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

MR. O. Yes, no question about that. For definitely they knew mathematicallaws that were not known to science at that time.MR. M. Were the Pyramids constructed by laws that are not known?MR. O No, by themselves they are not difficult to construct. But howthe stones were lifted?MR. C. Is all pioneering thought that is ahead school-work?MR. O. No, it's quite different lines.MISS B. Was the Taj Mahal the product of school-work?MR. O. The Taj Mahal? Yes.MISS D. Take a new country like America—doesn't it develop?MR. O. Yes, but that develops in the ordinary way. It has nothing todo with esoteric ideas. And new countries are usually bad forschools.MRS. N. Well, the artist who conceived the Sphinx must have been in aschool.MR. O. Most probably. I don't think that there could be a mistakethere.MRS. N. Is it only in architecture that one can see school-work?MR. O. Literature of the Gospels again. Certain Indian poems andPersian.MISS B. What about Shakespeare?MR. O. I am no judge.MISS B You don't think that was a product of school?MR. O. Simply, I don't know enough.MRS. N. Do we have to find a way to make efforts by ourselves?MR. O. Through connection with school-work.MRS. N But the school won't tell us.MR. O. All that it is possible to say is said. Nothing else can be said. Ifthe time comes, more will be said.MR. M. Was Zanoni a product of school-work?MR. O. No.MRS. N. What kind of sentence (written) would show that a man wasremembering himself?MR. O. No, it cannot be found anywhere. So many people write aboutschools and it is all nonsense.MRS. C. Then you couldn't tell from reading a book whether it isschool-work?MR. O. Sometimes you can.