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

it doesn't happen all at once. After some time you will see that itbegins to change.MISS Q . Is it something emotional or something intellectual that limitsour understanding?MR. O. Quite right. Understanding is not a function of one centre. It isa function of at least two centres, maybe three, and perhaps four.MISS R. Does higher mental energy come from the Absolute?MR. O. Nothing comes from the Absolute to us. What comes from theAbsolute comes only to World 3.MRS. F. What do you mean by themselves they are three-dimensional?MR. O. Like earth—man. Man by himself may be three-dimensional.MRS. F. Do we have connection with the fourth dimension?MR. O. Time. Time is the fourth dimension.MISS B. Is eternity the fifth dimension?MR. O. We may call it that.MRS. N. Are these ideas fifth-dimensional?MR. O. No, no, we cannot bring that. How can we measure ideas bydimensions?MISS H . Is evil negative—just lack of good?MR. O. No, we cannot speak like that. That puts evil and good on thesame level.MRS. B. Does it come from people who have killed conscience?MR. O. No, that is a rare case.MISS B. Does it have anything to do with the triad of destruction?MR. O. No, it's much more simple. Take just mechanicalness.MRS. N. Is it a force?MR. O. No, it's just a description just at present.MISS B. Suppose that one has power and misuses it?MR. O. It depends what power.MRS. F. But you said that evil could be conscious.MR. O. If you like.MISS H . Is evil ignorance?MR. O. Very often.MISS B. Suppose that one acquires power and develops it in the wrongway?MR. O. You know we cannot really discuss development in the wrongway. It's too rare. But if consciousness develops, possibility of evildiminishes.