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When science seems to betray you, in your society, it does so because its methods are unworthy of its intent — so unworthy and so out of line with science’s prime purpose that the methods themselves almost amount to an insidious antiscientific attitude that goes all unrecognized. The same applies to medicine, of course, when in its worthy purpose to save life, its methods often lead to quite unworthy experimentation (see Note 3 for Session 850), so that life is destroyed for the sake of saving, say, a greater number of lives. (Pause.) On the surface level, such methods appear sometimes regrettable but necessary, but the deeper implications far outdo any temporary benefits, for through such methods men lose sight of life’s sacredness, and begin to treat it contemptuously.

(Long pause at 9:32.) That is why fanatics feel justified in their (underlined) actions. When you indulge in such black-and-white thinking, you treat your ideals shabbily. Each act that is not in keeping with that ideal begins to unravel the ideal at its very core. As I have stated [several times], if you feel unworthy, or powerless to act, and if you are idealistic, you may begin to feel that the ideal exists so far in the future that it is necessary to take steps you might not otherwise take to achieve it. And when this happens, the ideal is always eroded. If you want to be a true practicing idealist, then each step that you take along the way must be worthy of your goal.

[...] There is a difference between believing that you are unworthy and being unworthy in fact.

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“I feel inferior because my mother hated me,” or, “I feel unworthy because I was scrawny and small as a child.” [...]

[...] In the 350th Session for July 6, 1967, is a sentence which has stayed with me— when Seth said: “Ruburt has an unfortunate sense of unworthiness, without which the situation [Jane’s symptoms] could not have developed.” I wondered if the unworthy feeling and the fact of success could be linked through the symptoms.

[...] Success is taboo for the unworthy only, you see. When the overconscientious self learns that the spontaneous self is not unworthy, then success is permissible.

[...] This portion considered itself not only unworthy but evil. [...]

He also had a belief, quite contradictory, in the unworthiness, now, of his being. [...]

The belief in basic unworthiness was still present, however. [...]

[...] You do this by discarding ideas of unworthiness and powerlessness, no matter what their sources. [...]

(Pause.) When I speak of impulses, many of you will automatically think of impulses that appear contradictory or dangerous or “evil” — and that is because you are so convinced of the basic unworthiness of your being. [...]

[...] If your impulses lead you toward relationships with others, then do not let fears of unworthiness stand in your way. [...]

[...] This will automatically help replace some of the negative beliefs concerning unworthiness, and is an effective way of avoiding pitfalls.

As mentioned earlier you may have believed that of itself poverty was more spiritual than abundance, or that you were basically unworthy and should therefore punish yourself by being poor. [...]

[...] As an example, you may believe that you want to understand the nature of your inner self — you may tell yourself you want to remember your dreams, but at the same time still hold a belief in the basic unworthiness of the self, and be quite frightened of remembering your dreams because of what you might find there.

[...] The handicapped are often given messages, even by the medical profession, that make them feel like misfits, unworthy to survive. [...]

[...] The old fear of spontaneity returned, and the methodical attempt to deny subconscious impulses; the old feeling of unworthiness was also activated, and the body duly denied. [...]

[...] But because he felt at this time unworthy, for the reasons given, then he must punish himself for its success, artistically speaking. [...]

[...] And why do you believe that the energy of the universe which flows through frog and tree—does not flow also through your own being—or to refuse to use this tremendous energy because you feel you are unworthy. Is a stone unworthy? [...]

Behind many such attitudes is the idea that the body itself is unworthy, and that starving it somehow cuts down on the appetites of the flesh. [...]

[...] The belief in illness itself depends upon a belief in human unworthiness, guilt and imperfection, for example.

[...] If you believe that all such thoughts are wrong you will inhibit them and feel all the more guilty — which will generate aggressiveness against yourself and further deepen your sense of unworthiness.

You cannot will yourself to be happy while believing that you have no right to happiness, or that you are unworthy of it. [...]

[...] Our friend might also be convinced that he himself is evil, unworthy, or even depraved, the lowest of men or women. [...]

It begins with the sense of unworthiness mentioned often, but it led to a pattern of behavior where he began to hold his breath, so to speak, tense the muscles in self-protection. [...]

[...] His creative abilities were growing and developing, his concepts enlarging, but he was for some time so convinced of science’s viewpoint that the ideas of the Sinful Self were looked upon as unworthy and superstitious. [...]

[...] You may discard or dismiss “what you want” as unworthy, evil, but you must first be aware of your motives. [...]

[...] He was made to feel unworthy and unwanted by his mother, and it was the spontaneous self who took the brunt of this. [...]

[...] His mother let it be known that she had no use for him, and he thought if his mother could not love him, then certainly there must be something seriously wrong and unworthy about him.

Often he wanted you to approach him in intimate terms, but felt unworthy because of his condition, and because he felt that you found it distasteful, and even degrading. [...]