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

myself that I can rely upon is so small that it is very difficult to holdon to it, and I hardly ever can keep my centre of gravity there.MR. O. Too many things at once.MISS S. I feel a need of being able to find a way of beginning againwith what understanding I have, but I don't seem to know how tothink about this.MR. O. So it is the same thing. [?] repetition.MR. U. I should like to know the result of my decisions and actionsprior to making them.MR. O. You want something! You must ask me something I cananswer.MR. U. But I find I am quite incapable of making any right decision orany real thought.MR. O. And what else?MRS. Y. How can we start now to change?MR. O. About change, it is another thing. Almost... if I have . . . youhave nothing to change.MR. F. How can I learn to help myself to keep a certain want permanentlybefore me, to the exclusion of other wants?MR. O. How can you do that? Nobody can.MR. M. Is it ever possible to collaborate in this?MR. O. No, no two people. One person. I spoke about one person.MR. W. If I feel my existence to be unstable, is it sufficient aim to wishit to become stable?MR. O. May be stable just the same.MR. T . Is there a reason or purpose behind my existence in this world,and if so what is that reason and purpose?MR. O. That is your question, and you must answer it.MISS I. Are we asking you the wrong sort of questions?MR. O. Quite, quite wrong. Begin with any simple question.MRS. H. Is it a waste of energy when one is doing a job to allow one'sthoughts to be concerned with something else, or should one thinkabout the job?MR. O. If they continue to keep you at your job, then you can be verysuccessful.MISS S. How can I become simple enough to be able to see moreclearly and be able to ask real questions?MR. O. Try. Try. Only they must be real.