"I had come to the conclusion a long time ago that there was no escape from the labyrinth of contradictions in which we live except by an entirely new road, unlike anything hitherto known or used by us. "
Some things which struck me in our local reading club meeting today:
- "all the emotions which filled the air, conversation, and newspapers, and which, against my will, often affected me." (p.3)
- "I saw that (the war) must be taken as a great memento mori showing that hurry was necessary." (p.3)
- "personal, individual efforts were insufficient and that it was necessary to come into touch with the real and living thought." (p.4)
- "People invent miracles for themselves and invent exactly what is expected from them. It is a mixture of superstition, self-suggestion, and defective thinking." (p.7)
"I had come to the conclusion a long time ago that there was no escape from the labyrinth of contradictions in which we live except by an entirely new road, unlike anything hitherto known or used by us. " (p.3)
Ouspensky's comment later seems to be complementary:
"I was deeply interested in everything G. said. I felt in it some new points of view, unlike any I had met with before." (p.9)
The question for me is, how can I keep myself open to new ideas, and guard against the universal tendency to fixate on favourite ways of looking at things?
Some things which struck me in our local reading club meeting today:
- "all the emotions which filled the air, conversation, and newspapers, and which, against my will, often affected me." (p.3)
- "I saw that (the war) must be taken as a great memento mori showing that hurry was necessary." (p.3)
- "personal, individual efforts were insufficient and that it was necessary to come into touch with the real and living thought." (p.4)
- "People invent miracles for themselves and invent exactly what is expected from them. It is a mixture of superstition, self-suggestion, and defective thinking." (p.7)
"I had come to the conclusion a long time ago that there was no escape from the labyrinth of contradictions in which we live except by an entirely new road, unlike anything hitherto known or used by us. " (p.3)
Ouspensky's comment later seems to be complementary:
"I was deeply interested in everything G. said. I felt in it some new points of view, unlike any I had met with before." (p.9)
The question for me is, how can I keep myself open to new ideas, and guard against the universal tendency to fixate on favourite ways of looking at things?