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Book Synopsis The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol. 13 by : Adrian Petrariu
Download or read book The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol. 13 written by Adrian Petrariu and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-02 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterpiece of insight into the world of man and the universe, this is Magisteria's reply to Gurdjieff's "All and Everything": clearly explaining all things about human evolution, the soul, enneagram, death, sex, the devil, presence, the social level, Gurdjieff work, meditation, ego, etc. The ideal book to have on your coffee table and read a daily illumination from time to time! "Pondering is answering questions from essence and answering them practically. One-half the energy of a human being must be spent internally pondering. One-third of one's time should be spent in pondering. Pondering is a self-interrogation which consists in stripping off all the answers of association until you finally come to your own essential answer." Orage
Book Synopsis The Force of Gurdjieff by : Gurdjieff George
Download or read book The Force of Gurdjieff written by Gurdjieff George and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volumes of "The Force of Gurdjieff" Magisteria publishing collection reunite various rare, important and sometimes unknown texts written by people who were influenced by the remarkable force of the Gurdjieff's teaching.
Book Synopsis The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol. 9 by : Alexandru Cristea
Download or read book The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol. 9 written by Alexandru Cristea and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since there is a great confusion about the different components of the spiritual anatomy of man, Alexandru Eugen Cristea has made his mission to clarify the various concepts found in the works of Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, Orage and their followers, explaining terminology such as: parts, centers, sub-centers, bodies, etc.Practical exercises are given for the development of each center and body, some of them available to the public for the first time ever.Preface - 1 -The Structure of the Universe - 2 -Myth vs. Reality - 2 -The Ray of Creation - 4 -The Universal Octave - 7 -From macrocosm to microcosm - 11 -From metals to humans - 13 -Man's Place in the Universe - 15 -The laws of the worlds - 18 -The 3 main parts - 20 -Practical exercise - 21 -The Centers - 23 -The three lower centers - 25 -Man no. 1 - 30 -Man no. 2 - 34 -Man no. 3 - 35 -The ancient art of Tarot - 37 -The accumulators - 44 -The Formatory Apparatus - 46 -The three higher centers - 48 -Immolation - 50 -Differences between centers - 52 -Survival Triads - 53 -Circularity inside each center - 57 -Kundabuffer - 58 -The Three Foods and the Centers - 60 -About the Enneagram - 60 -From Ouspensky with love - 64 -The Oragean Version - 67 -States of consciousness - 68 -Practical exercise - Self Observation - 72 -Effects of Self-Observation - 79 -The three storied factory - 81 -The balance of the centers - 84 -As above, so bellow - 88 -The Human Types revisited - 90 -The Human Bodies - 93 -Ouspensky and his four bodies - 93 -Some characteristics of the bodies - 94 -Orage and his three bodies - 96 -Psychological evolution within the bodies - 98 -Concepts reevaluated - 99 -Practical exercise for the 2nd body - 102 -Other practical exercises for the 2nd body - 104 -Practical exercise for the 3rd body - 108 -The Way of the Food Assimilation - 120 -The short version - 131 -Conclusion - 136 -
Book Synopsis The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol. 6 by : Alexandru Cristea
Download or read book The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol. 6 written by Alexandru Cristea and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-14 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Force of Gurdjieff" collection reunites various rare, important and sometimes unknown texts written by people who were influenced by the remarkable force of the Gurdjieff's teaching.After more twenty years of searching through different "ways" and types of exercises and more than ten years in one of the groups from the Gurdjieff Institute, the author brings you a book which contain most of the exercises practiced in the Gurdjieff teaching along with new insights.A must have for any true seeker of truth. Table of contents:Preface - 5 -The atmosphere - 6 -The "I am" exercise - 13 -Sitting - 19 -The centers - 26 -The last hour of life - 28 -Numbering - 31 -Eating - 34 -Breathing - 37 -Talking to oneself - 40 -Object details - 45 -Visualization of an object - 47 -One thing at a time - 49 -Influences - 51 -Self-observation & Self-remembering - 60 -Interference, participation, experiment - 67 -States of consciousness - 71 -Human types - 74 -Voluntary suffering and conscious labor - 76 -The nightly review - 83 -Alarm Clocks - 86 -Movements - 87 -
