Sayings

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 ā€œI am.ā€ And of Gurdjieff, from other sources. Mullah Nassr EddinGurdjieff's FatherFrom Life is...

Aphorisms

Gurdjieff adorned the walls of The Study House at the PrieurĆ© with these aphorisms.Ā  PrieurĆ© #1PrieurĆ© #2PrieurĆ© #3PrieurĆ© #4 Like what ā€œitā€ 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...

Advice

Alejandro Jodorowsky reports that Gurdjieff gave these ā€œCommandments for livingā€ 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...

Sleep—States of Attention

Metaphorically, man’s usual state of awareness when he is up and about can be characterized as a ā€œwaking sleep.ā€ 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...

Acting and Associations

Associations work in a definite way in each person. I see a man making a certain movement. This gives me a prompt, andĀ 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...

Child and Man

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...