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

(our ray). We take only the Absolute as a whole, and then only one ofeach worlds.MR. N. I don't understand the difference between bounded and unlimiteduniverse.MR. O. Better to say finite, yet unlimited. Limited is when you knowthe limit. The idea of finite universe is necessary. In the system thiswas accepted long ago. Even the time of the Absolute is known. Andif the life of the Absolute is limited, then its extension in space is alsolimited. Take this as an idea. In mathematical sense even infinity meanssimply limit of possible calculation. But physically infinity comes muchnearer to us. Two things compared by size may be mathematicallycalculable and yet one is infinity in relation to another. But that is notimportant. What is interesting is the correspondence between scientificideas and the ideas of the system. Forty years ago it was much moredifficult to fit the ideas of physics into the system than it is now. Notall is right, but lately physics has made tremendous steps forward.MR. R. How could modern science come into line with the system?MR. O. By development of mathematics. . . .MRS. A . Was it an orderly and intended explosion?MR. O. Explosion is' metaphorical. You ask if it was intentional oraccidental. We can use these terms only in relation to ourselves but notto the worlds. Different laws work in the worlds. You must rememberthat the production of the first world is intentional. After that itbecomes more and more accidental or mechanical. Will of the Absoluteonly reaches World 3. The further from the Absolute, the moremechanical laws are at work.MR. H. Is it possible that the Ray of Creation can change and come toan end?MR. O. It is like a branch of a tree. Moon is the growing end. It maygrow, and another moon may appear. But there is no cosmic necessityin this, it can also stop growing, and it can die, like every otherbranch.Understanding of the Ray of Creation is of great help. It helps youto keep your mind from wandering, and the understanding of the lawsbrings one to a higher level of thinking.