Why do we suffer emotional disturbance, and what can be done about it? Also, one might ask, what can be done with it, because it is a lawful phenomenon, and […]
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Author: Joseph Azize
A Gymnasium of Beliefs in Higher Intelligence (Part 1)
A Gymnasium of Beliefs in Higher Intelligence, Anthony Blake, DuVersity, Charles Town, 2010 This is rather a unique book. I shall need to ponder it further, but I wish at this […]
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A Sense of Proportion: George Adie, 25 February 1988
On 25 February 1988, Mr Adie made a number of interesting comments. The questions do not all deserve report, but these responses were of value. One question was by a […]
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Gurdjieff’s Contemplative Exercises and his Movements
Movement implies the animation of a still point. When a still point is realised through Gurdjieff’s Aiëssirittoorassnian-contemplation, it is poised, it is disposed to receive animation from a higher influence, and […]
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The Second Assisting Exercise, Henriette Lannes
In Life Is Real Only Then, When “I Am,” Gurdjieff presented three exercises, the Soil Preparing and the First and Second Assisting Exercises. I have dealt with these in the book Gurdjieff: Mysticism, Contemplation, […]
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Mr Adie on Aim (25 February 1988)
This is from the meeting of Thursday 25 February 1988. It is worth studying not only for what he says about aim, but also for how he leads “Amy” to see […]
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Bennett’s Talk on Christ, and Sacred Architecture
In The Masters of Wisdom, Bennett has a chapter on Christ. At the end of this short note, there is a link to George Bennett, his son, reading it. As you will […]
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Review of “I Teach how to Cook …” (Second and final part)
The most important points I wished to make were in Part 1 of this review, where I considered the first of the two narratives in Ben Bennett’s book. The great […]
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“I Teach how to Cook,” Review Pt I, (Naivety and Clairvoyance)
Ben Bennett, I Teach how to Cook (… but not what to cook): A Story of John Godolphin Bennett, self-published, 2022 (249 pp., neither index nor bibliography). It seems to […]
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We work in order to die as we are, in order to be born as we can be (George Adie, 8 March 1988, Pt III)
Lina: Just recently I’ve found a part of my nature that’s very strongly critical and judgemental on other people. I sensed that it was always in me. It’s a pretty […]
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