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

Gurdjieff, who was there at that time, said: 'How about making asuper-effort?' I asked: 'What kind?' I saw that it was warm inside, andsupper was prepared, and so on. Gurdjieff said: 'I want to post aletter.' It was two miles' journey to the post office. Then I decided,and I noticed exactly then how legs did not wish to go, and althoughmy mind wanted it, legs didn't wish it. So I had to use all centres tomake myself go. You cannot go with one centre in such a case.Particularly from the house to the road it was uphill and very slippery;and it was more unpleasant when I came back, because they hadfinished supper and it was dark and cold.This is an example of super-effort.MRS. P. Did Mr. O. not say super-effort was doing several things atthe same time more consciously?MR. O. That's it Moving your legs, and trying not to fall, and swearingand all that—all at the same time.MRS. C. Did Mr. O. mean physical things or not considering and notidentifying and things like that, when he spoke about doing severalthings at the same time?MR. O. And not considering, and not identifying, at the same time.MISS M . I remember once Mr. O. said we should try to do more thanwe think we can do. Has this anything to do with super-effort?MR. O YesWell, I will have some more material next time, but in any caseprepare questions, as many as you can***