Of all the concepts Gurdjieff brought, that of “playing a role” is one of the hardest to get a practical handle on: or so I have found. But this exchange […]
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Author: Joseph Azize
More on the Sugar Plague …
The Sydney Morning Herald’s weekend edition of 17-18 September 2016, had an article titled: “Dramatic changes needed as childhood obesity normalised” (pp. 8-9). Sadly, one in five children in NSW […]
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Gurdjieff’s Emissary in New York (forthcoming)
Gurdjieff’s Emissary in New York: Talks and Lectures with A.R. Orage 1924-1931, Book Studio, (London?), 2017 (forthcoming) The cover depicts Gurdjieff and Orage in earnest conversation outside The Sunwise Turn […]
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After the Preparation
This comes from the group meeting of Tuesday 1 April 1986. Someone remarked that after the preparation he often felt quite lost, and then he couldn’t carry out the task […]
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Hasnamuss Individuals (Part One)
I think that two understandings grow together: understanding of how we should develop in accordance with the divine plan, and how we should not. Traditionally, Christians have always studied both […]
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Mr Adie on the need to Practise the Movements
This is from a group meeting of 1 April 1986. A young man reported that in the Movements class earlier that evening, the way he took a movement had been […]
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Purgatory
One of the teachings of the Catholic faith, which we Maronites share, and which has always seemed to me to be absolutely true is the doctrine of Purgatory. I have […]
Read moreAn Undated Gurdjieff Group Meeting
Although a number of transcripts of Gurdjieff’s group meetings during the 1940s have been gathered in one volume (Transcripts of Gurdjieff’s Meetings 1941-1946 2nd revised & enlarged edition), one important […]
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Repairing the Past
I began this blog with the intention of writing something quite specific about repairing the past. As I came to the middle of it, I found that the train of […]
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Mr Adie on not Being Able to See or Accept
This comes from the evening exchange on Sunday 23 March 1986, at Newport. The young man who spoke said that he hadn’t liked the job he was doing, which was […]
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