There are three more questions from the meeting of Tuesday 11 July 1989. I shall report two of them here, but save the third, which was by far the longest […]
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Sport: Legitimate Interest or Identification? (11 July 1989, Pt II)
This continues the transcript of the meeting of Tuesday 11 July 1989. The next exchange was with Daisy. Daisy: I’ve been making a serious effort to work with unnecessary talking. After […]
Read moreOur work is a very mysterious thing (Tuesday 11 July 1989, Pt I)
Tuesday 11 July 1989 The first question was from Angie: “Mr Adie, I received a great deal from last Tuesday night. My husband and I made a decision to plan […]
Read moreResources on Suffering: The Two Rivers (Part II)
In those post I shall just take what Gurdjieff has to say about suffering in what I might call his “Two Rivers Talks.” There are two publications of talks under […]
Read moreResources on Suffering
Further to the paper I recently delivered at the Gurdjieff Symposium at the University of Sydney, I am intending to post some resources from Gurdjieff and his pupils. I shall […]
Read moreThe Way (16 March 1983, Pt VIII)
Part One This is the final portion of the meeting of Wednesday 16 March 1983, when mr Adie was reviewing people’s written statements of where they saw their work now […]
Read moreDon’t Personify Sloth, Find its Causes (16 March 1983, Pt VII)
Siegmund: “It is impossible not to see my chief feature is my negative emotion, which can easily change me, easily take me. It makes me very depressed.” “But the trouble […]
Read more“How Can I Be Simple When I Am Not?” (16 March 1983, Pt VI)
“This is from Dave: “My chief obstacle is present, especially as such moments as now when I’m wishing to express myself simply and sincerely. It is the mechanical power of […]
Read moreThe Miser’s Gift (16 March 1983, Pt V)
The next note was from Abigail: “I find the exercise on pondering on my chief fault or feature very rich in results. The main thing that appeared was its needs […]
Read more“I Can’t Go to Heaven with my Boots on”, (16 March 1983, Pt IV)
Continuing the reviews, Mr Adie said: Chief features, this is Daphne: “After expressing my anger which usually brings and causes arguments, I lose my force, or thread of any efforts […]
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