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

MR. O. But what does waste mean? We take these words for granted.But we do not know what they mean.MR. B. Giving vent to negative emotion would be wasting energy.MRS. S What is meant when you say that the enneagram is an accumulator?MR. O. No, I never said that. The enneagram is a chart that can beapplied to each cosmos, and to man because he is also a cosmos.MRS. W. Does this energy—in the big accumulator—come from differentsources?MR. O. It is created by three-story chemical factory. Only you rememberthat it is different in different states. It works so far in ordinary man.Then it is known how it works, after man works on himself.MRS. S. Would impression 6 put more energy into accumulator than48? Impression 12?MR. O. Nobody has impression 6. This is not our subject. It wasexplained in the Food Diagram—if you have enough H6 in yourself,you can have impression 6. But we don't have much higher energies.MRS. P. You say that when one yawns one is depleted of energy—butis it also done by imitation? I have noticed that when people yawn. . . .MR. O. Yawning is mechanical pumping.Yes, it is quite mechanical. Yawning and laughter are very important.Only we will speak some other time about laughter.MRS W. Is physical tension a possible source of wasting energy?MR O Oh yes, you can become more tired than walking or carryingbig logs.MRS. H. What function does weeping perform?MR. O. I think it something similar to laughing. Redistribution ofenergy in some casesMISS C If one comes upon a beautiful object suddenly and it makesone cry, is that negative emotion?MR O But another will laugh why? Different people And it may bethe same thing They got too many impressionsMRS. S Since laughter is very good for an individual, does it make anydifference how it is produced?. MR O Sometimes there are different kinds of laughter. We are notready to talk of it yetMISS H This chart—is it mechanical or can we control it and regulatethe energy?