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

MR. O. Law of Seven you can speak about when you find two intervalsin an octave.Q . Can one only see it in operation over a period of many years or atonce?MR. O. You can use memory. Doesn't mean that you observe actualfacts. But you must see two intervals in an octave.***7.3.45.Q . How can we train our memories to remember everything that's said?MR. O. Being more conscious. There is no other way.Q . There are people with photographic memory. Are they moreconscious?MR. O. There are many different kinds of memory. You have a certainkind of memory. But you can use it better or worse by being moreconscious or less conscious.Q . What are some of the forms the first conscious effort takes?MR. O. Be aware of yourself. 'I am here.' But not words. Feeling. Whoyou are and where you are.Q . And what are some of the forms of work?MR. O. This is work. There are many kinds. Suppose you are told notto talk in a certain way. This is work.***14.3.45.Q If you have a flash of self-remembering or consciousness, are youable to identify it always?MR. O. Sometimes. With this flash of consciousness you have veryclear memory—place, time of day, day of week, and so on.Q . You don't speak of self-remembering in terms of memory only, butin terms of understanding.MR. O. Quite right; at the same time these moments give very brightmemory.Q . In a moment of self-remembering would it be possible to hearsomething you don't ordinarily hear?MR. O. Quite. But it depends what You cannot expect to hear angelssingingQ . Receiving impressions is a mechanical process, isn't it?MR O. They are used in different ways Take knowledge—one maylearn Chinese with enough Chinese words If one collects enough