Book Synopsis The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol. 4 by : Gurdjieff George
Download or read book The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol. 4 written by Gurdjieff George and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an unique edition where you can find - in one book - most of the exercises practiced in the Gurdjieff teaching. Transmitted by Gurdjieff himself - in public or privately printed texts - and also by his followers, some of them are available to the general public for the first time. Table of contents- 3 - The Portrait- 5 - The Two Portraits- 10 - The Time Circle- 11 - The Brain as a Stomach- 12 - The Globe- 14 - The Three Types- 16 - Life Review- 19 - The Nightly Review (first step) - 21 - The Nightly Review (complete) - 26 - The Gurdjieff Method- 27 - Self-observation- 31 - Participation- 57 - Experiment- 61 - Voluntary Suffering- 85 - Conscious Labor- 90 - Establishing constellations- 94 -
Book Synopsis The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol. 10 by : Adrian Petrariu
Download or read book The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol. 10 written by Adrian Petrariu and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-21 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In my experience, emotions are completely misunderstood nowadays. It seems like people just don't know what they are anymore, let alone how and why they work. Unfortunately, I have also found this state of things among a great deal of those studying Gurdjieff's teaching, who even if are maybe the only ones left having an accurate knowledge about consciousness and how to achieve it, seem to have lost the path to conscience along the way." Adrian Mirel Petrariu, Ph.D Table of Contents: Introduction to the English Edition - 10 -Emotions - 11 -Introduction - 12 -Group Exercise - 13 -Methodology - 19 -Types of Emotions - 24 -Types of Civilizations - 28 -Levels of Reality - 31 -The Three Poisons - 35 -Religion - 39 -Lack of Energy - 41 -Sins - 45 -Boredom- Contradiction- Self-calming - 51 -Sentiments - 53 -Men versus Women - 63 -The Need for Meaning - 67 -Obedience - 70 -Questions and Answers - 74 -Success, happiness and the mystery of mediocrity - 83 -The Affective Dimension of Social Systems - 91 -The functional synthesis of the social system: the affective dimension of the social systems - 92 -Annexes - 109 -A.R. Orage Lecture: The Three Brains - 110 -
Book Synopsis The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol. 2 by : Gurdjieff George
Download or read book The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol. 2 written by Gurdjieff George and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While being the only disciple acknowledged by Gurdjieff in his own writings, referring to him as "my inner world essence friend," Orage, besides having an important contribution to Gurdjieff's teaching through his help with the first translation of Gurdjieff's books in English language and through his own writings and lectures, was a crucial self standing spiritual figure through his own work and ideas. This book contains explanations of Gurdjieff exercises. Table of Contents- 3 - Notes taken by Frederick Schneider- 5 - January 20th, 1923. Self-remembering. Freedom. Separation.- 6 - January 25th, 1927. Observation. Self-consciousness. Fear.- 9 - January 31st, 1927. Energy leaks. The six centers. The three foods.- 11 - February 6th, 1927. Nature. The three springs.- 15 - February 15th, 1927. Observations. Education.- 17 - March 1st, 1927. The routine. The three foods.- 21 - March 8th, 1927. The control of emotions. I" vs. it."- 24 - March 15th, 1927. Economizing. Emotions and images.- 26 - March 22nd, 1927. Becoming human.- 28 - April 5th, 1927. Sensitiveness. Criticism.- 28 - April 26th, 1927. Emotions. Negative emotions.- 29 - May 1st, 1927. Impressions. The life curve.- 30 - June 11st, 1927. The senses.- 32 - October 24th, 1927. Verbal and formal understanding. Forms of mind.- 33 - November 7th, 1927. Overcoming difficulties. How to develop the "I"? Intuition. Daily review.- 34 - November 21st, 1927. Acting. Responsibility.- 37 - November 28th, 1927. Creation. Time.- 38 - December 5th, 1927. Degrees of Reason. Reincarnation. Essence. A normal human being.- 41 - December 12th, 1927. The genuine duty. Leaves vs. seed.