The Way Toward Health - May 2 and 6, 1984 - Value Fulfillment and Respect

May 2, 1984

Aside: Advice for Jane and Rob

The expression of emotion is excellent, particularly the release of anger and frustration.

This does not mean those emotions should be concentrated upon, but acknowledged and expressed.  This allows new feelings to take their place – and again, accelerates motion at all levels.

Some of the material may be difficult initially for Ruburt to express, but it is well worth the effort and the momentary outbursts.  Such experiences should be followed, however, by reassurances, both on your part, and by self-reminders on Ruburt’s part that his being and experience are indeed couched and held securely in safety and love.

The free association is indeed then operating as it should, and that expression will clear the mental and emotional roads, so that Ruburt’s natural, innate high spirits can begin to show their faces again.  You are both handling the situation well, then.

May 6, 1984

Remember that each segment of life is motivated by value fulfillment, and is therefore always attempting to use and develop all of its abilities and potentials, and to express itself in as many probable ways as possible, in a process that takes into consideration the needs and desires of each other segment of life.

The very existence of certain kinds of viruses provides safety against many other diseases, whether or not those viruses even exist in an active manner.  It is obvious, of course, that the overall physical stability of the earth is possible because of the ever-occurring storms, “natural disasters”, and other seeming calamities.  Yet such events promote the earth’s great, bountiful food supplies, and serve to redistribute the planet’s resources.

In the same fashion, diseases also, in the overall picture, promote the health and well-being of life in all of its aspects.  Value fulfillment operates within microbes and nations, within individual creatures and entire species, and it unites all of life’s manifestations so that indeed creatures and their environments are united in an overall cooperative venture – a venture in which each segment almost seeks to go beyond itself in creativity, growth, and expression.  In a smaller, individual framework, each man and woman, then, is motivated by this same value fulfillment.

You will shortly see how diseases are caused by the detriments set up against value fulfillment, often because of fears, doubts, or misunderstandings – and how other diseases may actually lead to instances of value fulfillment that are misread and misinterpreted.

I also want to stress here that all aspects of life experience not only sensations but emotional feelings.  Therefore, there is a kind of innate gallantry that operates among all segments of life – a gallantry that deserves your respect and consideration.  You should have respect, then, for the cells of your body, the thoughts of your mind, and try to understand that even the smallest creatures share with you the emotional experience of life’s triumphs and vulnerabilities.