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

MR O Food—hayMR L Would emotional centre work with H 12?MR O Higher emotionalMISS C H48 works with which centre?M R O IntellectualMR F How can we possibly remember all this? Can we make charts?MR O Oh, yes We can make them laterMR Z How do we produce carbon in order to bring it to 48?MR O It was already said—not to express negative emotions, not toidentify, not to consider, not because it is bad in itself but because itwastes energyMRS C When that carbon 12 does arrive, what will it be?MR O Carbon doesn't enter with notes They are in the bodyMISS R Why do all these foods become intellectual in man and not inanimals?MR O Animals are a quite different machine Man is not an animalThat is the great mistake of scienceMISS R Where did consciousness enter in those seven worlds?MR O We speak about consciousness only in relation to man We tryto be scientific, so to speakMISS R You have no explanation of where consciousness begins then?MR O Only in ourselves We must take ourselvesMR Z Would you consider the earth to be more important than anyother planet?MR O For us We cannot live without itMR H Do we see the universe as it is in relation to the universe?MR O We see nothing generally And what you mean is the universein relation to the earthMR K Is it necessary for man to get the higher activities for the earth?MR O No, we must think about ourselves We cannot work for theearth—we must work for ourselvesMRS C Does that carbon 12 arrive anywhere else in the body?MR O No, we speak only about this place In the natural order ofthings it is not there***