Mr. Gurdjieff explained formatory mind.
People "know" anything, anyhow.
We use canned phrases, "Hello, how are you?"
"Hi, How's it going?", "Have a nice day!".
"Giving it 110%", "The war on drugs", "The war on terrorism".
Apparent thought, but without real thinking.
Particularly, the last two statements are representative of the
form thinking that is used by government media propaganda.
How much truth is there? How much do these phrases hide?
The golden rule is stated as "Treat others as you would like to be treated".
A teacher treats his students with respect to their development,
he gives more than is asked, he treats them not as they are,
but as they are going to be. He gives almost his all.
Fritz Peters, when he returned to see Mr. Gurdjieff during the war,
said he had never seen anybody look so tired. Mr. Gurdjieff pushed
himself relentlessly to help his students, transmit the work.
And to strive to be the words he taught.
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