Advice To Jane (Continued)

Seth Early Sessions, Vol 7, Session 325

Advice To Jane (Continued)

Now.  Remaining symptoms can be broken by intense concentration in other areas.

The critical part of the illness is over.  You do not want any chronic lasting symptoms, even of lesser intensity, however.  These are residue, acting on habit patterns, and they must be eventually erased.

When you concentrate on a symptom you reinforce it.  Ruburt should know this.  I am not suggesting that you pretend the symptom does not exist, but that you quite deliberately give yourself constructive suggestion, and turn your attention immediately away quickly to other matters.

In all cases emphasis on suggestions must be upon health and vitality.  To concentrate upon a hand for example to see whether or not a suggestion has taken hold, is hardly beneficial.  Ruburt is now at the stage where he has freed considerable energy, and this must now be utilized in constructive activity, and not to reinforce symptoms.

It will be highly advantageous now for him to renew projection attempts.  His enthusiasm is returning as far as his work is concerned.  This is automatically beneficial.  Nightly suggestions should deal now with general health and vitality, and with pictures of anticipation for the following day’s activities.

Concentration should be upon his love of work, and enjoyment and simple pleasures.  For now it is best that he not specifically give suggestion to any particular portion of the body, since he tends lately to concentrate upon that portion in a disadvantageous manner.

We want him now too busy and joyful to accept symptoms.  This will involve some work on his part, but all effort must be made.  He is to make an effort to remember his dreams, get up and record them, and anticipate projection dreams.  Now spring is approaching.  His energy can and must be used to good purpose.  Additional energy is usually available to him during spring season, and it must be used to facilitate a complete cure.

If it is directed into his poetry, his writing, and projection attempts, peaceful enjoyment and pleasant social engagements, then unbelievable advancements will result.  He will be in better condition than he has been in several years, and he will have learned lessons that will help him immeasurably.

These suggestions of mine may sound simple but they are not.

Concentration must be taken away from the symptoms.  Periods of peaceful quiet are excellent.  Periods of fearful quiet such as those of last weekend must not be indulged in.  The moods may be recognized of course, but their destructive nature must also be recognized, and concentration then directed to other stimuli.

Now.  He must change his expectations drastically.  He must fully expect a complete cure and release from symptoms.  Otherwise he prolongs them.

When he does not believe his muscles will work, he will not put full strength upon them, for example, and physically weakens the muscle.  He must work upon his attitude.  He must concentrate in other areas.  Music can be extremely beneficial.  Dancing can be of great therapeutic benefit.  Not, however, when he concentrates upon his symptoms.

He uses his fingers well when he types, and he uses considerable pressure.  His concentration is focused on more intense stimuli.  He forgets his symptoms to a large degree.  He forgets them to a large degree at nursery school and remembers them incidentally afterward.

He felt guilty incidentally to some extent last weekend at leaving the house and putting off guests, as well he should, for his reasons were wrong.

He did not want to face people that he knew.  He did not want to make the effort to have a social evening with them.  Going out was then an escape rather than a pursuit of pleasure, as I suggested.

I suggest that you change your environment and leave the apartment at times simply because there is such recognition of the symptoms within the apartment, and the change is beneficial.  The breaking of habit patterns is beneficial, but this should involve a spontaneous, pleasant adventure.

I suggest you leave room for spontaneity on Fridays.  Ruburt has become somewhat sensitized to the day because of the old Catholic connection of not eating meat.  This has to do with the difficulty in buying groceries, the fish being an act of denial, you see.

Earlier suggestions given by me should be heeded.  He should try and see himself walking winningly down the street.  When you go dancing, it would help if he wore clothes that he has worn in the past when he danced well, you see.  I did not recommend, I do not recommend, Ida’s clothing, for she has back difficulties, and these were known to you.  (Ida is my brother Bill’s wife.)

These suggestions, if faithfully followed, will result in the disappearance of symptoms.

We will have a considerable amount of general material following this, on health in general, and on the importance of the focusing of energy that is involved.  There are many reasons for all of the suggestions given this evening, and they are significant from many standpoints.

I will make myself better known to you when you are ready for me to do so.

You may, along with your dream suggestions, suggest that you see me on a dream projection, and I will tell you that I am I so you will know me.

Advice To Rob

Now, for your attitude, my friend.

Praise him, without of course overdoing it but praise him when he is doing well and showing improvement, and encourage him.  Do not comment overmuch about symptoms when they occur.

Again do not ignore them, but do not let your comments act as a negative suggestion that already might reinforce those that he has inadvertently given himself.  Comfort him when this is necessary, but the comforting should follow the lines of constructive suggestions: “You will feel better soon.”

Make an attempt to divert his attention.  Even though this may require some ingenuity it is worth it.

Your attitude is also important, of course.  It should not involve pity, for this reinforces the symptoms, but should involve a confident assurance, particularly when he is fearful – an encouragement on your part, of constructive activities, a comforting but not overindulgent attitude, you see.

Advice On Dreams And Projections

Your own projection attempts can be achieved now in the dream state, for you can take advantage of the time that you do not have in waking existence.  A few such deliberate experiments, suggested before sleep, will give you the confidence you need to carry through on a waking projection.  You need this practice, Joseph.

Such experiences are particularly helpful for the sense of freedom they allow you.  They expand the personality in ways not available in ordinary physical existence.

The training in manipulation of consciousness of this kind is invaluable.  There are at least three different kinds of projections that you should experience in the dream state, that will facilitate waking experiences.  You should give yourself projection suggestions now as a matter of course before you sleep.

It is quite beneficial to suggest you will awake at once afterward, to write the experience down.  This helps to isolate it from other dream experience, and to alert you.  You have sleep to consider of course, but this method is the best one of all.