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

further. From here, in World 6, begin mechanical laws. The forcesfrom World 1 do not reach our world, but the energies of all worldsreach the earth. These figures mean the quantity of orders of laws. Inthe Absolute there is only one law, the Will of the Absolute. Thenthere are already three laws in World 3, and so on. Earth exists underforty-eight laws, moon under ninety-six. We will learn many detailsabout this later. So you see, since we live on the earth, we live underforty -eight laws apart from our own laws.Q. You said the Ray of Creation was a growing branch and a descendingoctave. Is not man trying to attain consciousness alsogrowing?MR. O. The octave of the Ray of Creation is descending in the sensethat it is growing. Descending means multiplying, differentiating, notactually going down. The Ray of Creation is descending in relation tothe Absolute. The sun's rays can be regarded as descending from thesun.Q. When you get to the interval in your aim do you know you havereached it?MR. O. Your aim has nothing to do with it. We are speaking about theRay of Creation. You must not pass from a cosmic octave to a personaloctave.After some time and study you will be able to detect intervals. Youwill know that in some part or line of work an interval is approaching.In the work as a whole certain measures are already taken for this. Forinstance, you remember you heard about three lines of work. That isspecially made to help in this case. In one line of work, say first line,you come to an interval. Second line of work may come in there andhelp you over it. You will see the application of the same principle tomany things, even in our organism. School work uses many cosmicideas. Suppose your work begins (not self-remembering, that is special);this refers to all your first line of work. Then you come to an interval,after do, re, mi.Do Re Mi -first lineDo Re MI -second lineDo Re Mi - third lineThe second do represents here second line of work. Then this alsoreaches the interval. Then begins third line. In that way one line of