by | Apr 21, 2021 | Aphorisms, Articles
Sayings from Gurdjieff’s writings: Mullah Nassr Eddin (from the Tales) Gurdjieff’s Father (from Meetings With Remarkable Men) Gurdjieff (from Life is Real Only Then When “I am.” And of Gurdjieff, from other sources. Mullah Nassr EddinGurdjieff's FatherFrom Life is...
by | Apr 21, 2021 | Aphorisms, Articles
Gurdjieff adorned the walls of The Study House at the Prieuré with these aphorisms. Prieuré #1Prieuré #2Prieuré #3Prieuré #4 Like what “it” does not like. The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do. The worse the conditions of life the more productive the...
by | Apr 21, 2021 | Aphorisms, Articles
Alejandro Jodorowsky reports that Gurdjieff gave these “Commandments for living” to his daughter Reyna D’Assia. They were published in a book entitled The Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky. " 1" 2" 3" 4" 5" 6" 7" 8 Accept that nothing belongs to you.Admit that...
by | Sep 12, 2019 | Articles, Gurdjieff
Metaphorically, man’s usual state of awareness when he is up and about can be characterized as a “waking sleep.” In such a state he is capable of many sophisticated actions. Nevertheless, he has very little attention – so little that this state can be characterized as...
by | Sep 12, 2019 | Articles, Gurdjieff
Associations work in a definite way in each person. I see a man making a certain movement. This gives me a prompt, and from this, associations start. Perhaps I am a policeman and I assume from the movement that the man wants to pick my pocket. But supposing the man...
by | Sep 12, 2019 | Articles, Gurdjieff
The only difference between a child and a grown-up man is in the mind. All the weaknesses are there, beginning with hunger, with sensitivity, with naivete; there is no difference. The same things are in a child and in a grown-up man: love, hate, everything. Functions...