“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

There is great energy connected with the fetus, for at no other time in physical life is so much energy utilized so purposefully and so well directed. It is this charge of energy of truly cosmic proportion that allows for the initial breakthrough into matter. The personality is busy transforming literally infinite data. Much of this work has already been done by the third month of pregnancy. As quickly as the new data forms the fetus and physical structure, the self from the previous reincarnation must begin to withdraw its hold. It enters briefly into this process (of birth) but it does not become the new individual.

It helps form the new individual, and then it must withdraw. The new self unit must be free and not hampered by the demands that could otherwise be put upon it. The new individual has a deeply buried memory of its past lives, but the personal consciousness of the last reincarnated self must not be superimposed upon this new identity. The new personality, in its small astral body, does visit with other portions of the entire identity. It is even given lessons of a kind, but it is very much its own self.

[...] You give yourselves, say, six months, and you promise not to withdraw the issue from Framework 2’s account in the meantime. You withdraw the account by worrying about it. You withdraw the account by trying to exert more effort in Framework 1, instead of letting the account take care of itself.

All that was involved, as you told Ruburt, was a shuffling of paper from here to there, and a promise to keep the money in the account and not withdraw it for a specific amount of time. [...]

[...] Even this however will withdraw. [...] The individual consciousness of it will withdraw from each atom and molecule within the physical body. Each minute consciousness will withdraw. [...]

[...] That creative kind of withdrawal is quite healthy, psychologically pertinent, and creative. As some of his other less auspicious ideas came into prominence, however, that natural healthy withdrawing tendency was also used to some extent (underlined) as a framework that was overextended. [...]

[...] He would then momentarily, for a while, withdraw from the workaday world. [...]

[...] In certain terms the physical world can (underlined) be said to be opaquely perceived then, while other perceptions become clearer, but the normally conscious attention (underlined) is no longer so dominant, and even normal beliefs go into a momentary withdrawal.

The tendencies to so withdraw and deny the body were early obvious, but unrecognized. [...]

In the beginning you encouraged him, and found such signs of withdrawal as indications of his maturity. [...]

[...] Now I wonder if Jane will take my painting full time as a sign that her course of action was right all along, and simply intensify her withdrawal. [...]

The pattern had always included a strong tendency of withdrawal superimposed and enforced upon a very spontaneous self. [...]

These issues are all important, since he could not run in space, and did not, when the pattern of withdrawal began, express his resentment; he still turns off the radio when you come into the room, for fear the noise, which to him will be interpreted by you as aggressive noisy feelings, will annoy you.

It was only too easy for you to accept this withdrawal without recognizing it for what it was, because of your own background, and I mentioned some allied material here in the near-contact session. [...]

[...] As quickly as the new data forms the fetus and the physical structure, the self from the previous reincarnation must begin to withdraw its hold. [...]

It helps form the new individual, and then it must withdraw. [...]

You withdraw your support at that point, you find all kinds of reasons, rationalizations, and you withdraw all enthusiasm, so that you effectively inhibit his enthusiasm, so hard won. [...]

In the initial stages of Ruburt’s withdrawals, the exaggerated chatter also served to fool him, you see, as well as others. [...]

[...] He envied you what he thought of as your coolness, and in trying to emulate it at times he only used it as an excuse to continue this old pattern of withdrawal.

I had also intended, if the suggestion were followed, to add certain suggestions having to do with the necessity of seeing others, and even of some aggressive activities, so to speak, which would have effectively counteracted any possible tendency for withdrawal on his part.

You will never find me advocating a withdrawal from the outer world, advocating prejudice of any kind, advocating any activities that will be in any way injurious to health, or advocating a fanaticism, ever, on the part of the sessions themselves.

(Even so, when all present withdraw their hands from the table, no matter what its antics have been, as soon as all contact is withdrawn the table falls back into normal floor position.

[...] We mourn the table’s withdrawal for obvious reasons. [...]

Gradual realization, by stages of withdrawal and arrival.

[...] As to her own mother, Marie, I said it was perfectly okay to admit that she didn’t succeed there, or chose to withdraw or admit failure. [...]

[...] The conscious withdrawal of mental life during life makes normally conscious experience possible. [...]

The idea of the back room will also serve as a psychological set for withdrawal from ordinary physical concerns and relationships with others. [...]

[...] The miracle began to withdraw. [...]

[...] The entity withdraws into basic energy realms and is comparatively free from time since idea construction is at a minimum level. [...]

[...] He suddenly began to withdraw his energy in fear, and created what you could think of as an implosive hole that had begun to drain your existences.

[...] It is easier for him to withdraw than it appears. [...]

[...] It is now withdrawing to a more normal position.