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

[Questions from Thursday, March 9th]MRS. D It has been said that one cosmos is to another as zero toinfinity This is not so as regards their space or time So in what senseis it so?MR O How can you say just like that? You must think about it Icannot accept that as final Perhaps we can speak about it laterMRS N What is the voice in one that very often makes capricious andimpertinent comments that one is far from wishing to make or even tobe associated with?MR O It may be simply automatic Maybe you are just repeating somekind of phrase you heard somewhereMR A When I try to observe myself, I notice two curious divisions1 self and what I call 'not-self,2 that my attitude to sun, stars at night, rain, clouds, is fundamentallydifferent from my attitude to other people, animals, trees,etcI thought the Table of Time in different cosmoses could give me anadequate explanation, but I can't see that myself Is all this purelysubjective?MR O To begin from the end of your question, this Table of Timetakes a long, long time to grasp You cannot get anything out of it oncasual acquaintance You must give time to itThen, in answer to the first part of your question, about attitudes,this is too theoretical You do not think naturally. What you say is so,but you do not really think in that way and when you observe yourselfyou do not notice these divisions These divisions come from yourmind, from thinkingMR A I can best observe myself when I do something with my handsIs this the purpose, or one of the purposes, of physical work done atLyne?MR O No, this is nothing to do with Lyne This is simply your ownhabitMISS L Does the system teach us anything about illness, as to what itis, what attitude we should adopt towards it and so forth?MR O No, you cannot find any special answer to that at the presenttime You must know much more before it will be possible to speakabout it For the moment you must just understand that illness makesthings more difficult and that is all