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

y thought? For example, if I am thinking about system ideas andthings become a little clearer and I find questions I want to ask, wouldthis be like building a house? If, on the other hand, I let my thoughtswander to other things, would this be like burning a house?MR. O. Maybe not activity at all. It may be just sleep.MISS B. It seems to me that reading, listening to music, looking atpictures may be the same kind of activity. Learning a language andtraining for a career seem to me similar and yet different from the lastthree. In the latter cases, the effort would seem to be more compulsory,and one would probably be under authority. What is the differencebetween these two groups?MR. O. It is necessary to take unmistakeable cases of action, not caseswhere there is doubt.MISS S. Is the planting of an acorn an activity on a large enough scalefor us to consider? If so, is it like burning a house because its end isworse than its beginning, i.e., it dies?MR. O. If it is only one acorn, it is not enough.MISS M . Under what category of activity does sport come?MR. O. It is not an activity.MISS M . Is the process of collecting information about a certain subject,drawing conclusions from this information and then acting on theseconclusions, the same kind of activity as building a house?MR. O. It depends on the case.MISS M . Does motive change the nature of an activity, such as doingphysical work by necessity or as an effort?MR. O. I already answered that. It is the same thing.MR. L. I do not understand the position of organic life in the Ray ofCreation. It appears to be the film round the earth and provides oneforce in the triad bridging the interval between fa and mi: this seems toimply that organic life is on a separate octave. Is this correct and whatis that separate octave?MR. O. I do not know what you mean by saying it is one force in thetriad bridging the interval. Organic life is in a separate octave, not theRay of Creation, but an octave beginning in the sun, as do. planets si,organic life, mi earth, re moon.MR. L. We have heard that men's souls go to the moon when they die.If the souls of men and nothing else from organic life go to the moonat death, men seem to occupy a special place in organic life.