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

MR. O. Maybe, in a small way. But it is not a question of coming underB influence once or twice. It is a question of living under it.MRS. P. How can moving centre be controlled?MR. O. We always control moving centre, or we would never arrivewhere we want to go. We would start to write a letter to one person,and write to another.MRS. P. When we attain consciousness, will we be able to serve a muchhigher purpose in life than in our individual lives?MR. O. We cannot talk about it. We must attain first.MRS. B. Does the Ray of Creation emanate from the Absolute?MR. O. Well, we can say that.MRS. B. Is there anything of the Ray of Creation in us?MR. O. I don't understand. We live in the Ray of Creation. What doesit mean, the Ray of Creation in us?MR. W. You said last week that there were many things in the FoodDiagram that we do not understand.MR. O. Many, but that will be repeated. We cannot go straight to that.MRS. W. If dead people do farm work will they become awake?MR. O. How can dead people come awake? Dead people are dead, andmust be buried. The sooner they die physically, the better for them,and others.MR. B. What is it that makes people dead—failure to respond to irritation?MR. O. Irritation can be used in an emotional or physiological sense.But that is not the point. Dead people cannot awake. Sleeping peoplehave at le ast a theoretical chance, a possibility of waking in favourablecircumstances.MISS H . Christ used 'dead' in this sense in the parable of the prodigalson? 'He was dead, and is alive again.' Does that mean spiritually dead?MR. O. I don't remember this sentence. But it could mean he lookedlike dead, but he was not.MRS. S. Are there different ways of being dead? Could people be deadphysically and alive otherwise, as well as vice versa?MR. O. We speak of people physically alive and mentally dead.MRS. S. What about the things people call spirits?MR. O. We don't use that word. It means nothing.MRS. S. Are there people who are dead physically, and still have a formof existence?