“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

That which was is constantly taken into what you call the present. The ego may choose to use or not use various reactions. It may reject various reactions as a part of the past, for it is the ego alone who is concerned with past, present and future. The ego’s denial of a reaction however does not cause the reaction to disappear from within the personality, at least as part of possible pattern reaction.

With the exception of the ego, the various parts of the personality do not react to time as a series of moments. All is experienced as present. The child therefore within the adult personality is not dead, nor are his reactions considered, basically, as reactions which are part of a past behavior pattern; but these reactions exist side by side with adult reactions.

Many reactions, many patterns of reactions, are rejected by the ego upon some occasions and accepted upon other occasions, but as a rule such alternate behavior is annoying to the ego itself. The ego deals with cause and effect, and often denies particular reactions because it decides that they are not effective. The ego is fairly rigid, comparatively speaking. Rationalization is one method by which the ego justifies its acceptance of a reaction which it once rejected as ineffective.

Such alternative reactions frighten the ego because they seem to injure the ego’s self-image. Yet all characteristic reactions, whether denied by the ego or not, are kept for use as alternative actions. In many cases actions unacceptable to the ego may be precisely those actions that are necessary for whole other areas of the personality. When too many actions are restricted by the ego, they may begin to form impulse patterns or groupings of various rejected impulses. These then adhere through attraction, and attempt to find expression regardless of the ego’s attempts to restrict expression.

When reactions seem emotionally out of proportion to one event then it is usually because of inadequate reactions to the same kind of event in the past. I am speaking now of reasonable reactions. [...]

[...] By reacting normally you would indeed teach her respect for the regards of others, and she would have felt your reaction quite justified.

[...] You may end up doing them harm through repressed reactions that suddenly explode.

For a while then you must closely watch your reactions by making sure that you are only reacting to a present episode. [...]

[...] The exhaustion was a natural result of his own reactions. He is fond of saying that if you cannot control events, you can control your reactions. [...]

Actually reactions to events do control other events. [...] The hip was simply a panic reaction. [...]

It was your reactions that should have been changed, as it was Ruburt’s reactions concerning his book that should have been changed. [...]

[...] His inner and unthinking reactions literally immobilized him.

[...] The electrical reactions are different according to the weather and atmospheric conditions. In rainy weather, there is an added electrical resistance within the atomic structures themselves — a sort of delayed reaction, hardly perceptible in physical terms — a delayed period before the vertebrae come to rest again, so to speak, in the desired position.

(I thought I would get Seth’s reaction to Jane’s physical state. [...]

Partially because of the muscular reaction mentioned by the chiropractor, and partially because the body’s healing mechanisms operate more effectively in clear weather. [...]

[...] In clear weather there is much less of a delayed reaction, and the activated, stirred-up atoms come more quickly to rest.

[...] When you believe that you dwell in an unsafe world your reactions are far more agitated.

When he is proficient with the bathroom routine, which you were very wise to begin, we will start some other simple new routines, one at a time, instilling appropriate body reaction to a safe universe. [...]

Not walking properly was an inappropriate defense mechanism no longer needed, a reaction in response to a program that made him feel unsafe.

[...] You recognized your reactions as basically inappropriate and ineffective. [...]

[...] There are decisions made in periods of time so brief you cannot imagine them—reactions that are almost over before they begin, reactions so fast you cannot perceive them as the body responds to its inner reality, and to all the stimuli from the exterior environment. [...] As solid as it seems to you, there are constant chemical reactions between it and the world, electromagnetic adjustments, alterations of balance, changes of relationships—alterations that occur between the body and its relationship with every other physical event, from the position of the planets and moon and the sun, to the position of the smallest grain of sand, to the tiniest microbe in anyone’s intestine (intently).

[...] There is as much motion, stimulation, and reaction in the interior bodily environment as the body meets through its encounters with the exterior environment. [...]

Many people had such reactions as your friend’s, coming from the Olympics, in that they did not know how to use and release their own energies—as if they themselves felt put in an inferior position in comparison to such achievements.

(Pause at 9:17.) There are all kinds of biological reactions between bodies that go unnoticed, and they are all basically of a social nature, dealing with biological communications. [...]

[...] Within a very brief period after this unfortunate reaction, I began to regret it, for I knew I had terminated something much too soon. I thought my reaction was a normal one, yet was angry at myself for reacting so strongly. [...]

First you displayed, if I may say so, a rather unfortunate reaction. [...] And this reaction broke the contact.

[...] The point is simply to do your best, so that you gradually learn not to inhibit your reactions to them, but to change the nature of your habitual reactions to them.

[...] Part of your own reaction, I believe, was due to the fact that you realized that this contact represented a personal encounter, that this bizarre apparition was aware of you as you were of him.

