This is from the meeting of Tuesday 25 October 1983, with Mrs Adie, who was sitting out the front with two assistants. The first question was from Dolly. Dolly would […]
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This is from the meeting of Tuesday 25 October 1983, with Mrs Adie, who was sitting out the front with two assistants. The first question was from Dolly. Dolly would […]
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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 […]
Read moreThe 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 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 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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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 […]
Read moreOpening 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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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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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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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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