One thing that has occured to us

One thing that has occured to us, is that these clips:

Are from the pre 9/11 world. Look at the energy, happiness and
creativity in these young people. We are in a different time now
with different challenges. Mr. Gurdjieff said we must make
"tzick" of the old world, (the sound of crushing a bug), crush
the old unconscious, sleeping self, so the new man in us may grow.

January is almost over Part II

Let's shake off the January blues,
(if you have them!)

Sometimes, doing something out of the ordinary, can be
good for one's work.

January is almost over, let's have some fun!

We don't know about you, but January has been a long dark
month this year, although, not as severe a winter as last year.
Let's have some fun, we found this 1966 classic on Youtube for
you to enjoy! Not Mr. Gurdjieff's sacred dances, but sometimes,
you need to shake the cobwebs off!

Different strokes.

Mr. Gurdjieff told a pupil that often behaved very emotionally:
"Your all is going out (losing too much energy in manifestations).
Keep something back". (Be more reserved).
For another student, he might suggest that they:
"Manifiest something". (Not just sit there silently, but partake in life).
The work is different for different people.

Standing alone

Mr. Gurdjieff said it is not good to be lonely.
But one must be alone. We think he meant
to not lose oneself in things, events, people.
To keep one's energy and integrity, even in
the midst of the madness of life.

Who was it that said...

What was it that said:
"Television is the opium of the masses".
Marshall McLuhan?

The distracted masses

Politicians and the controllers of the herd,
keep the slaves of civilization distracted.
Celebrity culture, the Oscars, sport, Eurozone,
constant financial crises that are hard to understand.
Protests, crime, unfairness, the media generated sense
of injustice, bankers and politicians making millions while
the slaves suffer! Mr. Gurdjieff advised that in these times,
rather than making things harder, it is especially possible to
do the work. When the crowd is serving the purposes of their
controllers, and their attention is distracted
and pointing away from esoteric ideas.