Issue #35

Subscribe Issue #35 October 2024 “Individuality is the consciousness of Will.”~ Alfred Orage Hi We have two new books to announce. The first is the second book in the Side-by-side series which compares the published 1950 version of The Tales to The 1931...

The Attention Deficit Disorder

The Attention Deficit Reality The fundamental challenge of human existence lies not in our circumstances but in our relationship with attention. We live in a perpetual state of dispersed awareness, our energy scattered like coins from a torn pocket. We pay exorbitant...

At The Heart of Buddhism

The Buddha The Four Noble Truths The Four Noble Truths describe the nature of suffering, its cause, its cessation, and the path leading to its cessation. The First Noble Truth: The Truth of Suffering (Dukkha) Suffering is an inherent part of human existence. It arises...

God As Cathode (and Anode)

Anode and Cathode The illustration above shows a battery with the anode and cathode connected to “plates” immersed in a medium (salt water for example). The medium provides some (even if very little) resistance to the electrical flow. The tendency will be...

Issue #34

Subscribe Issue #34 August 2024 “Love comes in two ways, by remembering ourselves and by forgetting ourselves.”~ Rodney Collin Hi I have always been mesmerized by Guaguin’s painting that bears the title: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are...

The Realm of Silence

A Zen monk practicing silence In a world filled with constant noise and distractions, which in turn engender a similar level of noise in the inner world, silence is a rare and precious commodity. In the stillness of silence we discover the key to unlocking the path to...

What is Etherokrilno?

The Ether Permeates The Universe We intend, in a series of articles to investigate fundamental aspects of Gurtdjieff’s description of the Universe according to the text of The Tales. In particular, we intend to examine Etherokrilno and Okidanokh. Gurdjieff...

Carel de Amor

The Troubadour Carel de Amor So through the eyes love attains the heart:For the eyes are the scouts of the heart,And the eyes go reconnoiteringFor what it would please the heart to possess.And when they are in full accordAnd firm, all three, in the one resolve,At that...

The Nature of Knowledge

The Descending Scale of Truth The illustration above shows a scale that spans the gulf between words and absolute truth. We designate the top layer as truth, although if we go into finer detail there are many layers within this layer – the truth of the absolute, the...