Focus on what you want.
Keep going, you will attain
your goal.
Although the goal is your change.
Keep going, you will attain
your goal.
Although the goal is your change.
Monday, 11 March 2013
Monday, 7 January 2013
Stand on your head...
Mr. Gurdjieff hung his Christmas tree upside down
from the ceiling.It is possible that he was indicating to us to look
at life differently.A student of Gurdjieff and Orage's once told us
that at a meeting with Orage in New York, someone
asked, "How can I look at life differently?".
Mr. Orage replied: "Stand on your head!".
from the ceiling.It is possible that he was indicating to us to look
at life differently.A student of Gurdjieff and Orage's once told us
that at a meeting with Orage in New York, someone
asked, "How can I look at life differently?".
Mr. Orage replied: "Stand on your head!".
2012 and the New Year
Rodney Collin wrote that there are Chairos times,
moments when after a long cycle of "static"
behavior, a sudden breakthrough is possible.One can reach a new energy, new field of activity,
change one's life drastically by breaking the old
pattern.This can happen by a movement of will, forcing
oneself to perhaps speak to someone, to ask
a favor, a meeting, or help. Send off a job
application, or possibly to just be honest with
someone. The end of the old year brings this possibility,
as the old year's cycle comes to a close.
moments when after a long cycle of "static"
behavior, a sudden breakthrough is possible.One can reach a new energy, new field of activity,
change one's life drastically by breaking the old
pattern.This can happen by a movement of will, forcing
oneself to perhaps speak to someone, to ask
a favor, a meeting, or help. Send off a job
application, or possibly to just be honest with
someone. The end of the old year brings this possibility,
as the old year's cycle comes to a close.
Monday, 17 December 2012
Healing kitchen...
When Katherine Mansfield the writer
was in the last part of her life, Mr. Gurdjieff
allowed her to stay at his Institute in France.
He had a hayloft built for her in the stables,
as he believed the healing breath of the animals
would help her condition.
He told her to go and sit in the kitchen every day.
She could observe the life of a busy and active
environment, where there were pots, and fires,
and food, and life. All designed to help her. When she finally died, he received much criticism
as perhaps the man who had "killed her" with his
strange methods. Later in his life he said:
"She my friend". She is buried close by his grave.
was in the last part of her life, Mr. Gurdjieff
allowed her to stay at his Institute in France.
He had a hayloft built for her in the stables,
as he believed the healing breath of the animals
would help her condition.
He told her to go and sit in the kitchen every day.
She could observe the life of a busy and active
environment, where there were pots, and fires,
and food, and life. All designed to help her. When she finally died, he received much criticism
as perhaps the man who had "killed her" with his
strange methods. Later in his life he said:
"She my friend". She is buried close by his grave.
More about dinner...
To make a dinner, to have a dinner,
to arrange a dinner, to keep a momentum
of meals, all require effort.
Mr. Gurdjieff was constantly with his students.
There was always plenty of food, even during the
war. Something in us relaxes when there is plenty
to eat. A certain "tension" goes out of our lives.
Have you ever noticed at a party, or with friends,
you often end up in the kitchen, chatting, drinking
after a meal? We have seen this many times,
we get drawn there. The kitchen is where the life
and soul of the house resides, the least used room
in the house, is often the formal "living room".
to arrange a dinner, to keep a momentum
of meals, all require effort.
Mr. Gurdjieff was constantly with his students.
There was always plenty of food, even during the
war. Something in us relaxes when there is plenty
to eat. A certain "tension" goes out of our lives.
Have you ever noticed at a party, or with friends,
you often end up in the kitchen, chatting, drinking
after a meal? We have seen this many times,
we get drawn there. The kitchen is where the life
and soul of the house resides, the least used room
in the house, is often the formal "living room".
Smelly cheeses...
On a train trip through America,
according to Mr. Gurdjieff's companion,
Fritz Peters, Mr. Gurdjieff made it a point
to cause as much trouble as possible for
his fellow passengers.
Arriving late, holding up the train, moving
through the sleeper carriages late at night
waking the occupants up.
And when one episode in a carriage settled,
he proceeded to produce a number of very
smelly cheeses for a snack.
He was perhaps illustrating to Fritz Peters
the way he had broken societal taboos,
he no longer felt embarrassment or shame.
The emotions that are instilled in us when young.
according to Mr. Gurdjieff's companion,
Fritz Peters, Mr. Gurdjieff made it a point
to cause as much trouble as possible for
his fellow passengers.
Arriving late, holding up the train, moving
through the sleeper carriages late at night
waking the occupants up.
And when one episode in a carriage settled,
he proceeded to produce a number of very
smelly cheeses for a snack.
He was perhaps illustrating to Fritz Peters
the way he had broken societal taboos,
he no longer felt embarrassment or shame.
The emotions that are instilled in us when young.
Dinner and drinks...
At dinner, Mr. Gurdjieff would enjoy
Amagnac. A high quality brandy.
He would have rounds of toasts with
vodka, Armagnac to get his students
to the point where they would start to
drop their normal social personalities.
And the truth, who they were, could
start to emerge.
He could then work on them.
Amagnac. A high quality brandy.
He would have rounds of toasts with
vodka, Armagnac to get his students
to the point where they would start to
drop their normal social personalities.
And the truth, who they were, could
start to emerge.
He could then work on them.
Saturday, 8 December 2012
Travelling together...
Mr. Gurdjieff described the friends who
travelled with him on his great quest for
objective knowledge as
The "Seekers of Truth".
It may be that what he meant by this,
is that your friends, those with whom you
have enough trust to reveal yourself, your
weaknesses, your old self, are your own
"Seekers of Truth".
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
The greatest thing...
Being where you are is the
greatest accomplishment on earth.
Being present to your life.
greatest accomplishment on earth.
Being present to your life.
Views....Book
Here is another book,
"Views of the real world",
The early talks of Gurdjieff.
It was a great breakthrough
to finally find this book after
years of disappointment and
searching.
"Views of the real world",
The early talks of Gurdjieff.
It was a great breakthrough
to finally find this book after
years of disappointment and
searching.
In Search of patience...
Throughout Mr. Ouspenky's book
"In Search of the Miraculous",
Mr. Gurdjieff emphasizes that need
for patience, and long and prolonged efforts.
"In Search of the Miraculous",
Mr. Gurdjieff emphasizes that need
for patience, and long and prolonged efforts.
Monday, 3 December 2012
Monasteries in Mongolia
According to John Bennett,
Mr Gurdjieff received his initiation into
the work in monasteries in Mongolia,
where the methods used were very brutal.
In this weather? :)
When it was very cold in England,
Mr Ouspensky used to humorously say that
"No one can remember themselves
in this weather".
Sunday, 2 December 2012
Mr. Gurdjieff...
Mr. Gurdjieff said he used to ask his
students about the meeting he
gave the previous day.Invariably he said, they forget.
The subject, the discussion.To remember the meeting, is part
of the work. Mr. Gurdjieff said,
"Accustom yourself to forget nothing".
students about the meeting he
gave the previous day.Invariably he said, they forget.
The subject, the discussion.To remember the meeting, is part
of the work. Mr. Gurdjieff said,
"Accustom yourself to forget nothing".
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