A Record of Meetings held by P.D. Ouspensky - HolyBooks.com

achieving unity, fusion of 'I's. If a Fakir does not go mad, he isafterwards taken to a school of Yogis, and by a certain way consciousnessis created. He has will, so in five months he can get what forothers would take five years. Hatha Yoga is for such people.Way of Monk. This is a way for emotional people. They work onemotions and create in themselves a higher level of work in emotionalcentre, and a particular capacity connected with emotions. Bhakti Yogais for them.Way of Yogi. That means Raja Yoga and Jnana Yoga. If a Yogiattains consciousness, he has to study two other Yogas. Experience ofone is not sufficient, but three together give results.But you very seldom meet a pure Monk or a pure Yogi. As a matterof fact the ways are mixed. In one school there are Yogi practices andMonk practices. They are combined. By practice it is known that oneway is not sufficient.You asked whether there are many schools of the Fourth Way.Logically there must be. But we don't know. Schools are not determinedby addresses, but by methods. Part of work here is the study ofschool methods, otherwise you will never understand what you study;it will remain theoretical.There was a question here: how to become conscious? First it isnecessary to realize that we have no consciousness. Possibility toacquire it is exactly proportionate to the realization that we have notgot it. It must be not only a firm conviction, but an actual realization.When we begin to feel its absence, the possibility to be conscious willbecome more and more active. This is the only way. We don't knowwhat it means to be conscious. But we don't know fully our stateeither, because we live in illusions. If we were free from illusions, astrong impulse to get out of this state and to change would becomepossible. One cannot fully describe what this change means, and betternot try. Imagination works and deceives us. Better study the presentstate. .. . We can lose nothing, we have nothing to lose.MRS. W. One seems to lose more and more every day.MR. O. Actually one loses only imagination.MRS. W. One finds oneself repeating certain actions over and overagain. It would be a good thing to break through.MR. O. To 'do'. We cannot. First it is necessary to remember yourself,otherwise you will not see the moment when it is necessary to 'do'.