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

MR. O. No, not higher. You cannot work with higher centres, you see.But it means as many centres as possible working together. As many asyou can collect.MRS. S. Does building a house correspond to routine work in whichwe don't invent?MR. O. That is a question to be answered by observation. But returning tothe previous question, about centres. Magic is another triad. If it is reallyintentional, magic means at least a little of higher centres. Without, it willbe only accidental, as I said. Then there are things like scientific work, forinstance, or ordinary life work, that can be done with only one centre.MR. M. Is the principal feature of criminal activity careful planning?MR. O. I do not know. That is not the way to come to it.MRS. S. Is it right to say that no chance comes in at all in the activityof work of art?MR. O. It is difficult to say what you mean by 'chance'. If you can giveme some reasons for what you mean to say, then perhaps it will bepossible to answer.MR. H. What is the real use of formatory centre?MR. O. Registering, recording.MISS L. Are all activities starting with first force destructive?MR. O. No.MR. B. Can one think of the life of a person as an octave?MR. O. Yes, but you cannot find the right scale. It is too difficult.MR. D. Can it be explained how it is that the higher the hydrogen, thequicker the centres work, and yet the bigger the cosmos the slower thetime of its mental impression?MR, O. That is one of the questions that lack perspective. Slower orquicker, it is only from our point of view. In itself it is the same.MR. L. Is it correct to say that if intellectual centre did not interfere theintellectual part of moving centre would work?MR. O. No, this is not sufficient. Other things are necessary.MR. L. Is the idea of centres given us as a framework?MR. O. How do you mean?MR. L. The idea that came to me was that centres are not watertightcompartments. . . .MR. O. They are not, but they should be.MR. L. It seemed to me that centres might occupy the whole of us atthe same time?