- 43 - December 19th, 1927. The seven classes of determinative circumstances for organism. The perils of civilizations. Effort. Aim. Vows.- 48 - Notes taken by L. S. Morris- 54 - January 24th, 1927. Transition of emotional states.- 55 - February, 7th, 1927. Human species characteristics. Local reform vs universal reform.- 57 - February 21st, 1927. Why is life short? The nature of Time.- 60 - February 28th, 1927. The Law of Seven and the Law of Three. Energies.- 66 - March 7th, 1927. Sensation, emotion, image. Inertia. Breaking habits.- 68 - April 25th, 1927. The life review. Objectiveness.- 70 - May 23rd, 1927. Drama. Actor. Roles.- 72 - December 27th, 1927. The seven classes of determinative circumstances for organism.- 81 - Other notes: Discussion on "Good and Evil"- 85 - November 5th, 1927.- 86 - November 12th, 1927- 100 - November 19th, 1927- 112 - Other notes: Conscious or Objective Morality- 125 - November 16th, 1925- 126 -"
Book Synopsis Gurdjieff's Three Bodies of Man by : Alexandru Cristea
Download or read book Gurdjieff's Three Bodies of Man written by Alexandru Cristea and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-11 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since there is a great confusion about the different components of the spiritual anatomy of man, Alexandru Eugen Cristea has made his mission to clarify the various concepts found in the works of Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, Orage and their followers, explaining terminology such as: parts, centers, sub-centers, bodies, etc. Practical exercises are given for the development of each center and body, some of them available to the public for the first time ever. Preface - 1 - The Structure of the Universe - 2 - Myth vs. Reality - 2 - The Ray of Creation - 4 - The Universal Octave - 7 - From macrocosm to microcosm - 11 - From metals to humans - 13 - Man's Place in the Universe - 15 - The laws of the worlds - 18 - The 3 main parts - 20 - Practical exercise - 21 - The Centers - 23 - The three lower centers - 25 - Man no. 1 - 30 - Man no. 2 - 34 - Man no. 3 - 35 - The ancient art of Tarot - 37 - The accumulators - 44 - The Formatory Apparatus - 46 - The three higher centers - 48 - Immolation - 50 - Differences between centers - 52 - Survival Triads - 53 - Circularity inside each center - 57 - Kundabuffer - 58 - The Three Foods and the Centers - 60 - About the Enneagram - 60 - From Ouspensky with love - 64 - The Oragean Version - 67 - States of consciousness - 68 - Practical exercise - Self Observation - 72 - Effects of Self-Observation - 79 - The three storied factory - 81 - The balance of the centers - 84 - As above, so bellow - 88 - The Human Types revisited - 90 - The Human Bodies - 93 - Ouspensky and his four bodies - 93 - Some characteristics of the bodies - 94 - Orage and his three bodies - 96 - Psychological evolution within the bodies - 98 - Concepts reevaluated - 99 - Practical exercise for the 2nd body - 102 - Other practical exercises for the 2nd body - 104 - Practical exercise for the 3rd body - 108 - The Way of the Food Assimilation - 120 - The short version - 131 - Conclusion - 136 -
Book Synopsis The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol 1 by : George Gurdjieff
Download or read book The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol 1 written by George Gurdjieff and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volumes of "The Force of Gurdjieff" Magisteria publishing collection reunite various rare, important and sometimes unknown texts written by people who were influenced by the remarkable force of the Gurdjieff's teaching. This book contains explanations of Gurdjieff exercises. Notes taken by Blanche B. Grant- 1 - October 7, 1929- 6 - The study of relations. The Method of Objective Judgment. The five manners of behavior (posture, gesture, tone of voice, facial expressions, movement). Introspection vs. self-observation. October 14, 1929- 14 - Self-knowledge. Studying ourselves vs. studying others. Change and motive. The colors of a gesture. October 21, 1929- 21 - States of consciousness. The three centers. Forms of sleep. The catalytic center. Possibilities of experience. Collecting impressions. October 28, 1929- 31 - The human structure according to the octave. Duality. Thought and memory. Connection between centers. Event vs. experience. November 4, 1929- 39 - The totality of one's self. Religion, prayer and wish. The science of being. Pure self-observation. November 11, 1929- 46 - Human types. Time. The history of an object. Consciousness, individuality, will. November 18, 1929- 54 - The three screens. Judgment. Different ages of a person. Fate. The three winds. The three