealistic, the fact remains that much of Ruburt’s problems are indeed caused by a constant comparison with the self that he is, and the self that he and you think he should be (long pause), and to some extent by too much concern about what the world may think or not think. [...]

[...] Incidentally, Ruburt is learning some inner confidence as far as depending upon his inner resources in the handling of problems in ordinary and professional life.

[...] She said that she has been stewing about the problem of involvement since receiving the letter from the psychiatrist, but that the above material made her feel better.

[...] Even in the distant future such realignments will involve costly, complicated and almost impossible achievements because you will be trying to approach the problem working from the outside inward. [...]

(“Do you know who is working on these problems now?”)

I will say definitely that if my suggestions are followed faithfully and systematically, both the suggestions which I have given, and those which I will give, then indeed we will find that the problem is no longer a problem.

For in the very quiet and discipline required to follow the problem, those reactions on the part of the personality will set up actions which will of themselves solve the problem; and we will find that also there will be suggestions given, and very important suggestions, whereby a systematic effort will be made on the part of the personality to enlarge the scope of his action, in spite of the ego’s anxiety to limit them, and this itself will seem to work a miracle.

[...] For the problem already has to do with the fact that he plunges into both dilemmas and solutions, with a desperation that is born from anxiety, if not pure panic.

[...] I am indeed fond of you both, and if I behave in my own fashion it is because my experience directs me, that solutions must come from within, for problems come from within. [...]

It will, hopefully, avoid the Pollyanna attributes of many self-help books, and tease the reader into an enthusiastic desire to understand the characteristics of reality if only to solve his or her own problems. The methods given will be highly practical, workable, and within the abilities of any person genuinely concerned with those problems inherent in the nature of human existence.

An examination of your conscious thoughts will tell you much about the state of your inner mind, your intentions and expectations, and will often lead you to a direct confrontation with challenges and problems. [...]

[...] Then softly, with a smile:) I am writing this book to help each individual solve his or her own personal problems. [...]

Your problem. [...]

No big problem. [...]

[...] Much of your own energy has been used in the situation involving yourself and Ruburt and your joint problems. [...]

Ruburt could have solved his problems, as we have said, without such severe symptoms. [...]

[...] Had he chosen them, there would have been other problems to face in their stead that would have greatly hampered both his development and your own.

(As far as I can recall, this is the first time Seth has stated such an approach to a problem, explicitly; although in the past he has referred to various subjects by saying he was not well informed about them.)

[...] Unthinking statement, for many people—in fact, most—have in their own ways far more difficult problems, and far less achievement, joy or understanding. In other words, by the fact of physical existence, you will have some problems. [...]

[...] Its buried nature, the ulcer being hidden, is an added indication that he does not want to face his problem. [...] He was more determined to discover the reasons for his problems, and the learning process is much faster. The kind of symptom and its observability is often a clue as to the problem and to the individual’s attitude toward it. [...]