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We come therefore to the fact of creative tension. The individual in his psychological state is familiar with creative tension, often in its pure state. So quickly however is the tension transformed into a distortive creation that the sensation of creation is mistakenly accepted as the tension itself, rather than seen for what it is. Creation is the result of tension, though instantly new tension is set up, since tension is a characteristic of action. And each creation, being action, will instantly set up new tension.

Tension is action’s inherent impulse to know itself through further action. All actions are the result of tension. Without tension there would be no existence. Tension therefore is a creative state. A lack of understanding concerning tension will always lead an organism to fight against itself.

The act of creation occurs, itself, not at the peak of the wave of tension, but as the wave dissolves into the fulfillment of itself. The exhilarating sensation is the tension. The sensation is usually mistakenly applied as if it accompanied the creation itself, but the creation is the final act, so to speak, of a given tension.

The creation is, therefore, the relaxed fulfillment of a tension. This can have practical results, for you will be able to recognize and use the tension itself toward purposeful goals. It can be dissolved or set at rest in any action. Recognizing the tension itself will allow you to choose the action that will result, to some degree.

(9:31.) Now: much of Ruburt’s problem was centered in jaw tension. Beliefs, as you know, were the cause of the tension. He used the occasion of losing the lower teeth completely to begin an overall release of tension. [...]

[...] The main thing is to remember the body’s good intent, and its ability to follow through because fear of course increases tension on the muscles.

(I was shocked—because I discovered a vast amount of tension in her left leg. [...] Her whole leg was tense; I could feel the tension in all the tendons and muscles. I was amazed at the tension in the leg. [...]

[...] I told her I was “upset” at the tension in the leg, and wanted to see it dissipate. [...]

(I did tell Jane that when Seth came through again I wanted some material on the tension in her body, especially the leg. [...]

[...] A good deal of the body’s difficulties have been caused by tension almost exclusively, so what I am saying is of particular importance. [...]

These measures also greatly relieve neck and shoulder tension and increase blood flow in such a way that necessary cleaning takes place in precisely those areas where pressure has initiated trouble at other points. With this comes a lessening of tension, muscular tension, in all areas, and also the initiation of certain hormones produced in times of normal healthy stress, that help combat imbalances.

[...] The sinuses are draining, and tension being drawn away from other areas of the body. [...]

[...] In this case also healing energies are rushed to the sinus and head-neck areas, from which in Ruburt’s case, physically, the symptoms originated—through strain and tension.

[...] Tension however has caused a disturbance. Tension arising, oddly enough, from the realization that his book will indeed be published. This tension will vanish. [...]

[...] These matters also helped add to Ruburt’s tension. [...]

Much of the muscular tension and rigidity is caused by such constant mental tension. [...]

With this relaxation more tension will not build up. [...]

[...] Intimate awareness of relaxation and of tension will prevent any such buildup after his recovery, and has already led to a certain monitoring. Automatically now he is relaxing areas that have been released as soon as any tension appears. [...]

In Ruburt’s case there was a build-up of tension. [...]

[...] Tension in the head and neck floated down like ripples into the body, and for every obvious improvement in this kind of mobility (Jane waved her right arm about vigorously; it is much improved), inner small releases occur in the legs.

Each of you need two 5-minute periods a day, at least, in which you purposefully relax mental and physical tensions through whatever methods you choose. [...]

These would automatically break up tensions that you have before let accumulate, regardless of their nature.

[...] Some body tension was needed. I am speaking of positive tension now. [...]

[...] The applied tension itself in that framework came to imply a kind of support. [...] The panic he feels in some particular kind of relaxation episodes does indeed involve the psychological feelings that were buried within that releasing tension. [...]

(9:33.) Initially, as the tension releases it releases along with it the buried panic about which it was formed (long pause). [...] He, again, also learned to identify with tension, so there can be some alarm as he lets it dissolve. [...]

