One of the hardest parts of the contemplation-like exercises which Gurdjieff taught has always been, for me, sitting quietly in a free-from thought state, as a discipline. By that I […]

This is the third extract from the Saturday work of 19 October 1986. At the end of it, we find what Mr Adie says about the external reminding factor. It […]

We now come to the exchanges on Sunday 19 October 1986. The first question at lunch was from Merv, and it is of great interest. I set it out, and […]

This is Mr Adie’s morning address of Sunday 19 October 1986. Part One: Mr Adie’s Address In the work here, on Saturdays and Sundays, it is essential, really, that we […]

Many years ago, we of Mr Adie’s group published for ourselves a small pamphlet titled From Meetings with Mr Adie. I was perusing it the other day, and I found that […]

The next question came from Henry. He said that during the week had had tried to work against negative emotion, and found that he had “a lot of attitudes”. “And […]

Of course, to be able to feel my “solidity”, I have to have some “solidity”, it is there, at least as a seed, but the seed needs favourable conditions and […]

This is from the extraordinary meeting of Sunday 13 November 1988. It began with Mr Adie asking: “How do we understand “evolution”, in a wider sense?” One man replied: “Mr […]