This is from the meeting of Tuesday 20 August 1985. Mr Adie opened it by addressing someone: “I can’t see you very well, move a little to your left, will […]
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Author: Joseph Azize
This Word, “Meddle”
I am reading Robert Hugh Benson’s early novel By What Authority? One of RBH’s strong suits as a novelist is his graceful employment of an extraordinarily wide vocabulary: his use of […]
Read more“Don’t take this too grimly” (Saturday 20 June 1985, Pt IV)
The next exchange from the meeting Saturday 20 July 1985 was so illuminating of Gurdjieff’s principles that I have decided to retain it for 29 October, the anniversary of Gurdjieff’s […]
Read moreA Vessel to Hold the Life (Saturday 20 June 1985, Pt III)
This continues the lunch questions from Saturday 20 July 1985. Jack said that he could not exactly recall what Mr Adie had said at the breakfast table, it seemed that […]
Read moreAn Exchange with George Adie (Saturday, 20 July 1985 Pt II)
Continuing with the Saturday Weekend Work, 20 July 1985, the first question after lunch was a classic, only partly for what Mr Adie said, but even more for the engagement […]
Read moreWhere Is my Choice? (Saturday 20 July 1985, Pt I)
This is the opening address of the Saturday Weekend Work, 20 July 1985. It is Mr Adie who speaks. What is my formulation for today? This arises really from the […]
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“In Work there Is no Escape” (Friday June 1985, Pt VII)
The final question this evening came from Terri. It was difficult to understand what she meant by her first statement. Mr Adie said: “I haven’t followed you well enough, you […]
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To See my Reality, not just my Philosophy (Friday 19 June 1985,Pt VI)
The next question on 19 June 1985 was from Kitty. She said that she had been trying to see her impatience at home, and had found that it was “totality […]
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The Mystery (Friday 19 June 1985, part V)
The next question came from Puck, who certainly had at one time been a serious student, but had got into an awful habit of listening to his own thoughts while […]
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Accepting to Learn from Discomfort (Friday 19 July 1985, Pt IV)
The next question was from Walter, who said: “On Saturday, I had another argument with my wife about money, which is a habit with me, the question of money often […]
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