Yogas. Self-observation and impressions. November 25, 1929- 65 - Understanding. States. Negative emotions. The "I." Three orders of impressions. December 2, 1929- 78 - Responsibility. Ideals. Abilities. Human types. The wish to live. Notes taken by L. S. Morris- 85 - March 24, 1931- 86 - The two portraits. Deductions. The diagram of time. Self-observation. Double perceptions. Self-consciousness. April 7, 1931- 99 - The three foods. Digestion and assimilation. Aspiration and inspiration. The brain as a stomach. The three forces. April 14, 1931- 108 - Development and effort. Intellectual vs. practical. The three types of possible future. Wish vs. will. Scale. Actual and potential. May 5, 1931- 125 - The two directions of time. Positive emotions. The two states of pleasure. Types of images in the brain. How to constellate. Vibrations. Types of relations. Emanations and radiations. Assimilation of air. The magnetic line. Seasons of development. May 12, 1931- 146 - The three orders of experience. Growth vs. experience. Human types. The three forces inside us. How to recognize a criteria. The cunning man. May 19, 1931- 162 - The science of being. The diagram of the octave. Knowledge vs. opinion. Individuality vs. personality. The balanced man. The state of normality. The central idea of these meetings. May 26, 1931- 176 - How to develop impartiality. How to create a wish. The realization of death. Self-observation, participation and experiment. Formulations and mantras. The vow to one's self.
Book Synopsis Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky by : Maurice Nicoll
Download or read book Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky written by Maurice Nicoll and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 1996-08-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Maurice Nicholl was studying in Zurich, he met Jung, and Ouspensky. He went on to study with Gurdjieff, and from 1931 to his death in 1953, he began at Ouspensky's request, a programme of work devoted to passing on the ideas he had received. Reissued in hard cover, these five unedited commentaries are taken from the weekly lectures and talks Nicoll gave to his students in England and which were recorded verbatim; the sixth volume is an index produced by the Gurdjieff society Washington DC. These differ from Nicholl's more polished works - they are more concerned with directly applying certain deep ideas to daily life.
Book Synopsis The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol. 3 by : George Gurdjieff
Download or read book The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol. 3 written by George Gurdjieff and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-18 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magnum opus somehow similar with Ouspensky's Fragments, this version of the Gurdjieffian teaching contains all the theoretical and practical aspects along with never before published diagrams and a coherent presentation of Gurdjieff exercises, transmitted only orally until now. Written by C. Daly King - who received first hand information from Gurdjieff, Ouspensky and Orage - is now available for the first time to the general public. The only version with corrected text and remastered diagrams.Contents:Foreword - 9 -Premises - 15 -The Subject and the Attitude - 55 -Part 1. The body of knowledge. A scientific method. Impartiality. The fundamental questions. - 56 -Part 2. Levels of knowledge. The course of exposition. Language and terms. Reality and Unreality. - 62 -Part 3. What is the attitude? The map and the continents. Accuracy. The disease of suggestibility. - 76 -Part 4. Personal verification. The localities and the boat. - 80 -Part 5. Mankind in the Universe. The Law of the Octave. Examples of octavic relationships. The Law of the Three. Examples. - 82 -Part 6. The origin of the information. The Esoteric schools. Why the secrecy? - 96 -The Local Map - 101 -Part 1. Neurological structures. Normal vs. Abnormal. The point of departure. - 102 -Part 2. The functions of man. The centers. Heredity and environment. The Magnetic Centre. - 113 -Part 3. Functional Types. The “I”. Identification. Automatic roles. Consciousness. Free Will. The fallacy of reform. The Equipage. The Prince. - 129 -Part 4. Levels of consciousness. Man's natural function in the Universe. The Myth of the Black Sheep. The Cosmic Ray. The Organic Kingdom. - 150 -Part 5. Mechanisms of bondage. Kundalini and Kundabuffer. Imagination. Self-Calming. The human potential. - 171 -Part 6. The potential centers. The universal octave. Centers and functions. The three foods. Digestion stages. - 181 -The Boat - 204 -Part 1. The Open Secret and the Hidden