“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] A note to Ruburt: to impress that universe on a conscious level, you stress your individuality, while at the same time trying to realize that your uniqueness rises each moment from that divine psychological fabric. When you are most yourself, you have the clearest channels to the fountainhead of your being, for you are acting according to the nature, the unique nature, of yourself—and also stressing the great infinity of being from which your own uniqueness emerges. [...]

A person with several existences stressing intellectual achievement might purposely then decide upon a life in which mental abilities are beyond him, and the emotions allowed a full play that he had denied them “earlier.”

(9:54.) Since all existences are simultaneous, this simply means his stressing certain aspects in this life — at the expense of others, you would say — and setting up a frame of reference that may seem to be limiting. [...]

[...] Certain values have been stressed in your country, particularly in the recent present. [...]

The physical condition itself, on that level (pause), is caused (long pause) by “improper” relationships—that is, things not working together well, though the parts themselves are not diseased, per se—and that is the result of stress, habitually applied, of bodily habits. [...]

The crisis situation led him to concentrate upon his difficulties, which aggravated his stress, of course. [...]

Ruburt’s body has been given an enlarged dose of stress lately, for the reasons mentioned here. [...]

That is, trance work you feel requires a safe framework and stresses a private stance even though its messages can be shared. [...]

[...] He stresses the bisexual nature of humanity and the importance of bisexuality, both spiritually and biologically.

He discusses in depth the experience of early man and the different organizations of perception that prevailed, and stresses that the species has always had access to “inner data” so that its source of knowledge was never exclusively dependent upon exterior circumstances. [...]

And in all of this, as always, Seth stresses probabilities as playing a vital role in the development of the individual and the species, and as representing the basis for free will. [...]

I used quotation marks around the entire heading for this chapter to stress the point that the heading is written with your own ideas of health and disease in mind. [...]

Later we will discuss what this means to you, the individual person, but for now I want to stress the fact that while it may seem natural enough to consider disease as a threat, an adversary or an enemy, this is not the case.

[...] I am now stressing, however, that the two regular sessions should be held, and I am saying this now knowing that Ruburt is able and willing to follow my suggestions.

[...] Our regular sessions will always be the primary source of the material, and the stress will always be laid upon them. [...]

[...] It will mobilize your resources and fill your body with a rush of needed hormones, creating a dream state of stress that will bring the organism’s healing abilities into combat and result in an end to particular physical symptoms.

Another dream might provide a “dreaming” peaceful interlude in which all stress is minimized, with the overactive output of certain hormones and chemicals quieted as a result.

[...] The heavy doses of chemicals introduced from the outside, however, give you an entirely different kind of situation and add new stresses. [...]

[...] I stressed her general relaxation, mentioning each part of her body often. [...]

I would simply like you both, without stressing the issue overduly, to be more aware of your conversations, without monitoring them. [...]

[...] I will have some remarks Saturday also about the psychic horror story in the Enquirer, stressing the power of suggestion in another area.

[...] It must have come to your attention that I have mentioned the nature of your love for each other many times—often when you would have preferred some other material —but I do again want to stress it as a vital ingredient in Ruburt’s recovery. [...]

[...] She stressed the syllables for the most part, as in the past, and her eyes were cracked open. [...]

[...] At times she’d stressed the syllables of words more than the words themselves; at other times she hadn’t.

[...] And let the stressful episode momentarily rest, as if you were saying “Oh yes, there is indeed a most undesirable twisted group of sentences. [...]

[...] The muscles are then in a state of constant stress.

The whole idea was developed in the most mechanistic of terms, stressing competition among all aspects of life, pitting one life form against another, and using physical strength and dexterity, swiftness and efficiency, as the prime conditions for the survival of any individual or species.

[...] Some public-service announcements stress the “fact” that the individual can be gravely threatened by high blood pressure, for example, even though he or she feels in excellent physical health.

(Long pause.) Parents who are actually quite worried about their childrens’ susceptibility to illness often go overboard, stressing all kinds of sports and sports-related projects, but the children sense their parents’ unspoken fears, and they try to reassure their parents through achieving high goals or merit in sports programs.

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

(As I told Jane last night, I didn’t realize that I was so tight, so bound up with tensions and stresses, that I was ready to fall ill because of those basic conflicts with self-disapproval, the male-provider role, money, taxes, and all the rest of the daily paraphernalia of living. [...]

[...] But as far as the sessions themselves are concerned, I want to stress the ease with which they naturally occur, the lack of strain. [...]

People react differently to stress. Ruburt’s reaction to stressful situations was a repressive one: he did indeed often feel in a steady state of some alarm. [...]

[...] There have been stresses laid, however, on the acts of eating that you could do without, and in your ways you have carried through the best procedure without knowing it, following the entire procedure for a short time, then dropping it, then continuing. [...]

[...] They are like a reward food, while many of the health-food foods come somewhat closer—somewhat closer (much louder)—to a kind of punishment syndrome, though I do not want to stress the point. [...]