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

parts can be developed through attention. So certainly balance ofcentres is necessary.[Unrecorded question.]MR. O. Yes, for a long time. It is intellectual centre. Then by differentmethods you transfer it to moving centre. When it is firmly establishedin moving centre you change it to instinctive centre. Then the laststage—you transfer to emotional centre.MRS. W. Since we have heard so much about them I think that wewould like to know some of the rules.MR. O. At every opportunity I will try to point them out to you. Butit's no use to speak of them academically.MR. W. In this connection is it useful for us not to show negativeemotions?MR. O. Always useful. This is the first thing.MR. W. What about talking?MR. O. Ordinarily it's nothing. But in certain moments one must not.MISS S. Must not the student wait for the teacher to give permission tospeak to new people?MR. O. Oh, yes, certainly. It is necessary to know certain things. Butwe found in London that it was possible to speak about the books.MR. W. Should we attempt to discover other people that we know, tobring to lectures?MR. O. It cannot be done just like that, you know. There must be placefor them; one must know what to say, like that.***