Secret. Warnings. The actual postulant. Between two chairs. - 205 -Part 2. The threefold image of oneself. Sincerity and humor. Sane objectivity. Organizing your work. The Portrait. Positive and negative human types. The life review. The nightly review. Personality and essence. Chief Feature. Animal Types. Dangers of self-knowledge. Impartiality towards oneself. - 209 -Part 3. The four states of consciousness. Self-Observation and Self-Consciousness. - 239 -Part 4. The four ways. The technique of Self-Observation. “I” and “it”. Dangers of breathing exercises. The second step: Participation. Common Sense. The third step: Experiment. Changing habits. The balanced day. The weather. The vow. Artificial reminders. Self-Remembering. - 254 -Part 5. The effects of Self-Observation on the organism. The organic location of digestion stages. Activation of centers. Subcentres. The three organic bodies. The second conscious shock. - 338 -Part 6. The first stage of the Method. The scientific procedure. Verification of conclusions. - 371 -Part 7. Voluntary Suffering and Conscious Labor. Negative emotions. Pondering. Sin-eating. The complete outline of the Method. - 378 -The Greater Map - 390 -Part 1. The outline of the universe. The hidden knowledge of genuine schools. - 391 -Part 2. The “I”. A normal human action. Sympathy and compassion. Conscience. Morality. The Comfort Bed. Useless worries. Faith, Hope and Love. Art. Symbols. The Enneagram. Man in the Universe. Information sources. - 395 -Part 3. The cosmoses. Atom. Hydrogen. Table of hydrogens. Universal relationships. Man's energy sources. Types of reason. Prospects. - 447 -Part 4. Time dimensionality. The time-organ. The first dimension of time. Simultaneity. Memory. Three-dimensional time. Relative time. Incarnation and Reincarnation. Physical time. Recurrence. The life path. - 493 -Destination - 537 -Oragean Aphorisms - 538 -Summation - 563 -The Destiny of Man. - 569 -Reckoning - 571 -Appendix - 576 -The Ouspenskian Version - 577 -
Book Synopsis The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol. 5 by : Gurdjieff George
Download or read book The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol. 5 written by Gurdjieff George and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-02-13 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While being the only disciple acknowledged by Gurdjieff in his own writings, referring to him as "my inner world essence friend," Orage, besides having an important contribution to Gurdjieff's teaching through his help with the first translation of Gurdjieff's books in English language and through his own writings and lectures, was a crucial self standing spiritual figure through his own work and ideas. This book contains explanations of Gurdjieff exercises. January 23rd, 1923 Self-remembering. Centers. March 25th, 1923 Human work. Freedom. Aim. Jiu-jitsu. January 1st, 1924. Politeness. Choice. Cosmic man. Self-knowledge. The memory film. Immoral act. Absorbing experience. Notes and intervals. Appetite vs. wish. Shocks. The chairs exercise. The etheric body. Forces. Chief feature. January 17th, 1926. To think in form. Reasonable. March 29th, 1926. Forms of reason. Negative states. Fears. April 12th, 1926. Intervals. Drugs. Magnetism. January 10th, 1927 Consciousness. Laughter. Energy. Decision. January 18th, 1927. Distinguish "I" from "it." January 25th, 1927. Normal reaction. Observing moods. The three steps. Awareness. January 31st, 1927. Morality. Duty. February 7th, 1927. The value of the body. Seven features of one's face. February 14th, 1927. The five "qualities." Self observation. The seed. February 21st, 1927. Review the past. Self perfection. Life span. The regulator. The magnetic tie. Objective time. March 7th, 1927. Children. The natural realm. Nature of man. Light. The three forces. Emanations. Reason. The three bodies. March 14th, 1927. Understanding the world. The brains. Sight. Reason and bodies. March 18th, 1927. The objective conscience of the of the animal kingdom. March 21st, 1927. Conscious effort. Conscious suffering. May 9th, 1927. The springs. Experience. Circumstances. May 16th, 1927. Impressions. Art. Remembering. May 17th, 1927 Essence and personality. Education. Development. Movements. May 23rd, 1927 Drama. Roles. Human types. Mistery schools. Manifestations. April 3rd, 1928. Language and communication. Energy. Assimilation of food. Physical, emotional and intellectual waste. April 15th, 1928. Formal thought. Modes of speech. Chief feature. Questions. April 23rd, 1928. Electricity. December 4th, 1928 Seed. Consciousness. Becoming absorbed. January 14th, 1929. Mechanical man. The three bridges. Impressions. Love.
