Gurdjieff said: "I wish to introduce at the very beginning of this writing of mine what our dear-to-all Mullah Nassr Eddin would call a 'subtly philosophical...
I will use as a starting point for this post some material written by Gurdjieff in MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MEN in the form of a "saying" which Gurdjieff...
As usual your posts are excessively "long", however, I did see some merit in them. I'm left wondering what G.'s position in the numbering scheme of man would...
James, This forum used to be a discussion group where people talked to each other. With passion/dispassion, agree/disagree; no matter. Now it is a graveyard...
feel free to say something of even mild interest about the work, Mr. forest... yawn. As to your threat to leave the M. site... oh, no!!! please don't go!!!...
I thought one of the work efforts was not to express negativity.....you should try to get a hold on it; your name is appropriate - down on therapy - many of ...
... visualisation, ... craftsy ... equated ... work ... Its gotta be that pride and arrogance working as therapy for ya dude. What else? Well, maybe tunnel...
But not outrage against worldwide vanity and self-will. Outrage born of weakness, ignorance of forces and even the basic play of history. Look beyond. HOSEA...
... born of weakness, ignorance of forces and even the basic play of history. Look beyond. ... men. Hundreds of thousands marched in protest against this...
. I am asking about this question: How could a right-winger and a left-winger fly ? * It is the same at all to understand how negative emotions can be useful...
Millions marched for Stalin and Hitler. Yet 'hundreds and thousands' marched(?!) eh, with their lame paper-mache puppets and their little bongos... while...
Any iniquity is the result of corruption and lies within the UN (and a heck of a lot of willful self-delusion on the part of all the hundreds & thousands)....
I've not much to say when it comes to political stuff that results in hatred & violence toward each other; that is the actions of unconcious beings! The 2...
The level of the Absolute III is violence - this does not mean that a conscious man is a pacifist or disabled from using violence. Clearly the forces of...
. Violence in lower centers is the imbalanced development of the negative part only. Lower centers have a positive part and a negative part. They cannot fly...
Yep, I agree with your commentary that a concious man might not always be a pacifist nor disabled from using violence. However, violence would be a last...
Why yes, I believe Homer is aplicable for a variety of practical purposes, Radia. Have you read him recently? One of the finest things ever written on Homer...
. There is thought and thought. It is easier to understand and record than four states of consciousness. Faith is the way to understanding such questions...
Not necessarily a last resort. Were Alexander's campaigns even necessary? - but who could dismiss the enlightening 'result' that echoed through the centuries....
... I have mulled upon this idea that 'time is counted', that we are given a window of opportunity, a time defined period in which to create the new man. As a...
The Defeat of the Spanish Armada 19th of July, 1588 "The historical importance of the defeat of the Armada is this: it laid the cornerstone of the British...
downontheray (this is the first time I have noticed your i.d. is not downonTHERAPY, but THERAY, is that correct?) I read Odyssey about 1 1/2 years ago; thanks...
. Radia, I think you have invented a good coinage about Mike (I hope he feels it pleasant). * What about feeling ? So much. Do you know what is the esoteric...
. Paul, Interesting, even if you failed. Thanks you omitted many wars between England and France ... Charlemagne is present to me. * C. said a book is really...