Gurdjieff attracted some of the most well known and respected people of his day

 

This thought was in a blog, but it feels that it sums things

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In my opinion the adequate part of his teaching is about Willpower: People are mechanical. Their thoughts are mechanical, not to mention emotions and motion. It`s because they lack will. They lack even constant desires. Everything "happens" to them. They can do nothing. Instead of being individual everyone consists of numerous divided parts which are always in conflict with each other. In order to become whole, to become One, a man must train and suffer to 1. Stop daydreaming 2. Cristalyze his inner structure -- create constant will.

 

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