What is the history of the Bible, and how did the Church’s view of it, especially its view of the Old Testament change over its first four hundred years? Why […]
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The Education of Personality (Part 5)
The last of this series on the education of personality will mention, appropriately enough, Beelzebub’s Tales to his Grandson (although I am more and more warming to the title The […]
Read moreBoris Ferapontoff’s Constantinople Notes
Boris Ferapontoff was one of Gurdjieff’s most important pupils. He is one of the few whom Gurdjieff mentions in any of his books. Gurdjieff terms Ferapontoff his (Gurdjieff’s) “personal translator,” […]
Read moreThe Education of Personality (Part 4)
Gurdjieff made some very particular contributions to the pursuit of educating personality, after the period when Ouspensky was his pupil. In this post, I will consider just one. It concerns […]
Read moreDon’t blur your observations
These two short exchanges contain some gems. The first has the extraordinary idea that we can ruin the effectiveness of our observations by reflecting on them at the wrong time […]
Read moreThe Education of Personality (Part 3)
In this study of educating personality, we should bear in mind that the work with personality also affects essence, it allows essence freedom to develop and mature. Eventually, the seed […]
Read moreWhat kind of considering?
These two questions come from the meeting of Thursday 12 June 1986. I think that they go nicely together, in that they show that the inner work requires a study, and […]
Read moreDividing my Attention while Eating
This is from the meeting of Thursday 12 June 1986, at Newport. The exercise for that month was to choose one meal each day, and for the duration of that […]
Read moreA Private Aspect of the Work
This is from the meeting of Thursday 19 June 1986. The inner work needs all sorts of conditions: in life with others, and in life alone. In this instance, Mr […]
Read moreMr Adie on Making Decisions
Mr Adie took a question on making decisions at the group meeting of Thursday 19 March 1986, at Newport. It came from Amy, who asked which internal voice she should […]
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