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

Wednesday. August 6th 1941. (New York.)MR. H. What actions in myself can I justify when I am aware thatprevious actions in my life have always been dictated by imaginativethinking, and I desire to correct this? Or is observation of myself inmy present situation of life sufficient at this time?MR. O. There are two questions here, both very vague. Even theobservation that most actions are based on imagination is sometimesmore imaginary and sometimes less. When you realize that you aresometimes more asleep and sometimes less, you will not ask suchgeneral questions.MISS R. In connection with the Law of Three, are the forces equal orunequal?MR. O. What means equal or unequal? In this sense, they are analo­gous.MISS R. Are the three forces energy?MR. O. If you like, it doesn't matter really. We're not interested inwords, you know.MISS R. I assume that they cannot be the same, otherwise they wouldbe one. So, if they are different, wherein does the difference lie?MR. O. They are not the same, but in one triad one force may be activeand in another, passive.MISS R. If they can substitute for one another, why are they not thesame?MR. O. They cannot be taken separately. It's very difficult. They are sosimilar that our mind cannot understand it.MISS R. Do they attract one another, or do they repel?MR. O. That we cannot say.MISS R. Were they created, or are they self-existent?Since the cosmoses created by the three forces tend, in the lower endof the scale, to extreme diffusion, one would expect to find, ultimately,nothing left of the universe except chaos. If this is not so, then how arethe forces renewed and stabilized?