[...] It is important then that he begin using his psychic abilities to help heal his own body, and he will begin doing that as he understands that it is indeed safer to let that tension go, and to free his psychic and physical motion. [...]

Now: Ruburt’s body is reducing tensions. Those tensions were projected upon it by mental states of mind. In the last several days in particular, that tension level has been splendidly reduced. [...]

[...] I want to stress that nothing is wrong with Ruburt’s physical body except for applied tension. [...] The entire body is releasing tension. [...]

Released tension in the head area can also change both Ruburt’s depth perception and head pressure, as it lessens. [...]

The picture fit together so well, in fact, that you say it was a smooth overall performance; as stated, those head tensions eventually caused all the other difficulties. The tension resulted in jaw pressures, affecting the teeth, the sinuses, and in particular the tightening of large ligaments in the neck. [...]

[...] The tension in the head area was applied gradually over a period of time. [...]

The body’s latest efforts to heal itself, Ruburt’s strong intent to become flexible, and your own help and encouragement, have led to a situation in which all of those tensions, exerted over a long period of time, are in the process of rather speedily being released. [...]

[...] The head tensions and those ligaments, however, are keys that before locked the shoulders, arms, and chest in a given position, forcing the knees to bend for the sake of balance.

There is also a natural tension, then, between sexes that is based on far deeper causes than physical ones. The tension results from the nature of your consciousness that arises from the anima, but depends for its continuation upon the “aggressiveness” of the animus. [...]

[...] The tension between the two leads him to temper aggressiveness with creativity, or to use aggressiveness creatively.

[...] Your consciousness as you know it, your particular present kind of consciousness, is a statement of awareness brought about by a particular kind of tension, a specific kind of focus arising from the true unconscious of the whole self.

[...] It is psychologically experienced as a state of tension. I refer to a creative tension, but one that is of course to some extent also a state of stress, creative stress. [...]

[...] You become annoyed by the spontaneous, natural tension that is a part of your artistic being—and that tension becomes physically translated in the body. [...]

[...] That is the atmosphere in which his mental and physical work is done, for he always feels the tug and pull, and the tension, between the sensed ideal and its manifestation. [...]

[...] They have lost the tension between the ideal and its manifestation. [...]

(“Tension, as something evenly balanced. Tension like wires… As in trying to go two ways at once. A pulling in two directions, with a balance of tension resulting.” [...]

[...] Tension, as something evenly balanced. Tension like wires. [...]

(“How about the tension?”)

[...] A pulling in two directions, with a balance of tension resulting. [...]

[...] This is not a lack of belief or optimism, but an honest response at a given moment, and one that allows the body a natural release from tension. [...]

[...] Built-up tensions obviously lead to depression. [...]

Today the body began to rid itself of tension. Ruburt is so used to body tensions that he felt disoriented and afraid. [...]

Ruburt’s (very relaxed) condition today was the result of Friday’s news (about the very good sales of all of Jane’s books), and the body was ridding itself of a tension. [...]

[...] There are periods where there is some disorientation, as the body rids itself of tensions, at its own pace, and they will be followed by periods of physical ambition.

[...] Seth said the circulation was healthy, but interfered with somewhat by tension.

[...] He went into some detail here, explaining that the tension caused a slowing of the blood flow in the shoulder and arm making the blood’s normally easy flow much more difficult. [...]

[...] The aspirin, he said, aggravates the problems caused by tension in this particular instance. [...]

[...] He said Peggy should surmount the problem setting up the tension in her back, which was leading in turn to the other physical symptoms, for if she did not there was a danger that any habits of rigidity would grow worse in the future. [...]

[...] We want him to be able to recognize tension in the shoulders, as he can now, but could not earlier, recognize the tension in the jaw.

The main difficulty with the arms now is an absence of relaxation in the shoulder area, a tension that is physically demonstrated. [...]

I will at least counteract some of the muscular tension and dissipate it. [...]