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His idea of noting down the pleasures or good points of the day should be maintained. [...] A heavy-handed application of suggestion should be avoided—and look carefully for negative suggestions that may be implied on either of your parts. [...]

The emphasis in these should always be upon the achievement, and the exercises follow his growing capacities. [...]

[...] Except that as an act of faith you see he should begin to carry out some of those points now.

It should. [...]

[...] The devastation for many years of a large portion of a state like Pennsylvania, say, should not be risked because of economics, fuel shortages, convenience, apathy, or any other reason. Jane and I passionately believe that instead of concentrating primarily upon nuclear power the United States should be making massive efforts to utilize many other sources of energy — at least until the risks and technologies involved with generating nuclear power are understood much more thoroughly. [...] We think such alternate sources should be pursued even if they cost more in economic terms than nuclear power, either initially or continually, for surely none of them could produce the horrendous results — and enormous costs — that would follow even one massive failure at a nuclear power plant.

[...] They resent having to get money from the government, from men who are not scientists, and they build up a false sense of comparative omnipotence in response — and that makes them less careful than they should be. [...]

None of them want any disaster, and yet some of them think it would serve the people right — for then the people might realize that politicians do not understand science, and that the scientists should after all be put in control: “We must have enough money, or who knows what can go wrong?”

[...] We want our nation to embark upon programs to cut, and eventually eliminate for all practical purposes, its continually growing dependence upon foreign oil, for we see great risks in an overreliance upon that course of action; we think those hazards should be obvious to everyone since the oil embargo declared against us in 1973 by the countries of the Middle East. [...]

[...] The pink nightgown should be lain away with the sweaters for now. In fact it should probably be disposed of, because of the bedroom connotation. [...]

[...] The suggestion above should be given daily and as a matter of course.

[...] The whole psychic development can and should, and was meant, to provide exactly what was needed, and its timing was no accident.

[...] Proper suggestions should indeed be given before bed, along with the request for further therapeutic dreams and dreams that will give insight.

Ruburt should continue as he has been, and further blocks of symptoms will drop away. [...]

(Long pause, eyes closed.) This session itself should aid your understanding enough to allow some improvement almost immediately in the condition itself. [...]

[...] The technique that is yours and is excellent should be the point of departure that sends the spontaneous action into new reality, and not a rigid mold to contain it.

[...] You should now. [...]

[...] I thought a detailed report of what foods Jane should avoid would help alleviate her symptoms, if there was any relationship. [...]

(Jane should not eat:

[...] But her pendulum stressed also that all other chocolate and products should be avoided.

[...] All of my suggestions should be followed—those apply to Ruburt and you. When Ruburt feels good by his standards, that is, in a good mood, relatively at peace, and in some kind of bodily ease, taking his situation into consideration, he should note that. [...] He should make an effort to forget his condition as much as possible, and so should you. [...]

(This material is from the 806th session for July 30, 1977, and should be read in conjunction with the regular part of the session. [...]

[...] You should indeed have spoken more freely, but you also should have seen him simply as an individual, and not as a symbol of a school, or a structure, or as a scientist.

[...] Jane and I were slow: we didn’t realize that such thinking should have been challenged by us on the spot. [...]

[...] Although we now see that we should have said more—interrupted more—such behavior doesn’t appear to be too easy for us, whether because of beliefs or what. [...]

Now: you should reread Ruburt’s library material in the Cézanne book, on authority and creativity, for it is excellent. [...]

The proper purpose should be the development of the self, and the development of abilities, and it is to elude this responsibility that the chase was originated. [...]

[...] The questioner is subconsciously aware of those abilities that should be developed in her own personality, and attempts to project these outward into someone else. [...]

You must know your own personality and develop your own abilities, and this should be your quest now. [...]

[...] This is the self that you cannot deny, and this should be the object of your search for now.

[...] To know this does not mean that you should not trust what you are getting. It simply means you should look to it subjectively as well as intuitively. [...]

[...] The psychological time experiences should involve you with some very legitimate information from that one past life that was mentioned earlier. [...] You should remember some of the things that you have forgotten. [...]

[...] We have a Lord and a dean now so the atmosphere should, indeed, be very auspicious. [...]

[...] It should be a new development and one that was inherent from the beginning for you. [...]

I should not say this, but since I am with friends, I shall. [...] You understand, I know, that I mean it well, for I understand the necessity for records, and I would not have it that this voice of mine should go unrecorded and seep into the walls. [...]

[...] I should perhaps address myself here, to this toy. I should forget you all and speak to it so that my tones may then be immortalized forever. [...]

Now there have been several developments here in class with these two (Vera and Theodore) and there are other developments which should come in this class. [...]

