“Seth material” search engine (Jane Roberts)

[...] You are reacting, and have been, to some of your mother’s attitudes toward men who work at home, so you try to prove to yourself and others that this is really not only as difficult as outside work, but more so. If people might think you have little to do all day because they do not see you going to a job, then you can show that you have even less time to yourself than others.

[...] First of all, generally pertaining to yourself. [...]

[...] You think of yourself as virtuous. [...]

(9:40.) You have built up the idea of free time being wrong, sinful, no matter what you tell yourself about wanting more of it. [...]

There is nothing wrong, and much beneficial, in strongly imagining yourself as the possessor of property. To imagine yourself enviously (underline) as the owner of another man’s property is harmful.

There is a difference between wanting more, which is legitimate, and envying those who have more, for in such cases you harm not only yourself but those whom you envy.

[...] You did not after all blame yourself that much. [...]

[...] You also felt that in order to satisfy envy, you would have to change yourself from your direct course to a crooked course. [...]

[...] You should not remind him of them either, or concentrate upon them yourself.

[...] If you think you are being reasonable by looking for a lesser house, that seems more within your means, then you are selling yourself short, lacking the trust that more will be given. [...]

I am not making you overextend yourself this evening.

[...] If you allow yourself the freedom you can draw for inspiration not only from this life’s experience, but for your painting use visual memory from your other existences.

[...] You may feel quite virtuous, for example, in hating evil, or what seems to you to be evil; but if you find yourself concentrating upon either hatred or evil you are creating it. If you are poor you may feel quite self-righteous in your financial condition, looking with scorn upon those who are wealthy, telling yourself that money is wrong and so reinforcing the condition of poverty. If you are ill you may find yourself dwelling upon the misery of your condition, and bitterly envying those who are healthy, bemoaning your state — and therefore perpetuating it through your thoughts.

[...] You are here to use, enjoy, and express yourself through the body. [...]

[...] All other ideas are rejected or accepted according to whether or not you believe they are true, in line with the steady conscious chattering that goes on within your mind most of the day — the suggestions given to you by yourself.

You will accept a suggestion given by another only if it fits in with your own ideas about the nature of reality in general, and your concepts about yourself in particular.

[...] You should indeed imagine yourself, therefore, able to handle your energy effectively for your own good and the good of others; to imagine yourself as a channel through which the creativity of the universe can express itself. [...]

When you are certain that you feel at least reasonably secure, where you are, then we shall take you to where you are not and you will find yourself. [...]

[...] You do not understand the ways in which you project the physical matter of yourself into this room, however. [...]

[...] You as an individualized consciousness are a part of this, and you cannot express yourself fully nor fulfill your purpose as an identity, as an individual, if you are not in good health... [...]

[...] You should indeed imagine yourself, therefore, able to handle your energy effectively for your own good and the good of others; to imagine yourself as a channel through which the creativity of the universe can express itself. [...]

When you are certain that you feel at least reasonably secure, where you are, then we shall take you to where you are not and you will find yourself. [...]

[...] You do not understand the ways in which you project the physical matter of yourself into this room, however. [...]

[...] You as an individualized consciousness are a part of this, and you cannot express yourself fully nor fulfill your purpose as an identity, as an individual, if you are not in good health—for the effects of the body are felt in the mind...and the effects of the mind are felt in the body. [...]

[...] There should be a standing back within yourself for a while. The problems which you have set yourself can be solved, or the challenges you have set yourself can be met, in several ways. [...]

[...] Remember you form the sands that shift, and in yourself you will find the answers if you are not impatient. You must not demand them of yourself, you must let them come.

[...] The answers are within yourself and you will find them. [...]

No one can tell you the, correct road to follow, but you have the answer within yourself. [...]

(10:22.) Your side bothers you when you want to be on the right side of yourself, as in the old term, getting up on the right side of the bed. In other words, you are perturbed over what is the proper direction for you to take—not trusting yourself to make the proper decision automatically, but wanting to force a quick conscious decision so that you will know what to do, and have it over with.

The younger people represent versions of yourself, who wonder at your prominence in a different field, but you do not care. [...]

In dreams you can recognize yourself even though the usual space and time references may be quite different than the ones with which you are familiar in the waking state. [...]

You might find yourself in a completely different body, or in a different time, or of course in a different perspective of relationships—but you are your own reference point. [...]

