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

M R . H . Did people come and try to read it?MR O. I don't know. I think I found it in some encyclopaedia that insome place in France was a purse of money for any man who couldread a letter in a closed envelope.MISS R. Is it true that the more you self-remember, the more you cansee the truth about yourself?MR O. Yes, if you put it like that. Only it would be better to say, themore you become conscious, the more you know about yourself.MRS. T. You spoke last week of the tremendous power of A influenceFor example the Russian revolution broke up a school. How can a schooldealing with higher influences be broken up by a political system?MR. O. Events that happen can make it impossible to work. Certainlythe bolsheviks made it impossible after the second revolution. Just asit became impossible to do anything in Europe because of fascism.MRS. T. I don't know why these ideas would be considered anti-socialin Russia.MR. O That means you don't know what happened in Russia, or whathappens now in Germany, France, Italy or even England.All schools in the past were broken up by external events, especiallyby wars and revolutions. Read about the mysteries. In the NewModel I quoted the Laws of Manu, which state the conditions whichmake it impossible to do school-work. [Quotation read]This refers to influence B not C. It is an old book and somewhatdistorted. But something remains.MISS D Is the whole theme of the Laws of Manu about influences A,B and C?MR. O. No, it is not only about that. This means that a man who has Binfluences, that is, who may come to school, must not live in Russia,Germany, Italy, and so on.MRS. K. What can he do about it?MR O. Nothing at all. That is what we did without thinking about theLaws of Manu.MRS. B. What does 'sudra' mean in our language?MR. O. 'Sudra' means lower caste. They cannot govern a country Ifthey do, they make a mess.MRS. K. What is the ideal form of government according to thesystem?MR. O The system has nothing to do with politics. If we think, we