Gurdjieff: Transmission

Throughout the ages, when a cultural cycle
breaks down, or comes to an end, through war,
change of political structure or power.
Deterioration, which perhaps one might call
"natural deterioration".

The form of transmission of the message or
teaching needs to be changed.

That is perhaps why the form of transmission
for Mr. Gurdjieff was on a personal level,
his book, the dances he brought with him.
His music, and even his exercises.
His dinners and face to face "interviews".

All very portable.

He saw that the world where he found this ancient teaching
was starting to break down with the encroachment of the
modern world, he saw and understood his task to bring
this ancient teaching from the east to the west.

One estimate is that in the whole period of
his teaching, he worked with no more than about
a thousand people.

Mr. Ouspensky used to give lectures to a
thousand people at a time.

Compare this to a sporting event with 60-80,000 spectators
in the stadium. People in the work are not so common.

It is noted that there are a number of people starting to
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