I referred to that, I thought, in my preliminary statement about time references—that you recognize yourself in a dream even if the other references do not agree with known reality. [...]

[...] This seems to be a fact, so that you find yourself blaming yourself at times. [...]

[...] You have yourself, now, inhibited some Nebene material for that reason. [...]

[...] A psychological connection exists between the first son in that reality, and yourself.

Now, the inner self is psychologically influenced by these probable personalities, for they are all psychologically connected and represent a whole personality structure, a whole personality gestalt with which you as you know yourself are utterly unfamiliar.

[...] You are far from identical with these probable selves, and yet if you met them you would instantly know that you had found unknown portions of yourself.

[...] In other words, I am not now speaking of portions of yourself that exist in your so-called future.

[...] There are methods that will allow you to catch yourself in the middle of projections embarked upon from the waking state. [...]

[...] The only way to prove waking projections of this type to yourself is by following this method.

[...] You are following levels of your own consciousness until you discover yourself in an environment of which the ordinary waking consciousness had been previously unaware. [...]

[...] When you find yourself, so to speak, watching what you think of as the ego, then you are in contact with this portion of the self. [...]

[...] If you judge yourself according to the physical self that you know, then you must be filled again by doubts because again instinctively, you know that you are more. [...]

[...] You can look in the mirror and take your image for granted and brush your teeth and stare at yourself and think, I am a sorry picture, indeed, or I am quite a beautiful thing and smile, but in either case you are taking it for granted that only physical perceptions are real. [...]

[...] To realize that there is more of yourself than you can physically perceive is faith. [...]

[...] Your body is your method of perception at this time, but I am telling you that if you identify your entire reality with your body then you are heading for severe feelings of depression and desolation and also letting yourself in for some surprises in the future. [...]

[...] Imagine yourself wondering what to put there now that the painting has sold. See yourself discussing this with Ruburt.

[...] Do not overwhelm yourself with suggestions before sleep, but it is a very good time to give yourself suggestions concerning your painting in terms of creative intuitions to help you use your abilities.

Now you give yourself conscious direction by taking it for granted that you paint well, by trying to see the completed painting in your mind. [...]

[...] See and hear yourself telling them (long pause) that you are selling more paintings than you ever believed possible. [...]

In that area you believe yourself vulnerable. [...] While you are in that framework, you can gradually wean yourself from it. [...]

[...] That represents the one physical area concerning health in which you are not fully relying upon yourself, or new beliefs. [...]

[...] How you spend your time, the galleries that want your work; and divest yourself of negative ideas regarding galleries. Do not limit yourself. [...]

[...] Feel yourself flexible. [...]

[...] See yourself enjoying the abundance. [...]

[...] This is not lying to yourself. [...]

Joseph, if you respect yourself why can’t you also love yourself?

[...] If you had helped tonight, you would not have felt the need to turn your emotions inward against yourself in a self-destructive manner.

The “you” that you presently conceive yourself to be represents the emergence into physical experience of but one probable state of your being, who then directs corporeal life and “frames” and defines all sense data. When your ideas about yourself change, so does your experience.

[...] Those beliefs about yourself form your own self-image, and define your concepts of what is possible or not possible for you. [...]

[...] In such a state you do not seem to experience yourself directly, and indeed in the midst of what you think of as the waking state you act in the most mechanical of fashions, following habit and being less aware of sensual stimuli.

[...] You can to some extent discover for yourself the other probable you’s that are a portion of your being.

[...] You sleep more deeply as a rule than Ruburt, hence you must be sure to give yourself the suggestion to awaken and remember. [...] Impress yourself with the thought that you want to get up and retrieve it.

[...] If this is the case then the exercise should be continued until you imagine you yourself deciding upon and bringing about the destruction and replacement. If you are not ready to burn down the structure itself, imaginatively, then you are not prepared to rid yourself of the negative behavior, you see. [...]

[...] You can also suggest dreams in which you are flying in an airplane, and tell yourself you will awaken to project. [...]

[...] To some extent you can learn to speak yourself with an accent, so to speak — say that I smiled — in which case, still being yourself, you allow yourself to take on some of the attributes of another “language.”

[...] (Long pause.) You are a part of the world, and yet you are yourself. [...]

You can read the world in a different way, while still maintaining your own identity, or you can move into a different country of yourself that speaks your native language but with a different slant. [...]