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

MR O It is not that influences B are not right. They may not be rightfor them; for some B influences are made for one type, some foranother. Suppose that one wants to use B influences that are made fora different type.MRS. S. Do you mean that it could be a lower type of person, or aperson who could be doing something else?MR. O. No, simply a different type Remember—No. 1, No. 2, No. 3.MR. H. Is there any real relationship between conscience and remorse?MR. O. I never used that word. Conscience is a definite psychologicalfact; remorse may be imaginationTry to think, beginning from this supposing we come to thedecision that we want to know truth We must begin where we are.There is a definite law. First one must learn the truth about oneself,and one meets many unpleasant things.MRS. W. There is so much inaction in action, does that belong to thecategory of triads?MR. O. Better think first.MISS R. Then one must find the particular right method for finding thetruth in oneself?MR. O. It is not a method, it is sincerity with oneself. I remember oneman in Petersburg. He got several encyclopaedias—German, French,Latin—to find the meaning of sincerity, and he could not find it.MRS. S. Is man No. 1 ever exempt from art?MR. O. This cannot be explained theoretically. This must refer to oneperson. Enough material was given to study this. Predominance ofphysical or emotional or theoretical. Remember moments of decisions,and you can find what decided.MR. C. What distinguishes B influences from C influences?MR. O. B influences are just thrown into the general turnover of life, intheories, legends, fairy tales, anything, but C influences must be passedby a man. Not any man—somebody must give you something.M ISS O. You said conscience distinguishes between right and wrong. Itseems to me that sometimes it is very difficult to know right fromwrongMR. O. Yes, without conscience. But with conscience you can't make amistake in relation to your own actions If conscience is not quiteasleep, you know if you do something wrong. We have this power inus, but we don't use it.