Repairing the Past: Exploring the Practical Approach I have written about repairing the past before. Since we are our past, and it can only be repaired in the present, it is […]
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For the 29th: An Exchange with Mr Adie from 1987
Betty: About eight months ago I had a car accident and I found myself in an unusual situation. Everything that was natural to me like talking, walking, etc, had to be […]
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Blake reading “Meetings” available on Audible
In 2013, a review I wrote of the MP3 recording of A.G.E. Blake’s reading of Meetings With Remarkable Men was published in a blog. Since then, I have revisited it, […]
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Mr Adie on Pride and Jealousy, 7 June 1989, Part 2
Part One Chuck asked: “Mr Adie, during the recess an incident occurred with one of my stepsons that resulted in a nasty argument. A lot of things were said that were […]
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Why Another Djamichunatra Should Be Built
The above picture was made by David Blake, son of Anthony G.E. Blake, one of John G. Bennett’s closest friends and collaborators. It is a small part of his project […]
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George Adie: Directing Attention (7 June 1989, I)
These are the first two exchanges from the meeting of 7 June 1989. The first question was from Boris: “You gave me work of trying to get to the experience […]
Read moreAllen Roth on Sherborne, Pt 3
As we draw to the end of the course, a poignant note emerges, e.g. in the report of how Bennett hoped that the morning exercise would produce a reservoir of […]
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George Adie on Higher Nature
For 29 July 2022. Higher Nature, Lower Nature, and the In-Between I invariably find that, when I work, I am brought to a sense of immediacy – to a sense […]
Read moreAllen Roth in Sherborne, Part 2
In chapter 8, Roth comes to the theme meetings, where Bennett had “a general rule only to report actual observations” (49). There is one thing I disagree with: Roth quotes […]
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Allen Roth on Sherborne, Pt 1
There is a rather valuable and well-written book, Sherborne: An Experiment in Transformation, by Allen Roth. Only 118 pages with an index, it is, nonetheless a contribution to the Gurdjieff […]
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