I will be unneeded, and gladly so, when you realize that the vitality and reinforcement and joy are your own, and rise from the fountain of your own beings; when you realize that you do not need me for protection, for there is nothing you need protect yourself against.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes self-reliance and the importance of finding joy from within rather than relying on others.
Jane Roberts' quote speaks to the essence of personal empowerment and the realization that true happiness and strength emanate from within oneself. It suggests that once individuals come to understand their own capabilities and intrinsic joy, they will no longer feel the need for external validation or protection from others. This self-discovery allows for a deeper sense of freedom and contentment in one's life.
In practice
In a self-help seminar about personal growth, one might quote this to illustrate the importance of inner strength.
And, if you believe, in very simple terms, that people mean you well, and will treat you kindly, they will. And, if you believe that the world is against you, then so it will be in your experience. And, if you believe that you will begin to deteriorate at age 22, then so you shall.
You must begin to trust yourself sometime. I suggest you do it now. If you do not then you will forever be looking to others to prove your own merit to you, and you will never be satisfied. You will always be asking others what to do, and at the same time, resenting those from whom you seek such aid.
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.
If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.
In all my life, I have never been free. I have never been able to do anything with freedom, except in the field of my writing.
Study the past if you would define the future. --CONFUCIUS
I learned a long time ago that I can't control the challenges the creator sends my way, but I can control the way I think about them and deal with them
Put the argument into a concrete shape, into an image, some hard phrase, round and solid as a ball, which they can see and handle and carry home with them, and the cause is half won.
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