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4199 claims; 789 reviewed against the literature; 654 fundable. Claims are AI paraphrases of Seth\'s statements (not verbatim), each traceable to book and session. English fields are machine-translated; the text search runs on the Chinese original. Programmatic access: Data & API.

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If a person considers killing others to pursue an ideal, that person is a fanatic; the pursuit of ideals cannot justify the means.
mass-events §850
fanaticism
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
testable prediction3not reviewed0
Any fanaticism is evil, one-sided, and limited, leading to explosive and dangerous narrowing of focus.
early-sessions-1 §34
fanaticism
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
ontological claim3not reviewed0
Fanatics believe in personal powerlessness, distrust the ego structure, and thus escape individual responsibility through collective action; their group is not …
mass-events §852; mass-events §854
fanaticism
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3not reviewed0
The fanatic has a narrow vision, ignores beliefs that do not serve his purposes, attacks beliefs that challenge his purposes, and cannot tolerate dissent, deman…
mass-events §854
fanaticism
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
ontological claim3not reviewed0
Leaders of fanatical movements are mostly male, because women have been taught that it is wrong to exercise power; both religious and scientific fanaticism exis…
mass-events §854
fanaticism
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
ontological claim3not reviewed0
Fanaticism attempts to sever the individual's connection with natural impulses, blocks the expression of impulses, leading to a closed mental environment, and m…
mass-events §857
fanaticism
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3not reviewed0
The scientific method can distort perception; one must journey inward and explore with inner tools.
early-sessions-2 §49
fanaticism
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
methodological suggestion3not reviewed0
Science makes a value assertion when it declares the universe meaningless, constituting a form of fanaticism.
mass-events §846
fanaticism
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
ontological claim3not reviewed0
Seth suggests designing one's own experiments as homework; one can try various experiments without loss.
early-sessions-1 §12
fanaticism
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
methodological suggestion3not reviewed0
Jane and Rob conducted experiments sitting around a coffee table holding hands, as well as pendulum exercises, and observed some phenomena.
early-sessions-3 §129; early-sessions-4 §153
fanaticism
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
experiment record3not reviewed0
Fear is the only factor that can bind an individual in any direction, and it voices itself through demands for safety and leads to expectations.
early-sessions-3 §145
fear
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
ontological claim3not reviewed0
Fear, doubt, or anger creates friction when individual consciousness contacts higher realms of consciousness, hindering the free flow of channels.
early-sessions-9 §423
fear
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3not reviewed0
The inner 'paralysis' caused by fear will be faithfully reproduced in physical form, and can be precisely manifested physically through muscular or bodily sympt…
early-sessions-7 §297
fear
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
testable prediction3not reviewed0
Emotional reactions triggered by fear beliefs alter the body's chemical balance and hormone levels.
personal-reality §642
fear
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
testable prediction3not reviewed0
The physiological symptoms of aging are the material expression of fear in the tissues.
early-sessions-3 §145
fear
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3not reviewed0
When symbols are used as a "shell" that conceals rather than illuminates, fear intervenes and, like a distorting lens, hides the natural dimensions of the symbo…
seth-speaks §18
fear
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3not reviewed0
Fear adversely affects the body consciousness focused in the present by projecting into the future.
dreams-evolution-1 §898
fear
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3not reviewed0
Fear is a cause of energy nodules—fear freezes energy into fixed immobility, preventing the personality from being renewed from the inner self or the external w…
early-sessions-3 §144
fear
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3not reviewed0
Fear manifests as a restriction on the self's action, for example, using a rigid schedule as a barrier against the subconscious, preventing the spontaneous self…
early-sessions-7 §321
fear
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3not reviewed0
The conflict between the fear of action and actual action becomes embodied through an imbalance of muscle tension and inhibition, eventually forming physical sy…
early-sessions-9 §502
fear
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3not reviewed0
Physical symptoms are a form of symbolic communication; if the individual understands the meaning of the fear and takes action, the symptoms are no longer neede…
early-sessions-9 §502
fear
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3not reviewed0
Being afraid of fear itself aggravates the problem, leading to stiffness in joints due to lack of use, and the stiffness in turn reinforces the inner fear.
early-sessions-9 §502
fear
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3not reviewed0
Natural guilt depends on memory; in a 'moment of reflection' it evaluates past, present, and future contexts, thereby avoiding repetition of inappropriate behav…
personal-reality §635 · Episodic Recollection, Anticipated Guilt, and Repeated Transgression: A Preregistered fMRI…
guilt
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3supported2
Hypnosis is a state that increases focus, not similar to sleep; it allows individuals to use native abilities and potential.
esp-power §7 · Hypnotic Induction and Suggestion Effects on Selective and Sustained Attention: A Pre-regi…
hypnosis
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
ontological claim3supported2
Hypnosis, through self-hypnosis, can change the focus of consciousness, entering a light trance state to develop inner abilities.
