Session 684

(SESSION 684 (DELETED PORTION)]

[FEBRUARY 20, 1974]

(The following material is taken from the 684th session for February 20, 1974. Before the session I had asked that Seth discuss Jane's difficulty with mobility in her arms, especially of late.)

(11:33 PM.) Ruburt has been worried about the sale of (Oversoul Seven) , and also waiting for the paperback---afraid that after all the book might be late in its printing.

(As a matter of fact, Jane received the first copy of the)

Seth Speaks [paperback in the mail today.)]

Give us a moment.... He has been over-suggesting again, particularly at nap time---at himself too much. The morning and evening suggestions should be given, and as mentioned in the last session. Beyond that he should leave himself alone--- [as far as] specific suggestions are concerned.

Simply as a matter of temperament, this time of year has always made him impatient. The worry about Seven however was important, and the call today of benefit (to Prentice-Hall) ---as the roduction of this book (The "Unknown" Reality) will be.

("How is] Seven [going to do?" I was trying to get some good news to cheer Jane up. The back cover of the paperback] Seth Speaks [carries a full page advertisement for] Seven .)

Very well. He thinks of it still to some degree as his book, rather than mine, and was worried that it would not do as well.

Your understanding of those issues can help remind him, and your reassurance there is most beneficial. In our sessions he lets himself alone, and in class and with Sumari, and with poetry. He knows what that feeling is. Tell him to let his body alone in the same fashion. It might take a bit before he understands what that means enough to practice it, but he can understand.

Tell him that when he is writing a poem, or wants to, he does not sto each time he picks up a pen and says "I can't do it."

When he finds himself thinking that he cannot walk properly, have him at least recognize the thought, as a thought and belief. That brief recognition alone will give him a moment of reflection. The reflection will automatically set up a gap of time in which he is not acting automatically in response to the negative suggestion.

That will help break the automatic mechanism, for we are here dealing with body beliefs now. The worry over Seven , for example, was not strong enough to cause such a reaction if the habitual body pattern was being consciously recognized and encountered.

There has been a breakthrough in those beliefs since the session on muscles; and for him naturally the spring, like the autumn, offers him optimum conditions for improvement in all areas.

Now: I bid you a fine probable good evening.

("Good evening, Seth. Thank you very much." 11:51 PM.)