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

MRS. B. Do you do all three at the same time?MR. O. No, it is not necessarily the same as a cosmic process.MR. B. What do you mean when you refer to the solar plexus?MR. O. The solar plexus is anatomical knowledge. But I mean severalother machines that work with carbon 12.MR. W. What do the dotted lines represent? [Enneagram.]MR. O. The Law of Three.MR. W. Do the sides represent specifically any forces?MR. O. It may—but that is for the future.MRS. B. What do you mean by accumulator?MR. O. Oh, we didn't speak of accumulators.MRS. W. When we say that we have our second wind. . . .MR. O. Yes, second wind very often means passing to second accumulator.MRS. B. Is it possible for one accumulator to get from a second accumu­lator?MR. O. Yes, it always happens.MRS. R. In the state of rest or sleep do the accumulators fillautomatically?MR. O. Yes, all energy that accumulates from food, air and impressionsaccumulates in the big accumulator.MRS. R. But in conscious effort nothing is lost?MR. O. In conscious effort nothing is lost. It comes back.MRS. R. Does this diagram represent all kinds of food or just ordinaryfood?MR. O. Three kinds of food—768, ordinary food; 192, air; 48, impressions.MRS. K. Is that 0.1428571, circulation?MR. O. Yes, but it's not only circulation. It's more complicated.MRS. R. What is the technique for resisting negative emotions?MR. O. Technique? No. First of all there are many different steps. Thefirst is not to express negative emotions.MR. W. Did you say the first step is not to express negative emotions?MR. O. Yes, not to express negative emotions. Then to understandnegative emotions in oneself—then in life. Next—struggle with identificationand imagination.MR. W. When you do observe imagination and identification you stopit?