Like the movement of a pendulum...

Mr. Gurdjieff said that there are many

momentums insides us that are working

all the time. Our energies constantly go

positive then negative.

Like the movement of a pendulum...

Dirty dogs...

Sometimes, one can be quite

down about oneself.

Mr. Gurdjieff said that 

"There are many dirty dogs inside us,

that wish to destroy us".

The way you escape...

The way you escape...is through this life.

There comes a time....

There comes a time...

To put your books aside....

And start to "do"...

A masterpiece...

Mastery, comes from balance,

lightness, insight.

Compassion, objectivity.

Love

Practice, struggle, overcoming

inertia, working with one's energy.

Putting the world aside to "play".

Acceptance and knowing the

"rules of the game"....

The discipline of a teacher...

Mr. Gurdjieff trained himself to be

ruthless and objective towards the 

weaknesses of his students.

The trouble is, you can support,

or "rub" or "press" someone's weakness.

We tend towards comfort, and 

become angry when our weaknesses

are evoked.

One has to go beyond this, 

beyond being merely "liked".

It takes courage to confront mechanicality.

The discipline required of a teacher...

Cutting down Mr. Gurdjieff's tree...

We heard.....

That Mr.Gurdjieff did visit London

in the earlier part of the last century.

He planted a tree at a house in Hampstead

where a group he founded resided.

Many years later, a young member of the

group cut the tree down, perhaps

for no real reason. 

This upset the group, it was possibly 

a last physical tie to the great teacher.

Perhaps in some way, he had caused

this to occur. He trained himself to be

ruthless and objective towards the 

weaknesses of his students.