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

MR. O. All, and even one. It is not important. It is details.There are some analogies that can be found in scientific theories,and very interesting ones in Indian writings—calculations of solaryears, etc. One can find very interesting correspondences. For instance,in one place in Indian writings it says: Brahma inhales and exhales theuniverse. It is interesting that in this table, breath of Brahma correspondsto life of macrocosmos. Also, in another place, life of Brahmacorresponds to life of sun (fifteen figures). Here Brahma is taken as sun.It would be very interesting to apply to this table Minkovsky'sformula. This formula means the speed of light multiplied by a certainperiod of time and multiplied by square root minus one (imaginaryquantity) which transfers it from one denomination to another. By thisformula life of an electron corresponds to 30 centimetres. That meansthat light passes 30 centimetres during the life of one electron. Duringthe life of the next cosmos it passes 10 kilometres. This gives a definitevisual picture of what the difference of time means.I will give you a very interesting method of thinking about time.Think how time would be transformed looking on from anothercosmos—phenomena of sound, rain, seasons, etc. You will see thenhow relative everything is. Things are such because of the rate of ourperception. It also explains the idea of relativity—that everythingexists only in certain conditions. In different conditions it changes.MISS N . How can we observe this?MR. O. We can only calculate like a physical problem.MR. L. According to that, reality is a purely relative idea?MR. O. Reality is a very complicated idea—more complicated than wethink. We think one aspect of reality is real. But each one aspect isrelative. But a combination of all aspects must be real.The teaching on cosmoses is very important. The system says thatscience and philosophy only begin at that point. It gives the possibilityof finding uniting principles, to see relations, connections.MISS C. Each cosmos feeds on the one above?MR. O. I did not say anything about feed.MR. L. Are all physical phenomena connected together?MR. O. Which? Forget words 'all', 'everything'. We have no right touse them. You must specify. Phenomena are different.MR. L. Phenomena which pass within range of our experience. Arethey connected?