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

MR. O That is only a metaphor.MR. W. ... will the development of higher centres enable us to makemore use of this and control it?MR. O Yes, but I wouldn't use this description or speak about thefourth dimension. That was in the first preliminary description of thefourth dimension.MR. W. Why is it much more difficult to work and formulate questionsat some times than others, it seems to go in waves Is this due to theLaw of Octaves, or to the quality of the impressions one may havereceived?MR. O. No. Quite simply, we are not always the same. One momentwe are in one 'I', another moment in another 'I'. That is the differencebetween different 'I's It is necessary to remember you are not you.you are many; and one moment there is one group of 'I's, anothermoment another group of 'I's. You have no control.MR W. Are there any relaxation or other exercises to help rightfunctioning of centres and assist in self-remembering that one can doduring one's ordinary work?MR. O. Yes I already said that there are You will come to that soon.Only you must not hope that your work begins from that It will justbe a certain side line With some people it may help them to understand,but you cannot do these exercises twenty-four hours a day, and youlive twenty-four hours; so the question is not what you do when youdo the exercises, even if you do them, but what you do at other times.MR. W. Is not the Fourth Way actually very much the most difficult,owing to the continual choice entailed under conditions of maximumoutside distractions?MR. O. It depends what you call most difficult. The way of Monk orthe way of Fakir needs a very big decision in the very beginning, whenyou really know nothing You have to renounce everything, give upeverything absolutely, without leaving anything If you can do that,and if you have other qualities, you can go by the way of Monk, or theway of Yogi, if you find a Monk school or a Yogi school But if youdon't know a Mo nk school or a Yogi school, and if you do not wantand find you cannot give up even small things, certainly this is theonly possible way for you. It is not a question of more or less difficult;it is a question of which is most possible, and then you will find thereis only one possible