Part One Mr Adie put a great deal of effort into this question, and spent as much time on it as he would on two or three questions. The question […]
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George Adie on the Importance of ‘Flashes’ (Wednesday 9 October 1985, Pt I)
This is the first two of the reports from the meeting of Wednesday 9 October 1985. Liza said that she noticed that her negative emotions would become so powerful that […]
Read moreBennett on the Relationship between Sex and Spiritual Development (Part Six)
Part One I have so far written five posts on the volume, the first of which dealt mainly with A.G.E. Blake’s concise introduction, can be found here: http://www.josephazize.com/2017/12/23/bennett-on-the-relationship-between-sex-and-spiritual-development/ Before proceeding […]
Read moreGeorge Adie on Inner Fears (Thursday 29 August 1985, Pt I)
This was the first question from the evening of Thursday 29 August 1985. I have set it out in full with no editing whatsoever. It is not so much what […]
Read moreMaurice Nicoll, “The New Man” – Violence and Truth
One of the odd things about the Shambhala edition of this book is that, so far as I could find, it does not mention that it was first published in […]
Read moreMore on Gurdjieff and the Moon
Note of 4 March 2022 When I wrote this piece in March 2019, I thought that the piece on the Moon and consciousness of sensation, had probably been written by […]
Read moreAnthony Storr on Gurdjieff
I recently found a second-hand copy of Anthony Storr’s Feet of Clay: A Study of Gurus. I always like to consider a different perspective. In this case, it is not just a […]
Read moreGeorge Adie: Preparation is the First Gift of Life (Wednesday 2 November 1988, Pt V)
The next question was from Gary, who said that his immediate difficulty seemed to be in the morning preparation, and starting the day in the right way. He seems to […]
Read moreSelf – Human Life – Organic Life
There is a mystery about our selves, about other people, about human life on earth. The human world we live in possesses tremendous powers of both attraction and repulsions for […]
Read moreGeorge Adie on the Gift of Life (Wednesday 2 November 1988, Pt IV)
The next question was from Baker. He said: “I have tried to bring the idea of life as a gift into my appointments and preparation, but I can’t come to […]
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