What flows in my presence from the air and what comes from my head brain combine together in the solar plexus. Gurdjieff does not say that they blend together or make any statement about their conjunction. The location of the solar plexus is only explained indirectly when Gurdjieff says that the exercise increases the strength of his 'I AM'. Someone who actually does the exercise can see what this means for herself. Speculations based on the chakra system tend to be totally misleading since Gurdjieff never used this system or made reference to it. Nor does he make use of other Asian concepts such as the 'stove of the belly'.
What is striking is that the Desert Fathers practised bringing their thoughts into the region of their navels (hence the origin of the phrase 'navel-gazers') and readers of the immensely influential Philokalia may recognise the similarities.
Excerpt from: http://www.katinkahesselink.net/sufi/foundations.html
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