The Revision of The Tales (1)

The discussion here of the revision of The Tales is not intended to be a critical broadside against the Gurdjieff Foundation’s publication of the revised version of The Tales. Several things are interesting about the 1992 revised version. Discussing them will, I...

A Little More About Kundabuffer

Aside from the last post on this topic, the only times we are aware of where Gurdjieff mentions Kundabuffer are as follows: Talk in Chicago 1924 Kundabuffer at the base of the spine prevents our seeing things as they are. If we saw ourselves as we really are, we would...

Diapsalmata

What is a poet? An unhappy man who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so fashioned that when sighs and groans pass across them, they sound like beautiful music. His fate resembles that of the unhappy men who were slowly roasted over a gentle...

Kundabuffer

Some believe that kundabuffer was implanted by an operation carried out on mankind at the very beginning—when three-brained beings first peopled the planet Earth. It’s an opinion you could acquire if you take The Tales literally.I suspect otherwise. What is...