The Way Toward Health - February 2 and 5, 1984

February 2, 1984

Aside: “The New Way”

In his own mind, Ruburt calls these ideas, taken together, “The New Way”.

The ideas themselves are quite ancient, of course.  They are expressed by many cultures and religions, esoteric groups and cults from the past, and continuing into the present.  Their strength, vitality, and worth has been greatly undermined, however, by distortions, negative ideas, and sheer nonsense.

In other words, these concepts, so natural to all of creation, have not been practiced by humanity in anything like their pure form.  To that extent, they do indeed represent a new way.  They run directly counter to much of your official knowledge and contemporary thought as far as the mainstream of world culture is concerned.  Where such ideas are practiced, they are frequently contaminated by fanaticism, superstition, and expediency.

The main point I want to make is that this “new way” is the ideal and easiest complement to nature’s own innate integrity.

Yesterday’s session should be read two or three times a week for now.

February 5, 1984

Aside:  Rob and Jane’s Limiting Beliefs

You were each surrounded by some highly unfortunate beliefs, that were at least partially paranoid, but in any case, unfortunate.  They were beliefs that had to do with talent, ability, or genius.

These were distortive offshoots connected with misinterpretations of ideas of equality, connected with a democratic government.  These same ideas also had involvements with psychology, dealing with “the norm”, the average man, and so forth.  People try to be as much as possible like their neighbors, hiding eccentricities, failings and even talents and abilities that might close them off from their fellows.  The end result was a series of beliefs that ran as follows:

If you are highly talented in any way, play the talent down or be extremely humble in its performance or expression, because other people will envy you, or be afraid of you, or try to drag you down “to their own level”.

The more unusual and original your gift, the more you must protect yourself from the distrust of others.  This line of belief continues as follows: If your talent is extremely unique or original, it may be safer to deny it entirely, or to adopt some disability or handicap that will quell the jealousy or envy of others who might otherwise hunt you down.

Now both of you were saturated with those beliefs – Ruburt because of his poetry and writing, and you because of your art.  You early went into commercial work, where you love of painting could be sheltered beneath the Average Joe’s love of money.  That is, you obviously were an artist in order to make a living.  This was just another version of the American male’s conventional role.

Ruburt, as a young woman, felt that writers were on the outskirts of society.

His beliefs about poets were contaminated by ideas that said that the poet was too sensitive, too vulnerable to life’s experiences – that this sensitivity brought weakness instead of strength, and that true artists or true poets came to a tragic end for that reason.

Other personal beliefs held by both of you to some extent or another, with the usual cultural connotations, stressed a false humility over the rightful natural pride of ability.  Such beliefs are often given to children, appearing in such forms as, “don’t be a showoff”, “don’t be an exhibitionist”, followed by, again, the dire warning that your fellow creatures suspect any neighbor who is different or who shows any superior abilities.

This entire belief system was detrimental enough, when you are devoted to writing and painting as these are generally understood.  When Ruburt’s psychic abilities began to show themselves, however, those same beliefs made both of you even more cautious than before, and more worried about reprisal from others – and as far as Ruburt was concerned, more worried about criticism or scorn.  All of those beliefs existed along with many unfortunate ones that were sexually oriented – those that dictated, for example, the traditional roles of man and wife, or man and woman.  Ruburt felt some guilt in expressing psychic abilities in such a marked fashion, when it seemed that the male of the relationship should be the most highly talented, and by far the most successful financially.  So your roles in that manner upset both of you at times.

Ruburt, at one period, even feared that the young psychologist at Oswego was correct – that his psychic abilities were mere attempts to prove himself superior to you.  These are all beliefs that both of you have wrestled with over the years.  You also had many excellent beliefs going with you also, so that you did indeed use your abilities and express your natures.  You enjoyed your relationship with each other, the relationship with friends, and you did also enjoy some financial success.

The effect of those old negative beliefs, however, was stronger in Ruburt than in yourself, for he certainly thought at one time that if he curtailed physical motion people would not attack him for his amazing psychic and mental motion.  The inhibition of physical motion obviously took place little by little, until he began to learn the truth – that human beings are meant to express all of their abilities, mental and physical, and that life is an arena of expression.  In fact, life is expression.

At one point, for a while, Ruburt did no writing or sessions, and was physically nearly immobile besides.  Then he began to learn the lessons that were needed – that life is expression, and that it is safe for him to move mentally and physically, using both his psychic, creative, mental and physical abilities to their fullest.

This session will serve as a reminder, however, to both of you, and will help brush away the remainder of any old lingering beliefs.  Earlier, Ruburt was afraid to let his body heal him, for fear he would be attacked by others.  You both also believed that you must protect your special abilities with all of your might – but you can see the road of contradictions that is constructed in such a fashion.

… Some of the material that I have just given will help Ruburt find greater release.  The body can remedy itself.  You have only to allow it to do so.  I hope that this session helps siphon off the edge of any lingering doubts or contradictions.