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

Wednesday. July 28th 1943. (New York.)MRS. B. From the standpoint of the player of a musical instrument,may not musical memory be located in the intellectual and movingparts of the moving centre, such as the muscles of the hands and arms?MR. O. We may come to that later.MRS. E. If you control yourself from reproaching someone who, inyour opinion, has done something wrong, is that controlling a negativeemotion?MR. O. Very often. It may be not—but often it is controlling theexpression of negative emotion.MRS. S. Does living in the fourth dimension involve the possibility ofdevelopment?MR. O. I don't know what living in the fourth dimension means. Ithink we all live in the fourth dimension.MRS. S. Can one become conscious of the fourth dimension momentarilyin a certain kind of very vivid dream?MR. O. [Unrecorded.]MISS R. Would the desire to awaken conscience create the necessarymeans in one's experience?MR. O. I don't know what desire can do, and what kind of desire isnecessary.MISS R. Would the means to awaken conscience be buffers—if so, ofwhat kind?MR. O. No, this is a formatory twist. Buffers help to keep conscienceasleep—so they cannot be regarded as help.MISS R. What did you mean when you said many unpleasant thingsmay happen if conscience is not ready to awaken?MR. O. That's what I meant. The rest—when it happens you willknow.MISS R. Is grief over a death an example of a useful negative emotion?MR. O. Why useful? I never spoke about useful negative emotions.MISS R. Would being desperate about something before discovering