Mr. Gurdjieff: Making jam

 

Mr Gurdjieff, (in response to a question)

 

"It is very simple. Look at this.

(He takes a section of tangerine from a plate).

This is destined to become jam, it has to become jam,

it was made for that. But it is full of salt. What should be done?

It must be washed, soaked, cleaned to remove the salt.

Afterwards it can become jam. With the salt it is impossible.

Remorse is that which removes the salt. This is what purifies, you understand.

 

Transcripts of Gurdjieff's meetings 1941-1946