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

[End of written questions.]MISS H . Do these triads of actions exist in the whole Ray of Creation,or do they refer only to organic life?MR. O. We speak about man's activity at present. Certainly we are inthe Ray of Creation and they are in the Ray of Creation, but that isgoing away from the task. The idea is to find actions analogous tothose given. Our actions, intentional actions, which fall in one oranother of these six categories.MISS H . I cannot remember what is the intellectual part of emotionalcentre. I know it is to do with magnetic centre, but that does not helpme very much.MR. O. Intellectual part of emotional centre is the intellectual part ofemotional centre.MISS H . But how can you describe it? What sort of example. . . .MR. O. Description will not help. But again, take simple thing. Simplething will help you to understand it. It is a kind of emotional activity,intentional and with controlled attention. That will be the work ofhigher part of emotional centre.MR. A . I feel there must be a connection between action and doing anaction. Action implies performance and the performance may be up tothe standard of what I understood, so to speak, an action to mean andthe usual kind of action made by us at our present level. Is thereanything in the performing of an action? And does work in variouscentres, or rather in the higher parts of centres have anything to dowith it?MR. O. Centres have nothing to do with it and the rest of the questionis unnecessary philosophy.MR. A . How is it possible to avoid the kind of laziness one is unconsciousof?MR. O. Necessary to find cause. Reasons can be very different.MR. A . How is it possible to avoid giving way to various weaknesses?Is it possible to increase in the right way one's will?MR. O. Different in different cases. One weakness one remedy, anotherweakness another remedy.MR. R. During physical sleep is energy wasted due to frequent dreaming?MR. O. Yes, but a comparatively small amount. Necessary to have