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Which way that leads to Chao-chou?


There’s an interesting story about how blind could be men even for the thing they are searching with all their heart. They can bump on against it, without recognizing that this is what he was searching for. ***** When a … Continue reading

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Gurdjieff’s Meeting 1938


from Meetings at 6 rue des Colonels-Renard, Paris (Gurdjieff’s Paris apartment), 1938 with Mme de Salzmann assisting Questioner: I am not able to sense myself. What can I do to get a sensation of myself? Gurdjieff: Only your head wishes … Continue reading

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Opposite Attitudes Exercise


from Nicoll Commentaries , pp. 1263-4 On one occasion I asked Gurdjieff, through an interpreter, whether it was necessary for everything to be overcome in oneself. He said: “No” and seemed then to speak in an indirect way more of … Continue reading

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