“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

(9:40.) You have built up the idea of free time being wrong, sinful, no matter what you tell yourself about wanting more of it. That is one thing. Deeper, however, is the fact that the belief in an unsafe universe sets up certain habits of resistance, and more practically, of self-protection. The resistance is protective. It shows itself in fears that seem perfectly realistic, and indeed highly practical—the feeling itself is not let go of easily, for you and others rely upon it. It is a state of alarm and readiness. You are so used to feeling unsafe that you consider alarm of one kind or another as a realistic approach to life.

When you begin to realize that you do indeed live in a safe universe, these patterns of reaction begin to break up. To some extent however as they do you can feel weaponless, or unprotected. Then you read the newspaper and you see that New York City is in great financial difficulty. In a certain way this is almost reassuring, because it correlates with the old habitual belief system that says “Aha, yes, there is a threat. I was right all along.” Thus the older beliefs momentarily feel their old unity, and it is, again, realistic behavior to feel yourself also threatened.

The body is then pushed in different directions, with resulting strain. Before, you would accept that threat as realistic. The entire context of the unsafe universe protects itself by comments such as “It is too good to be true,” where any good is immediately suspect, while bad effects are considered quite natural.

This is highly important, because it means that you have been taught to accept, for example, bad conditions as appropriate and realistic, while immediately suspecting so-called good events. Waiting then for the ax to fall, so to speak.

[...] I hope to teach you a tolerance for others, for this will ensure the greatest development of your own abilities, and will also give you a more realistic view of the world.

Now: fears should be discussed, but not dwelt upon, for unrealistic fears disappear in the light of realistic discussion.

[...] The refreshment of prime data, the return to natural stimulation, allows you to react appropriately to any realistic “threat,” without exaggeration.

[...] Such groups make people dissatisfied with the self as it is, and try to superimpose the idea of a superior self—realistically impossible. [...]

[...] You think it more realistic to expect a continuation of past performance, because you believe that man alone, of all nature, is basically ignorant and unknowing.

[...] Some threats are realistic and some are not. [...]

[...] You should not realistically feel threatened by them. [...]

I am not saying there is not room for improvement, but I would like the picture to be seen in a more realistic light.

[...] Obviously the technique can be as realistic as you like, however. It is that the lines, seeming so realistic, also symbolically suggest what the viewer himself cannot see in his own face, but knows is there. [...]

[...] They are far more practical than any negative considerations, regardless of how realistic those might appear at any given time. [...]

[...] He also saw you in a more realistic light, so that your needs could be viewed more clearly.

If you act upon a belief in freedom and exert it, then it will automatically show you by contrast that the prior belief in lack of freedom was not in basic terms realistic. [...]

In trying to show him his realistic condition in the face of such ideas you end up by making him believe also that they are unrealistic, stupid, and that he should not need challenges but only the simple joy of walking across the floor.

Now: The physical planet is obviously also ever-changing while it is operationally or realistically or pragmatically relatively stable. [...]

The sculptor’s creation is pragmatically realistic, in that it exists as an object, and can be quite legitimately perceived, as can your world. [...]

[...] For now, it is realistic to expect some such episodes: but as you use these ideas, and as the improvements continue, the episodes will be far less, and your confidence will easily triumph.

[...] Well, that image cracked and crumbled in the hospital experience, leaving Ruburt with his more native, far more realistic image of himself. [...]

The people count upon the government to realistically define the conditions of the world, to have proper intelligence so that the activities in foreign lands are known, to keep up proper communication with other governments, and so forth. [...]

[...] Ruburt is beginning to hold a more “realistic” picture of how overall reality works. [...]

[...] It does not lead to a realistic picture, then. [...]

Personally, Ruburt understands however that he exaggerated the negative elements of his condition, thinking that he was being realistic. [...]

[...] Use the word husband often, reminding him of your realistic relationship. [...]

[...] If the ideas in this book were thoroughly understood, then each individual would be able to assess his or her own reality realistically. [...]

[...] Even I am more realistic than that!

The endeavor should be begun realistically. [...]