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

probably to Mr. E.'s question.] There are many difficulties like that,but I cannot say anything [? without more material.]MR. C. I think that what I have learned from these meetings is that Iknow less even than I thought I did. Is that a desirable result?MR. O. Sometimes it may be.MRS. S. I have often thought that many years of preparation werenecessary in order to come to some understanding. Through thisunderstanding one is able to formulate for oneself what one wants.Knowing what one wants makes certain conditions. Through theseconditions, lots of things are demanded more. Have you the right todemand what you want?MR. O. One has right to everything. One does not spend time wonderingabout has one the right or not. One has right to everything.MR. F. I do recognize good states and bad states, ups and downs, and Iget a sort of idea what to avoid in order to avoid bad states.Sometimes I can do it. This is no way near saying what I want, but arethese states things to observe, and can one start with that?MR. O. We can begin with that and we can go further, and so on.MRS. W. Can one make good states more frequent and get from themto better states?MR. O. I never could say it is good or anything. I never could say that.MR. C. Have we to realize that we are powerless before we can beginat all?MR. O. Who is?MRS. R. Is it possible to find out what you want just by thinking about it?MR. O. When you know one thing you must realize what you want.MR. N. When I try to remember I find that I am completely calmbecause I am not worried by the events that are going on around me. Ifind even I don't want the things I wanted before. I try to rememberbut cannot keep it up very long.MR. O. You came evidently with the idea that you don't. But you musttry to find more and more what you want.MISS R. Is it a good idea to set oneself a limited task and then give thatup and try something else?MR. O. Well, continue in the same way.MISS R. I have tried on several things, and I find that very helpful, butit is difficult to set oneself a task.MR. O. Yes. Try to observe. Try this way, that way—variation.