This continues the meeting of Thursday 20 July 1989. Penny said that she had been trying to see her buffers. To this end, she had been concentrating on her criticisms […]
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Author: Joseph Azize
Review of Roger Lipsey’s “Gurdjieff Reconsidered” (Pt II)
Part Three: Miscellaneous Notes In explaining Gurdjieff to people who do not know him or are even antagonistic to him, I think that a significant point is that Gurdjieff did […]
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Review of Roger Lipsey’s “Gurdjieff Reconsidered” (Part One)
Roger Lipsey, Gurdjieff Reconsidered: The Life, The Legacy, The Teachings, Shambhala, Boulder, on sale from 5 February 2019 (280 pp. +, illustrated) At the outset, I must disclose that Roger […]
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George Adie on Being Present when Observing Myself (20 July 1989, Pt I)
This was the last group meeting Mr Adie ever took. I am saving the last, stunning answer from that meeting, for 13 January. The first question was from Oliver. “I […]
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A Socratic Exchange with George Adie (5 March 1987 Pt IV)
This is the final instalment of the meeting of Thursday 5 March 1987. Jacques had said that he wanted to see his thought and use the tongue exercise to remind […]
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George Adie on the Finer Material inside me (5 March 1987 Pt III)
The next question was from Pierre. His external work was going very well, and he had been congratulating himself on this, but it didn’t seem to have any connection with […]
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George Adie: It Is not Sufficient to Say I Have no Complaint (5 March 1987, Pt II)
The first question was from Chaz. He is teaching again, and has seen that something in him wants to be a success. “That can be a great enemy,” said Mr […]
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29 October 2018 – Gurdjieff on Good and Evil
I have Fritz Peters’ books Boyhood with Gurdjieff and Gurdjieff Remembered as part of the one-volume edition titled My Journey with a Mystic. Mr Adie, who knew Gurdjieff and had met Peters, but […]
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George Adie: “Anything Less than the Miraculous Is not the Work” (5 March 1987 Pt I)
Conscious of the approach of the 29th, this is the first selection from a meeting of Thursday 5 March 1987 with Mr Adie. The first question came from Denis who […]
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Helen Adie: The Movements are Analogous to Life
This is but the first part of the first question and answer from Thursday 4 October 1979. The first question was from Jake. He said: “What I have noticed is […]
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