Download or read book The Hidden Learning written by Daly King and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-14 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the year 1924, M. Georges Gurdjieff came to New York City. He was then the founder and head of The Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man, at Fontainebleau, France and he brought with him a considerable number of his instructors and pupils. M. A.R. Orage had remained in New York City as the representative of M. Gurdjieff to hold a series of informal groups for those interested, in order to explain the nature of the Institute and its work. I was then twenty-nine years of age.The field of these formulations is that of objective truth, both personal and non-personal.And so, I wish you good hunting."C. Daly King
Book Synopsis Gurdjieff Unveiled by : Seymour B. Ginsburg
Download or read book Gurdjieff Unveiled written by Seymour B. Ginsburg and published by Lighthouse Editions Limited. This book was released on 2005 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an overview and introduction to Gurdjieff's teaching. This title helps students to integrate theoretical knowledge with practical experience and gain a taste of what it means to work on oneself by following Ginsburg's six lessons.
Book Synopsis In Search of the Miraculous by : P. D. Ouspensky
Download or read book In Search of the Miraculous written by P. D. Ouspensky and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2001 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The classic exploration of Eastern religious thinking and philosophy"--Cover.
Book Synopsis The Reality of Being by : Jeanne de Salzmann
Download or read book The Reality of Being written by Jeanne de Salzmann and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2011-12-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important book on liberating ourselves from the state of “waking sleep” in which we live our lives, as taught by one of the most influential spiritual teachers of the 20th century As the closest pupil of the charismatic spiritual master G. I. Gurdjieff (1866–1949), Jeanne de Salzmann was charged with carrying on his teachings of spiritual transformation. Known as the Fourth Way or “The Work,” Gurdjieff’s system was based on teachings of the East that he adapted for modern life in the West. Now, some twenty years after de Salzmann's death, the notebooks that she filled with her insights over a forty-year period (and intended to publish) have been translated and edited by a small group of her family and followers. The result is this long-awaited guide to Gurdjieff's teaching, describing the routes to be traveled and the landmarks encountered along the way. Organized according to themes, the chapters touch on all the important concepts and practices of the Work, including: • Awakening from the sleep of identification with the ordinary level of being • Self-observation and self-remembering • Conscious effort and voluntary suffering • Understanding symbolic concepts like the Enneagram • The Gurdjieff Movements, bodily exercises that provide training in Presence and the awareness of subtle energies • The necessity of a "school," meaning the collective practice of the teaching in a group Madame de Salzmann brings to the Work her own strong, direct language and personal journey in learning to live that knowledge of a higher level of being, which, she insists, “you have to see for yourself” on a level beyond theory and concept. De Salzmann consistently refused to discuss the teaching in terms of ideas, for this Fourth Way is to be experienced, not simply thought or believed.
Book Synopsis Gurdjieff: The Key Concepts by : Sophia Wellbeloved
Download or read book Gurdjieff: The Key Concepts written by Sophia Wellbeloved and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book offers clear definitions of Gurdjieff's teaching terms, placing him within the political, geographic and cultural context of his time. Entries look at diverse aspects of his Work, including: * possible sources in religious, Theosophical, occult, esoteric and literary traditions * the integral relationships between different aspects of the teaching * its internal contradictions and subversive aspects * the derivation of Gurdjieff's cosmological laws and Ennegram * the passive form of "New Work" teaching introduced by Jeanne de Salzmann.
