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

Wednesday. March 12th 1947. (Colet Gardens.)MR. O. Well, have you any questions—anything? We must avoid. . .MRS. R. I find that all the words I use are inexact and alter mymeaning Can I have any help in the translation of thoughts into alanguage which will not be misunderstood?MR. O. Try Russian. Perhaps it helps.Not last week, but seven years ago, when we met here. . . .MRS. v. Has individual man any significance in the universe?MR. O. Special question. We may come to many, many.MR. C. Before you went away, I felt very strongly the possibility ofincreasing the degree of my awareness. I have a similar feeling again.Because of the interim period and my not having been at meetings, Ifeel that nothing can be done alone.MR. O. Oh, yes. Only. Only necessary to start alone and come tosomething Six or seven years ago we came to definite conclusion. Wetried to avoid all usual questions, and we had some kind of system thatwe talked about, and then we came to the conclusion system wouldnot help So that is how we began at that time, and I think we came tosomething now.So that we come to questions, please, speak, anything that you like,and either we can begin like that, or we don't begin [ ?] any time inany way.MISS R What is it can change man?MR O This is a big question. If we knew what will change man andhow to do it, then we would begin at once, without any difficulty.MISS R. You have told us some of the things towards it.MR. O I don't think I have. What it was? Who was that speaking?MISS R. You told us to try and do certain things.MR. O. Certain things? Which certain things?MISS R For one, to try not to express negative emotion.MR. O I never said that. Did you do it?MISS R Sometimes. Not very often.