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

MR. O. That again shows that the amount of knowledge is limited. Therace grows and the mind does not.MRS. N. Was there life on the sun sometimes?MR. O. That we don't know. Only it is said in this system, and it issaid in mysticism, that organic life begins on the sun.MRS. C. Could we have ever looked in the past for a school?MR. O. No, you must do it first in the present.MRS. C. We could not have begun this before?MR. O. I see no signs unfortunately.MISS B. What is the purpose of becoming conscious? Not to suffer?MR. O. Suppose you are in an aeroplane high over the earth, and youare asleep. Then what is the purpose to awake?MRS. N. Why do you say in your book that people who have terribleexperiences deteriorate?MR. O. No, that's too complicated. It's a description of types of peoplethat were not admitted to the Eleusinian Mysteries.MRS. N. What would cause that bad fate?MR. O. They had their own explanation about that.MR. M. Have you ever met any other persons except teachers whoshowed signs of schools?MR. O. I don't know what you mean by teacher. I have never liked thisword.MRS. C. Were the disciples of Christ on a higher level?MR. O. Christ is literature, so let's leave him alone.MRS. N. What are the signs of school-work?MR. O. The first signs of school-work are that nothing is forgiven.MRS. N. What kind of things are not forgotten?MR. O. Anything—nothing is forgotten. And nothing is indifferentto the school. Every effort is known and each effort left out isknown.MR. M. Paul was a school man.MR. O. Exactly not. He was a mystic, yes.MR. M. There is not much doubt about Luke.MR. O. Yes, but you see the man who wrote the third Gospel was notLuke. Maybe he was a disciple of the real Luke.MRS. N. Where did schools originate?MR. O. Either on the sun or on the planets.MR. M . Were the cathedrals of Europe the result of school-work?