In the main Ruburt has really decided that worrying is a negative reaction. He is not inhibiting worry, hiding it, but trying to alter the reaction itself—a big difference. [...]

[...] Some of these extreme reactions on Ruburt’s part were brought about by his psychic understanding of Nebene, so he could not adequately communicate with you. If you reacted as Nebene you would later rationalize the results to him—while he would know in that (underlined) instance he was not projecting so he could not trust his reactions toward you.

[...] Neither of you properly understood your own reactions. [...]

Your explanation of a Nebene reaction would be so reasonable, later. [...]

[...] The reaction following sessions has simply been the arousal of antagonism. [...] There is then a natural reaction at times, as those tendencies in the personality that adopted the symptoms actually struggle to retain them.

Now, we will have a fairly brief session, simply because I am adjusting my techniques of therapy according to Ruburt’s reactions.

[...] (Pause.) The short session allows him to handle and dissipate effectively any reactions. [...]

[...] I emphasized to my wife the role belief could play in her reactions. [...]

Ruburt’s reaction to the doctor’s visit this morning does indeed show the hold that old beliefs can have, and the panicky feelings they can arouse. [...]

[...] I wanted to know if Jane’s own efforts penetrated her psyche as deeply as the feelings she picked up from the doctor’s visit—if she neutralized those negative reactions.”)

(Last night we went for a walk: Jane said she was disappointed in my reaction to her ability to walk a little better, and so was worse when she went to bed. I replied that I would rather she wouldn’t tie up her state of physical being with my reaction. [...]

[...] This delayed reaction may be, partly, her very cautious way of allowing an adverse reaction to surface, and it may also simply reflect her nature. [...]

With your help he can avoid the second reaction. [...]

Nothing you can say, vocally, can be as severe as Ruburt sometimes imagines your reaction to him, so do not feel that you must remain silent on any issues. [...]

[...] I was also struck by my reaction to the whole development, and couldn’t help comparing my reaction to Jane’s reaction to her own symptoms. [...]

[...] What counts is her reaction to it, and the symptoms, as far as I can tell at this time, are all too clear a sign of her reaction to it—at least an important part of her is reacting this way.

(“And I got hot too, after that,” Jane said, referring to her forehead reaction, This made me think that the warmth she felt was a sign of bodily healing, such as Seth had said recently was associated with warmth.

(“What was that reaction he had when I rubbed his left temple?”)

It was an excellent reaction. [...]

[...] Your reaction then to the noise was upsetting, which is quite all right, because now your reactions there can be consciously assimilated. Your reaction is to yell about the condition, yet you do not move. [...]

[...] By then we were both quite upset, although I think Jane’s unease stemmed more from my reaction to the noise, than it did from any noise itself.)

Hearing you voice the same opinions, he becomes mad at them or at you, for he knows that those reactions of yours helped him form his fear of the world—helped, but are not responsible.

Now when Ruburt imaginatively saw the trailer, and so forth (on our Sunday drive last weekend) and experienced that mobility in imagination, your reaction was the same as the one used for my analogy above. [...]

We did wonder at the two reactions, following the use of the two medications. Could there be an allergic reaction to them on Jane’s part? [...]

[...] By suppertime Jane was getting some strong emotional reactions to parts of it. [...]

[...] If he reacted emotionally, this frightened him, because he was afraid you would interpret it as your mother’s reaction. [...]

[...] Since your reaction when Rebellers was published, he feared that you would grow to hate him for any success, if you did not succeed, since his success he felt was largely at your expense—you bought him the time in which to work.

[...] He closely watched your reaction after that. [...]

[...] And if now and then I indulge in a few very human reactions, then you must forgive me. But the matter, the lights, did indeed seem a suitable reaction on my part. [...]

[...] And the purpose in that point was to let you see that the human individual reaction of a given personality continues. [...]

On one level Ruburt grossly misinterpreted your reaction here; since he was susceptible and knew it in his work area, he erroneously supposed you would be. [...] So your attitudes in that regard, and reactions, will be mixed but usually adverse.

These ambiguous feelings on both of your parts have much to do with the penis reaction. [...]

[...] This leads us to a difference in your reactions to these problems.

[...] He feels however that his body has been almost cursed by you both, and at its worst reaction he interprets fairly prolonged noncontact in the following terms: the way Christ cursed the fig tree, that it dare not bloom, that his body is forsaken by you both, unwanted, an orphan child, so that even his good looks as a woman are suspect.

Try to understand that all of these reactions are really happening at once … Joseph’s desire at this end attracted his mother’s like desire. (Pause.) In your terms, however, the reactions continue.

[...] Since you perceive physically through the body, which is atomically structured, then of course your sense perceptions lead you to block out recognition of other probable stimuli or reactions. [...]

[...] Now, however, Stella Butts is better able to understand her son’s reactions. [...]