"One of the greatest detriments to mental and physical well-being is
the unfortunate belief than any unfavorable situation is bound to
get worse instead of better. That concept holds that any illness
will worsen, any war will lead to destruction, that any and all
known dangers will be encountered, and basically that the end result
of mankind's existence is extinction. All of those beliefs impede
mental and physical health, erode the individual's sense of joy and
natural safety, and force the individual to feel like an unfortunate
victim of exterior events that seem to happen despite his own will
or intent.
"These ideas I have just mentioned are all prominent in your
society, and now and then they return to darken your senses of joy
and expectation."
~ Seth-Jane Roberts
The Way Toward Health, Chapter 1, January 9, 1984 (pg. 20).
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"The rational approach, as it is now used, carries a basic
assumption that anything that is wrong will get worse. That belief
of course is highly detrimental because it runs *against*
(underline) the basic principles of life. Were this the case in your
terms of history, the world would never have lasted a century. It
is interesting to note that even before medical science, there were
a goodly number of healthy populations. No disease rubbed out the
entire species."
~ Seth-Jane Roberts
The Magical Approach, Session 3 (pg. 28).
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"When you fear the worst will happen, you are often showing quite
real faith, but in a backwards fashion. For with no direct evidence
of disaster before your eyes, you heartily believe that it will
occur. You have faith in it. (This last was delivered with emphasis
and irony.) That is, indeed, misplaced faith."
~ Seth-Jane Roberts
The God of Jane, Private Seth Session, October 24, 1977
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"I am not saying that anyone should pretend that unfavorable
circumstances do not sometimes exist, or that they may not be
encountered in the past, present, or future. It is also true,
however, that *advantageous* events occur with a far greater
frequency than do negative ones otherwise the world that you know
simply would not exist. It would have disappeared in the throes of
destruction or calamity.
"In a basic way, *it is against nature's purposes* to contemplate a
dire future, for all of nature operates on the premise that the
future is assured. Nature is everywhere filled with promise not
only the promise of mere survival, but the promise of beauty and
fulfillment. Once again, the keen sense of promise is innate within
each portion of the body. It triggers the genes and chromosomes
into their proper activity, and it promotes feelings of optimism,
exuberance, and strength..."
"... Live each day as fully and joyfully as possible. Imagine the
best possible results of any plans or projects. Above all, do not
concentrate upon past unfavorable events, or imagined future ones."
~ Seth-Jane Roberts
The Way Toward Health - Chapter 2, p. 81
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Seth On Problems:
[Pg. 241, May 31, 1984:]
". . . remind yourself that any situation can be changed for the
better. Remind yourselves constantly that the most favorable
solution to a problem is at least as probable as the most
unfortunate `solution'. Remind yourselves also that despite all of
your worrying, the spirit of life is continually within your
experience, and forms your physical body."
[Pg. 265, June 9, 1984:]
"... do remind yourself that it is far more natural and probable for
any problem to be solved, and that every problem has a
solution . . . "
~ Seth-Jane Roberts
The Way Toward Health (see book details above)
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"Whenever possible, minimize the importance of a problem. Forget a
problem and it will go away. Dumb advice, surely, or so it seems.
Yet children know the truth of it. Minimize impediments in your
mind and they do become minimized. Exaggerate impediments in your
mind and in reality they will quickly adopt giant size."
~ Seth-Jane Roberts The Individual
and the Nature of Mass Events,
Note No. 3 for Session 824, p.119-20 AE.)
All quotes: (c) Robert F. Butts
