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If you ever teach this Work you will find people saying to you that they were quite happy until they met this Work. People are in a state of sleep and self-illusion. Take a typical conceited man.
Nothing new can grow in you if you are negative. If you are liable to storms and floods there is no possibility of rebirth, because there is no soil for it.
When you have those moments that belong to theinner parts of centres then there is a possibility of something new, but in a moment someone does not do what you want, and then it all starts again.
You should not drink when you are negative. You should work on yourself in some way before you take anything. You should put in some Work effort before you drink, otherwise when you are negative you will start drinking.
Dr.Nicoll: (To Mr.X) Write the Primal Three Forces on the board.
The Absolute when it creates divides into three Forces. The Work calls this the Law of Three. What is your question?
Do people in life believe that if you have money in life you feel perfectly free, and say “I am going to enjoy myself tonight.” Are you? Christ said ironically to the disciples who had self-love: “You are all going to sit on twelve thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel”.
Mr.Ouspensky said: “If we could be conscious in three forces at the same time, we would be Conscious Man.” And then you know that at that stage a man has reached Real I, when he is conscious in three forces.
A man in Imaginary ‘I’ feels isolated. His feeling of ‘I’ is trivial. If we were conscious in Real I we would not have a trivial feeling of ‘I’, but a real feeling. All our pride and vanity would be completely gone.
Many people practise Self-Remembering to feel isolated.
AI Summary
Selections From Meetings 1953 by Maurice Nicoll presents key insights from the contemplative tradition. The 10 passages above capture the essential teachings.
Core Themes:
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Key Passages: Highlights 1, 3, and 10 are particularly representative.
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