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

MRS. C. Ordinary breathing, is that a mechanical process?MR. O. Partly mechanical—nature arranged it, and we can't improve itMR. H Do those correspond to fire, earth, air and water?MR O. I don't know about other, better to call them first, second andthird forces.MRS. W. In this system does one rely on instinctive centre?MR O. Absolutely. In the Samkhya philosophy, gunas remain permanent,but in this system they do not remain permanent.MISS R. When man No. 7 has developed would he have to depend onthis [Food Factory] or would he depend on the cosmic rays?MR. O. The same thing again—we don't know the physiology of manNo. 7.MRS. K. Do the moving and instinctive centres have the same speedsin everyone or are they different?MR. O. More or less the same.MRS. K. We work all that change by self-remembering?MR. O. By self-remembering. We have proved this function.