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

As regards separate questions, I cannot answer questions aboutpersonal work now, but think about what I said and go on on theselines. You must remember that our aim is to create a school, and theSociety is a necessary step towards this aim. And the Society cannot beorganized without your help. Your help in this case is that you mustgive me more time. Now try to talk about it.MRS. R. So there won't be a new group?MR. O. This is another question. We may have a new group but, in thepresent conditions, there will not be much profit from it, for very fewwill be able to come to it. If we have sixty new people, only about tenmore can come.MR. E. Have we already been given the main body of the theory or ofwhat is useful to us?MR. O. Practically, this can be formulated very shortly: one mustrealize one is asleep and try to awake. That is all it is.You see, first try to understand what I said. Even in the presentsituation work cannot go on successfully if we don't organize groups,and this needs place. So it cannot be done now. Groups can be givendifferent tasks, different problems, even in some cases exercises (althoughin general I am against exercises). When groups are organized,special work can be introduced.MR. P . Cannot groups meet at private houses?MR. O. It is rather difficult to organize it seriously in private houses. Oneor two groups could perhaps meet, but it is a question often groups, and itmust not be accidental—it must be regular and needs regular conditions.MRS. R. Are private groups not to go on?MR. O. I do not call that groups when you meet just to talk, exchangeviews, opinions. It does no harm, but it cannot give much results. Itgives, maybe, some results: you get to know one another better,exchange observations, but this is not 'groups', about which I spoke.MR. C. You want us to think about organization of the Society?MR. O. No, I want you to think about giving me more free time. NowI took the organization of the Society in my own hands.MR. P . Should not we also think about money?MR. O. Yes, this is useful. But books should be published in any case.They will bring people. I have not published anything for a long time.And the New Model got into wrong hands; it is not known enough.MR. P . I don't know how much people realize that money is needed.