esp-power §7 · Self-Hypnosis Training, Attentional Absorption, and Pain Regulation: A Randomized Active-C…
hypnosis
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3supported1
Science relying on external senses and material instruments to explore reality is self-deceived by distortion; the correct direction is to use inner senses and …
dreams-projections §2 · Accuracy and Calibration of Intuitive Judgments and Instrument-Based Measurements in a Bli…
hypnosis
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
methodological suggestion3contradicted2
Space itself is camouflage; intergalactic travel should be conducted by removing the camouflage of the physical body and using psychological and psychic mobilit…
unknown-reality-1 §702 · Target Identification Without Conventional Sensory Access: A Pre-registered Multisite Test
hypnosis
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
ontological claim3contradicted1
Illness is part of the personality and cannot be regarded as a foreign force attacking the individual from outside; it is part of the action constituted by the …
dreams-projections §3 · Goal Conflict, Personality, and Ulcer Healing After Helicobacter pylori Eradication: A Pre…
illness and healing
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
ontological claim3contradicted1
Illness is almost always the consequence of another behavior that could not be realized; when the channel of suppressed action is released, the illness disappea…
dreams-projections §3 · Emotional Expression and Disease Remission Across Clinical Conditions: A Pre-registered Mu…
illness and healing
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3contradicted2
Poor health is mainly caused directly by destructive mental and feeling patterns acting on the body; it is not that health deterioration leads to unhealthy thou…
dreams-projections §3; early-sessions-4 §198 · Bidirectional Associations Between Negative Affect and Incident Chronic Disease: A Pre-reg…
illness and healing
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3contradicted3
Illness must be treated primarily by changing basic thinking habits; otherwise, the problem will recur in different forms.
dreams-projections §3; early-sessions-4 §198 · Core-Belief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Five-Year Cardiovascular Events: A Multicente…
illness and healing
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
methodological suggestion3contradicted3
The body system has the capacity for self-healing and should be given every opportunity to exercise this capacity.
dreams-projections §3 · Endogenous Bioelectric Gradients and Wound Closure During Adjunctive Electrical Stimulatio…
illness and healing
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
ontological claim3supported1
Imagination belongs to the mind rather than the brain; no physical tool can force imagination to produce original concepts or ideas.
early-sessions-1 §19 · Causal Modulation of Original Idea Generation by Network-Targeted Transcranial Magnetic St…
imagination
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
ontological claim3contradicted3
Without first imagining oneself as one is, an individual cannot survive in a physical sense.
unknown-reality-2 §732 · Is Explicit Self-Imagery Necessary for Everyday Functioning? A Prospective Study of Multis…
imagination
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
ontological claim3contradicted2
If you allow yourself to imagine misery, illness, or loneliness, these imaginations will automatically be materialized, because thought itself brings about cond…
early-sessions-8 §340 · Negative Mental Imagery and Symptom Expectancy: A Pre-registered Randomized Test of Subjec…
imagination
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3contradicted1
The immune system is the body's own self-regulating system; the body does not regard illness as illness but as experience and a state of balance. The immune sys…
way-toward-health §1984-03-15
immune system
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
ontological claim3not reviewed0
Seth explains the cold experienced by the author couple as follows: after the body has gone a long time without viral stimulation, it gladly uses them as trigge…
dreams-evolution-1 §906
immune system
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
case evidence3not reviewed0
The immune system must operate through a body whose conscious mind interprets threats of a nonbiological nature as existing; exaggerated and universal fear of i…
way-toward-health §1984-02-19; mass-events §804
immune system
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3not reviewed0
Viruses at the biological level represent communication and social statements; when a person is frightened, they may collect and activate potentially harmful vi…
dreams-evolution-1 §906
immune system
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
ontological claim3not reviewed0
The concept of the immune system itself carries the presupposition of an 'illness invader,' whereas the body's consciousness does not simply 'shake off' a threa…
way-toward-health §1984-03-16
immune system
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
ontological claim3not reviewed0
The immune system operates continuously as the body's way of distinguishing self from non-self, preventing energy waste and maintaining biological integrity.
dreams-evolution-1 §906
immune system
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
ontological claim3not reviewed0
The discomfort caused by certain viruses is accepted by the body as a welcome trigger for clearing the immune system; viruses may be used by the body to regener…
dreams-evolution-1 §906
immune system
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3not reviewed0
The body's defense system is an automatic second-line system whose primary purpose is to maintain the quality of existence rather than mere survival; illness is…
mass-events §804
immune system
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3not reviewed0
The body, through 'preventive medicine' or 'inoculation,' may absorb new substances from the environment and undergo a 'sickness' in order to assimilate and uti…
mass-events §804
immune system
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3not reviewed0
When the conscious mind misinterprets a nonexistent threat as real, the body gets 'stuck between two gears,' causing physiological disruption.
mass-events §804
immune system
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3not reviewed0
The healthiest bodies also contain many so-called fatal viruses, but they exist in inactive forms and only turn into lethal forms when certain conditions are me…
mass-events §867
immune system
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
ontological claim3not reviewed0
Certain diseases, by evoking the body's comprehensive defense, can truly transform the body from weakness to strength; certain disease states under certain cond…
mass-events §867
immune system
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
ontological claim3not reviewed0
Animal instincts possess innate prohibitions that limit their behavior at the biological level, but humans, having acquired the conscious mind, cannot fully rel…
personal-reality §635
instinct
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
mechanism3not reviewed0
Humans should accept the responsibility of their conscious mind and use it to evaluate realities formed unconsciously.
personal-reality §635
instinct
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
methodological suggestion3not reviewed0
Seth encourages performing experiments on one's own and calls them homework, while also recommending regular practice of psychological time experiments and the …
early-sessions-1 §12; early-sessions-4 §153
instinct
Belief Dynamics and Mind–Body Regulation
methodological suggestion3not reviewed0