Contents: By date
Index: Complete word list
Alphabetical index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Special indexes: Stories ~ Ouspensky ~ Devotion ~ Non-duality ~ Action
| Word | Year | Page | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Object of devotion | 1979 | 875 | Should be one's ideal. |
| Object of devotion | See also: Deva-Ista | ||
| Objects | 1971 | 519 | Treat worldly objects like toys; treating them as real leads to disappointment and trouble. |
| Objects | 1971 | 520 | Do not think that the world around you - your house, money, body - are insubstantial. It is your feeling of attachment to them that is unsubstantial. |
| Observer | 1964 | 109 | In meditation the Self emerges as observer. |
| Observer | 1964 | 154 | Man has become separated from source of creation: he has to become observer. Ultimate observer is Atman. |
| Observer | 1964 | 157 | R. writes in letter re Atman being the ultimate Observer. |
| Observer | 1965 | 227-228 | To become only the observer leads to Self-realisation. 'Even this will pass'. |
| Observer | 1965 | 239 | As observer, enjoy Buddhi either still in meditation or properly active in work. |
| Observer | 1965 | 240 | Doing work which is useless to the Atman. Provided you know that this is useless work you are safe. You are observing not doing it intentionally, not identified. |
| Observer | 1965 | 246 | Having an observer will show us that it is we ourselves, Atman, that is stable. Also see other version on page 248. |
| Observer | 1965 | 276-277 | Atman, the observer, is beyond sheaths and is eternal. |
| Observer | 1967 | 302 | Witness or observer is Atman, he doesn't do anything, simply knows everything. |
| Observer | 1967 | 324 | Man who observes must be dropped during meditation to merge into the One. |
| Observer | 1970 | 471 | Observer never registers change in itself. Any change is to Ahankar. See letter on pages 466-467. |
| Observer | 1972 | 547 | The incessant commentary in the mind is useless. One solution is to observe impartially, considering yourself separate from the mind. See letter on page 546. |
| Observer | 1972 | 548 | One way to avoid incessant commentary going on in mind is to observe impartially. |
| Observer | 1972 | 557 | See things happening in world as a silent observer. Don't be involved or move off course. |
| Observer | 1972 | 558 | We do not need to choose anything. Just be the silent impartial observer watching the states of consciousness come and go. See story of Elephant and mahout. God is everywhere (2) on page 558. |
| Observer | 1972 | 569 | D.S. If you just witness the drama, you enjoy it. |
| Observer | 1976 | 757 | What the viewer is viewing is always changing, but the viewer remains the same. |
| Observer | 1978 | 864 | There are thousands of observers - one in each Antahkaran. |
| Observer | 1979 | 904 | Forgetting, e.g. when approaching market guided by noise and getting lost. |
| Observer | 1980 | 960 | When (in doing something artistic) the distance between observer and object observed is eliminated, that will be the perfection of your art. |
| Obstacles | 1965 | 221 | Shortcomings: in one's being and the moving mind. Some obstacles are hard to remove. See story of Monkey in tree (1) on page 221. |
| Obstacles | 1978 | 841 | Obstacles: for Bhakti nothing should be allowed to disturb faith; for Jnana it is essential to be honest. |
| Obstacles | 1979 | 921 | Mal, Vikshepa and Avarana in relation to Gunas and types of action. |
| Obstacles | 1989 | 1053 | Use reason to overcome obstacles and dissolve bad Samskar. Only possible when one sees the obstacle and feels sorry to have stumbled. |
| Obstacles | 1993 | 1079 | We must remove the obstacles and impediments for ourselves using the knowledge and system of discipline H.H. has given. |
| Obstacles | See also: Hindrances | ||
| Ocean | 1965 | 218 | Should not be disturbed by surface waves of ocean - always stillness below. |
| Ocean | 1965 | 251 | Waves and ocean are not separate: unity. |
| Ocean | 1975 | 727-728 | Absolute is like an 'ocean of love'. It is always available but people don't realise this because they hanker after worldly things. |
| Ocean | 1989 | 1048 | R. reported that coming to see H.H. felt like swimming in an ocean of bliss. He asked not to be deprived of such opportunities even though he had all the knowledge he needed. |
| Offerings | 1972 | 599 | You should not offer unclean or ugly things to God. See D.S. statement on page 575. |
