A B C Influences

The meeting started with a reading from Ouspensky’s ‘The Psychology of Man’s Possible Evolution’ followed by a discussion on how we can distinguish the differences between A, B, and C influences and the possible effect they can have on our conscious development.

In this reading, we are described as living under, Ouspensky says, "two kinds of influences". In the above book, in his third lecture, he explains further: "The first kind consists of interests and attractions created by life itself ...", whereas "...The second kind consists of interests of a different order, aroused by ideas which are not created in life but come originally from schools."

(Read more on this from the book itself. An electronic version of this book is available from the link on the right.)