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The expression of joy also makes the ego more resilient, less fearful, less resentful of diverse conditions when they occur. The emotion itself is an automatic signal that unites the conscious and subconscious is shared experience.

— Jane Roberts

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You cannot love someone you do not know -- not unless you water down the definition of love so much that it becomes meaningless.

The Nature of the Psyche: Its Human Expression (1979)

Before health problems show up there is always a loss of self-respect or expression.

The Way Toward Health (1997)

Civilizations, both past and present represent projections of inner selfhood, and mirror the state of the mass psyche at any given time.

Psychic Politics: An Aspect Psychology Book (1976)

The message of the God of All Life is in all of nature, everywhere. If you really listen, you'll hear it.

Emir's Education In The Proper Use of Magical Powers (1979)

The waking consciousness, dear friends, is not the ego. The ego is only that portion of the waking consciousness that deals with physical manipulation.

The Seth Material (1970)

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Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy.

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