| Offerings | 1976 | 766 | If we offer all actions to Param-Atman, all our necessities will be fulfilled by Param-Atman. See story of Letter to Param-Atman on page 766. |
| Offerings | See also: Surrender | ||
| Old age | 1988 | 1020 | Loss of sex energy in old age does not affect spiritual progress. Meditation in old age replenishes lost energy for further spiritual work. |
| Old age | See also: Death | ||
| Old age | See also: Retirement | ||
| Open the vaults | See: Vaults | ||
| Orange colour | 1972 | 538 | Symbolises fire of true knowledge. |
| Organisation | 1964 | 124 | Spread the meditation only so far as you can keep your organisation intact. |
| Organisation | 1964 | 125 | Don't be attached to propagation of meditation. |
| Organisation | 1964 | 189 | Tell only as much as you know and what you have experienced. Don't make it look glittering to fulfil ambition to spread the truth. |
| Organisation | 1965 | 220-221 | Rules and purpose of discipline. |
| Organisation | 1965 | 222 | Organisation must support both emotional and intellectual types. |
| Organisation | 1989 | 1054 | H.H.'s message to the Society: Organisations flourish when love prevails between and through leaders to all members. |
| Organisation | 1993 | 1086 | Co-operating with other organisations. Ambitious organisations co-operate to promote their own cause and system. |
| Ouspensky | 1961 | 3 | Instruction to find the source of the System. |
| Ouspensky | 1961 | 7 | Maharishi asks about Ouspensky. R. summarises ideas. |
| Ouspensky | 1962 | 35-36 | H.H. confirms R.'s own system of thought (from Ouspensky) gives good results and is compatible with and complementary to meditation. |
| Ouspensky | 1962 | 47 | Nyaya ladder and Ouspensky on 'Observing I'. |
| Ouspensky | 1962 | 55 | Ouspensky's phenomenal and noumenal world in relation to Fourfold System of Manu and Law of Three. |
| Ouspensky | 1962 | 67 | Quote from 'In Search of the Miraculous' on real religion (Sanatan Dharma). |
| Ouspensky | 1965 | 231-233 | R. explains his ideas about the diagram of four rooms - cart, horse, driver and symbol from Ouspensky's System in relation to the Antahkaran. |
| Ouspensky | 1965 | 284 | R. speaks of Ouspensky and Shankaracharya comments on connection and future. Ouspensky may find complete realisation when R. realises himself. |
| Ouspensky | 1971 | 518 | R. compares H.H.'s description of our desires being 'like strings pulling us towards the world' to Ouspensky's 'Man is a marionette pulled by invisible strings'. |
| Ouspensky | 1979 | 889 | Discussion about perpetuating his work, keeping to one system and regulating the distribution of system knowledge. |
| Ouspensky | 1979 | 896 | RG asks about friction and the struggle between 'yes' and 'no'. H.H.: If it leads to unity it is discrimination, if not it is a waste of energy and consciousness. |
| Ouspensky | 1979 | 906 | Confirmation of unity of Ouspensky's system with H.H.'s system. |
| Ouspensky | 1979 | 907-908 | H.H. confirmed Ouspensky's view that language is important. Each system develops its own special language to communicate knowledge of truth. |
| Ouspensky | 1979 | 918 | Three foods - food we eat, air, impressions. H.H. explains the effects of Samskar on the processing of impressions. |
| Ouspensky | 1979 | 921-922 | Cosmological teaching. H.H. explains that Ouspensky had his own style of teaching and there are also many different styles in India. |
| Ouspensky | 1979 | 923 | There should be no difficulty in relating H.H.'s teaching to Ouspensky's system. Style may be different but source is the same. |
| Ouspensky | 1979 | 924 | Cosmological teaching is similar to Sanskrit quotation: 'As in the individual body so in the whole universe'. |
| Ouspensky | 1985 | 1003 | Jaiswal explains RG's desire to continue using Ouspensky's teaching and allow it to work side by side with what has been learnt from H.H. |
| Ouspensky | 1985 | 1004 | Whatever has been learnt from Ouspensky's system should be preserved and used for the liberation of man. |
| Ouspensky | 1988 | 1018 | All that has been given by Dr Roles, Mr Ouspensky or H.H. is alive and helpful, ever-ready for assimilation. |
| Ouspensky | 1989 | 1047 | Instruction to R. to seek guidance in India. H.H. explains the background to his relationship with R. |
| Ouspensky | 1993 | 1087 | In a final message, H.H. refers to the Study Society being 'started by a great man who hailed from Russia and who was loved by Dr Roles.' |
| Oxen | 1975 | 716 | Young people need the company of the old so that there is a balance of wisdom and energy. Analogy of plough drawn by two oxen. |