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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George Adie on Prophecy (Wednesday 2 November 1988, Pt III)
Part One This continues the previous post of this meeting. After a silence, Mr Adie asked: “Who has got some work to talk about? Let us not sit silent and […]
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On the Canonisation of John Henry Newman
At every Maronite Mass I have celebrated, I add the names of St John and (Blessed) John Henry Newman, after that of St Maroun in the remembrance of the saints. […]
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George Adie on Reading “Beelzebub” (Wednesday 2 November 1988, Pt II)
Part One The next question came from Olga. She introduced her observation by saying: “Gurdjieff said to aim to have a quarter of our attention on the task, and the […]
Read moreGeorge Adie against Hopelessness (Wednesday 2 November 1988, Pt I)
This is from the meeting at Newport of Wednesday 2 November 1988. The first question was from an elderly woman who was in pain, but could not take analgesics, as […]
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Dying Daily, Pt III (Orage’s Conclusion)
Orage continues: “… the review before death, as reported by survivors, is never censorious or didactic, nor is it a subject for either thought or feeling. Strangely enough, the review […]
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Dying Daily, Pt II (Orage’s Opening Thoughts)
Orage’s essay “On Dying Daily” is what, in my forthcoming study, I call a “discipline”. I think it is helpful to have employ terms than just “exercise”, so I speak […]
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Dying Daily, Pt I (Iamblichus and Jane Heap)
Alfred Richard Orage (1873-1934) was a very important figure in the development of the Gurdjieff teaching. I mean that quite literally. He did not merely help Gurdjieff by teaching the […]
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Small, Simple Beginnings
Not so very long ago, a few of us read this passage from Tchekhovitch; that led to one thing, and that led to something else. First, Tchekhovitch: “If a new […]
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George Adie on the Morning Preparation (Wednesday 2 November 1988, Pt I)
“My immediate difficulty seems to be in the preparation in the morning,” said Gill. “What it comes back to is not starting the day in the right way. There’s not […]
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