Mr. Gurdjieff and Mr. Ouspenky appeared at a moment when civilization was encroaching on the ancient world.
The movement of the Industrial Revolution and the advancement of science had irreversibly changed the agricultural civilization
that had been mankind's form of living for thousands of years.
Mr. Gurdjieff found this startling: "Imagine, young boy of nine
now reads a newspaper!" he said, news from across the world was now available to cultures that were living as they were in
biblical times.
In the last hundred years, we have gone from horse and cart, to cars, formula one races, 4x4, moon landings, ipods,
Facebook, Twittering, emailing, international air travel, infra red cameras catching criminals from helicopters, instantaneous stock trading, and events like a Royal Wedding being projected to billions of people around the world.
Do not get lost in this world, the sacred world of the self, is what will survive when this is all gone.
The world of modern civilization, is just the current test in your development.
Do not lose yourself in this world. Find yourself in it. Say "I am" every hour.
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