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

MR. O. We had better not mix that. But what about emotions? Askyour own question. We always lose ourselves in several questions.MR. S. Is the mere fact that one realizes that one may be dead, anindication that one is not dead?MR. O. No, sleeping people may have many ideas. Imagination ofsleeping people does not enter into this.MRS. B. In the diagram, what is the difference between the circle withmagnetic centre, and the circle lower down in touch with the circleoutside life?MR. O. This man is directly connected with school, in some way oranother.MRS. S. Would a great period in art be when a school existed?MR. O. I don't know. It is a general idea.MISS R. Do sleeping people have memory?MR. O. Sometimes.MISS R. Dead people have none?MR. O. I don't know. Psychology of dead people will come laterMISS R. Memory is most important, isn't it?MR. O. Yes, for certain practical purposes.MRS. B. Does man with centre of gravity or magnetic centre. . . .MR. O. I did not speak about centre of gravity. I spoke about magneticcentre.MRS. B. Does that man have magnetic centre because he came underinfluence A and B?MR. O. No, because he accumulated enough influence B to leave certaintraces.MRS. W. People with magnetic centre do not need schools?MR. O. Only these people can use something from schoolMRS. S. Are dead people born dead?MR. O Some are born dead; some die later.MRS. S. Does death at birth have anything to do with the death of parents?MR. O. In this case, no. Parents may be alive—or dead in a naturalway—and the children may die.MRS. S. Why are dead people born?MR. O. Many different reasons. Perhaps people who die in one life maybe born dead in the next. But these are differences which do notconcern us. Questions must be limited by ourselves.MR. H. Is it possible for a very young child to come under influence B?