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

all on the same level, but they must be taken into considerationbetween the earth and the sun.We will continue only in one way at present, and later from differentangles. The position and meaning of organic life is interesting—organiclife, which covers the earth as a sensitive film. This is its realdestination—it catches certain radiations which earth cannot catch, andtransfers them to earth—radiations from the sun and from planets andmaybe even from further stars in a small way.MISS L. The moon is a case of degeneration?MR. O. No. The moon is very important for organic life. Organic lifedepends on moon. All movements—not only ours—movements oftrees, seeds, plants, branches, animals—all movements depend onmoon; and at the same time moon feeds on organic life. Organic life,when it is alive, has one kind of function, that of transferring radiationsto earth. Everything that dies, from bacteria to man, then divides intwo. One part of its organism remains on earth and enters in earth andproduces many different effects on the surface of earth; and the otherpart is attracted by moon and feeds moon. So part of us, when we die,feeds moon—but not only man—all organic life also. In that waymoon grows and can become earth.MISS C. How?MR. O. If it feeds well and grows big and becomes warmer—like that itbecomes like earth.MISS C. Moon is older than earth?MR. O. This is an astronomical fantasy, not based on anything.MISS L. Suppose you take the evolution of moon—in its true sense . . .MR. O. What does evolution mean?MISS L. ... in the system sense.MR. O. We don't know—such a thing doesn't exist—neither in a trueor wrong sense.MISS L. But if you speak of evolution . . .MR. O. There is no evolution.MISS L. ... if I reach higher consciousness. . . .MR. O. That is another thing. This is the result of your own work.Human beings are in a different position. They are in a different state.Nature brings them to a certain state, but they are self-evolving. Butother things are not self-evolving—they come to a certain state andremain there.