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

Thursday. February 10th 1938. (Warwick Gardens.)[Written questions read]MISS L Mr O said there must be something wrong with us if we donot ask questions I find it very difficult to formulate them Is itbecause the part of me which is interested in the system has not gotenough energy?MR O I cannot answer that You can find out the causes I can simplysee the factMRS N When trying to remember myself, it seems as though I amaware only of moving and instinctive centres and cannot include eitherintellectual or emotional centres Is this possible?MR O If you observe yourself observing yourself, that will be intellec­tual Every time you are angry or irritated, like something or dislikesomething, this is emotionalMR T In the activity termed 'invention', is one of the attributes asearch by the intellect?MR O Certainly, but what is the idea? I do not see what is the questionMRS D Is one of the differences between the building and inventingactions that when building you have a definite knowledge of what theresult will be, and when inventing the result cannot be known before­hand?MR O No, quite wrong Actually, building house needs these twoactions What is called invention here is as trade—some kind ofprofessional knowledge—and the first is simply labour Some kind ofknowledge is necessary Two triads Characteristically, we put it underthe form of labour, but at the same time the other thing is also necessaryThis is the first example of how different triads must combine Ouractions consist mostly of several triads at the same timeMRS D If this is so (difference in relation to result), don't the actionsstart with a different kind of force?