This is from the meeting of Tuesday, 11 October 1983, at Newport. The second question of the evening came from Annabelle. I have not even tried to accurately render the […]
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Category: Adie
Dithering
Formulation and Dithering It is a beautiful, entertaining word: “dithering”; quite one of the modest glories of the English language. You could spend the afternoon in nature, on a […]
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Mrs Adie and the “Rum Customer”
Part One This question and answer come from Tuesday 9 March 1982, at Newport. The “question”, almost a manifesto, took around thirty minutes. The basic message of this marathon effort […]
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Mr Adie on Bankruptcy and Catastrophe in general
This is from the meeting of Wednesday 2 April 1986, in response to a man who was on the brink of bankruptcy. Mr Adie said: “You tell yourself that it […]
Read moreThe Flywheel
The Flywheel In this meeting from Wednesday 2 April 1986, Mr Adie made reference to the image of the flywheel, one which he had used from time to time. Fortunately, […]
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Behind Real I Lies God
“Behind Real I Lies God” Part One “Behind real I lies God”, said Gurdjieff. And one possible expression of the feeling-quality of the relationship between real I and God is […]
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Contemplation in the Work of Gurdjieff
My latest academic study has today appeared. It is “The Practice of Contemplation in the Work of Gurdjieff”, and appears in the International Journal for the Study of New Religions, 6.2 […]
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This Is a Quick Life
This comes from a group meeting at Newport on Wednesday 2 April 1986. One of Mr Adie’s senior students said that Mr Adie had described his (the student’s) efforts as […]
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Free from all of my ordinary fears
“I am free from all of my ordinary fears” This is a question and answer from Tuesday 8 April March 1986. It touches on many topics, but on one topic, […]
Read moreMr Adie, Wednesday 9 April 1986
This is from a meeting at Newport held on the evening of Wednesday 9 April 1986. I omit some of the questions, and have edited the balance, but the ideas […]
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