Mr. Ouspensky once observed that he woke up one morning, and looking
at his desk, he remembered that he had a book manuscript that he needed to work on,
checking for errors and corrections, etc.
On his nightstand, was a novel he had just started reading, and was enjoying immensely.
The room was cold and his bed was warm.
Result: He spent two hours in bed, reading his novel.
He observed that two of his centers, instinctive (wishing to stay warm) and emotional (enjoying reading the novel),
won out over his intellectual center, that knew he had to make the less pleasant effort of laboriously working on his book.
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