I should be a bishop, for the looks upon your faces, the reverence and the quiet and the awed expression. [...]

[...] (Pause.) Concentration should not be upon feeling well enough in the morning to do something he wants to do. It should be upon the thing he wants to do, and away from the physical condition. [...]

[...] Ruburt during his period should imagine feelings of exuberance, energy, and inspiration, general feelings of release and freedom. [...]

[...] Health should be considered then —and this is important—as a means to a desired end; full productive creative work; full use of abilities; daily enjoyment; helping others. [...]

The focus again now therefore, in his prayers, should be on feelings of peace, tranquility, safety and joy in creativity. [...]

[...] When he felt joyful yesterday, the sense of release was translated, as it should be, into physical expression – he sang, for example. [...]

[...] The last few days he forgot to put his corn pad on (smile), with no resulting difficulty—another improvement he should notice. [...]

[...] At the same time—I do not mean simultaneously—in spare moments, playfully and not seriously, he should see himself performing any number of activities on the floor—from painting as he used to, to talking or reading. [...]

[...] And these should not be overdone.

(9:46.) Some of the material (in this session) on pain should help clear Ruburt’s mind, but the past week’s blue periods and so forth simply represented one more example of a situation in which he tried to make himself get better by “realizing the gravity of his condition”—by contrasting his performance against “normal” performance, and by the old beliefs of not trusting the body. [...]

[...] He should forget any past behaviors, and start from the present, so that improvements are recognized and not lost in dissatisfaction.

[...] And poetry should also be written. I believe the session itself should bring him some considerable relief, but it will not last unless the points given are hammered in.

[...] If you were jealous of his success, he should not have it, and it must be plucked out.

Now that we have reached the true difficulty beneath all else, there should be a good improvement. [...]

(“Should we keep coming back to this plan in sessions?”)

[...] Also, the suggestions as you are doing them (at night before bed) should be also given in the morning, at least before work. To these should be added “I will react only to positive suggestions.”

(As we talked about Seth’s statement, and decided we should concentrate upon beneficial things, Jane then wanted to know how this idea fits in with the importance of not repressing negative thoughts. [...]

Before the day begins with work Ruburt should take a few moments, as he has done in periods of improvement, to dedicate himself to a creative and expressive day. [...]

[...] When he feels he is in a bind, he should admit it and tell you. [...]

Then he should think, it is done—that is, straightened, and let it go at that. [...]

The present notes he has written to himself are highly effective, and he should follow them and the procedure they suggest. [...]

[...] They are like notes to yourself, reminding you that things are still not as good as they should be. [...]

[...] You feel with some justification, that Ruburt in his own concern forgets your lingering symptoms; and he should make an effort now to use his abilities to help rid you of these.

(Long pause.) If you are a person who contemplates suicide often, you should indeed talk to a confidante about your problem.

[...] Such a person is considering an irreversible step — one certainly that should not be taken lightly. [...]

[...] The idea of making choices should be stressed: to live or to die is indeed each person’s choice.

[...] Even those with very serious diseases can always hope for improvement, so even if an individual is considering suicide because of a severe health dilemma, the matter should be carefully weighed.

(After we had talked for some time Jane told me that she felt Seth “buzzing around,” and that he could explain Marian’s dream to her should she be willing to listen. [...] Otherwise, Jane said, she would prefer to leave; she had no trouble keeping Seth from speaking, yet felt it would be better to change her surroundings should no session be held.

(Seth reassured Marian that should a child enter the room unexpectedly Ruburt would instantly “be himself,” and nothing would be noticed by the child. [...]

(Should she not be able to master the use of suggestion and positive religious faith quickly enough, Seth reassured Marian that the operation would then take care of the tumor, and that Marian had no worries here. [...]

I should be quite disappointed if you were not showing improvement. [...] Ruburt, with this book before him as an example, should know that he can now expect more of himself, and should not be satisfied with less. [...]

[...] I should suggest however a good night’s sleep, and I should suggest specifically that you give yourself the same sort of suggestion that Ruburt gave to himself before retiring.

Nevertheless some of this is, or should be, obvious. [...]

(A recount since last session reveals that the total number of poems should be revised upward, to 63, produced in the same amount of time. [...]

[...] People who should have died ten years ago by such prognoses, still live, while others who it seems should have lived, died.

[...] They should indeed then be the healthiest of men. [...]

It should play far more a part then than it does in your lives, whether it amounts to a quiet half hour, simply lying together; but touch is vital. [...]

Noises outside the bedroom, of neighborhood activity, sometimes add to this, making him think he should be out in the world in a more gregarious, competitive manner, so he feels more isolated from other people and the community also at such times, as a result of the Darwinian concepts mentioned in our last session. [...]