“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] In many cases these people will be great sportsmen, follow conventionalized male pursuits, and perhaps express contempt for the arts or any interest considered remotely feminine.

[...] It was necessary because he believed that the spontaneous self, left alone, would not so concentrate—or that his spontaneous self would not, but would also be tempted by whatever other private pursuits. [...]

[...] In view of the subject matter that did develop, rather to our surprise, let me note that since late last week President Carter, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and Israel’s Prime Minister Begin have been meeting at Camp David in pursuit of peace for the Middle East. [...]

[...] He thought that body and mind were two different things, that the body must be controlled for the sake of the mind, that his consciousness existed apart—in his head, say—with its own abilities, while his body had its own pursuits as apart from his own. [...]

[...] He was impatient with you at times for he remembered you as a companion in male pursuits, and bitterly resented your femininity.

[...] Going out was then an escape rather than a pursuit of pleasure, as I suggested.

[...] If God could tell a man to slay a son, and if private revelation were granted validity, then “divinely inspired crimes” might not only be legion, but might also take man’s energies away from accepted Godly pursuits—like fighting the infidels or heretics at home (all louder).

[...] Any unfortunate situations in the fields of medicine, science, or religion result not from any determined effort to sabotage the “idea,” but instead happen because men often believe that any means is justified in the pursuit of the ideal.

(To me:) When you consider your creative pursuits, trust the body of your creativity, and stop making judgments like this or that will probably never be done, or finished, and therefore limiting your probabilities. [...]

[...] And in the day, you continued in those pursuits necessitated by your life in the tribe. [...]

[...] But when you take stock with the feelings we are describing as the emotional yardsticks, those feelings consider valid only the beliefs that go along with them—a traditional male role: the accumulation of money through traditional means—and they discount as legitimate the accumulation of knowledge or wisdom as a pursuit of life. [...]

Whenever you cut off your painting, you have difficulties—and that also involves this internal provincial concept of the male image, for you get upset about your painting because it does not bring in money, when a male’s pursuit should. [...]

[...] Dedicate yourselves to your joint and private creative pursuits, to providing a mental climate in which you can produce while Ruburt’s improvements continue. [...]

Each morning, briefly together in whatever way you choose, dedicate yourselves to your creative pursuits. [...]

[...] The quickening intensity could seem to involve a chase or pursuit. [...]

[...] The aggression can be channeled into the pursuit of your goals. [...]

His imagined exploits should definitely include such vigorous pursuits with the accompanying relaxation. [...]

[...] They are often taken from such pursuits, and their natural habits of concentration suffer as a result.

[...] Try to arrange it so that the walking periods still give each of you, say, a certain amount of time between for your creative pursuits. [...]

(Long pause.) Spontaneity is not trusted, and left alone the spontaneous self is seen as slothful, given to the pursuit of meaningless pleasure. [...]

[...] You cannot close out the vitality of your own being that easily, and the vitality “squandered” on deeper bouts of depression is often greater than the energy used in creative pursuits. [...]

[...] The attitude turns beloved projects into pursuits that must be performed along the surface of the moments. [...]

(Pause.) You value rather “set” habits that serve as more or less steady platforms for the pursuit of the uncertain nature of both your arts and psychic activity. [...]