Seth -- By labeling a group of symptoms you add to their idea of permanence

 The Early Sessions: Book 9 of The Seth Material

Session 487, June 16, 1969, 9:09 PM, Monday

The body is always in a state of changing. By labeling a group of symptoms you add to their idea of permanence, and give a name to certain aspects of bodily activity, distinguishing them from other activities and therefore giving them rather dangerous focus. They are seen as apart from other bodily activities and gain prominence.

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If however his treatment involves drugs, these may further upset the inner processes, causing further imbalances. These imbalances may be labeled with a name also. Ruburt’s symptoms would therefore be called arthritic, since they fit into that category, so named. To concentrate upon the term however is dangerous, for it gives a specific identity or implies a state of permanence to a group of varying and impermanent symptoms.

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Give us a moment. (Pause.) Nothing new. Originally he set a rather massive assault upon his physical system, that did involve among other things, infection. Literally he was infected by negative ideas. As he rids himself of these he rids himself of infections. The words used make little difference.

--Seth

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