Mr Adie well understood Gurdjieff’s concept of “repairing the past,” and was able to put it into practice. It is mentioned in the book George Adie: A Gurdjieff Pupil in Australia […]
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Author: Joseph Azize
Two Wonderful Words: “Snug” and “Order”
The word “snug” – “comfortable, lying close and warm” (Skeat) – comes from Scandinavian words which meant “smooth” (as in smooth wool or hair), also “short-haired” and hence “smooth” or […]
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The Motionless Eternal Moment
The next piece from this 1983 meeting was about the joy of which Mr Adie had been speaking. Later in the meeting he was to refer to this as “the […]
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Mr Adie on Buffers
Mr Adie now came to the question of buffers. One person said that he thought buffers might be something which constructs his thought, rationalising his contradictions. Mr Adie said: “That’s […]
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Essence Pride and Humility
Kerry then asked Mr Adie: “I have a continual question, my ability to work, or to start to work on any given occasion depends on my wish to work. And […]
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Review, “Opening to the Real” by Frank R. Sinclair
Opening to the Real, Frank R. Sinclair, Codhill Press (New Paltz?), 2020, 128pp. Part One The third of Frank Sinclair’s books is, I think, his best. It is a unique […]
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Working and Accident
The meeting of 1983 continued: “The sooner I am able to recognise and admit my failure the better, because so long as there’s that unseen weakness it may manifest at […]
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Three Aspects of Work: A Combined Meeting from 1983
Mrs Adie began the meeting with a preparation, and then playing three pieces of music. Mr Adie then delivered this material: There are three aspects of work, as I mention […]
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Words Result from the Notice of Mind (Part I)
New words are marks left by the visit of a mind. A particular thought or feeling, some instinctive or physical reaction expresses itself, and impress itself upon us enough for […]
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When I See, I Have a Possibility (16 October 1988, Pt IV)
Completing the weekend work of Sunday 16 October 1988, Mervyn said: “Mr Adie, I found that the time was expanded to a large degree. I felt as if I had […]
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