Working On Oneself

The Maze of the Work These are notes (reviewed and organized from a group meeting that asked the question “What is Work on Oneself)?” The Nature of the Work The Work is not about behavioral change it is about psychological change, particularly changing...

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...

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...

Prayer in the Work

Votive Candles At a Paris meeting in 1938, Gurdjieff was asked the question: “How should one pray?” He replied: In our solar system certain substances emanate from the sun and the planets, in the same way as those emanated by the earth, making contact at...

Gurdjieff Group Dynamics [1]

 Parts: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9],  Downloadable PDF It is now over seventy years since George Gurdjieff died, officially leaving the organizational responsibility for the continuation and develop of his teaching to Jeanne de Salzmann. In this period, the...

Gurdjieff Group Dynamics [2]

 Parts: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9],  Downloadable PDF The Life Cycle of Groups In addition, there is a life cycle for all groups. Groups are born, have a youth, a maturity, an old age, and they die. Extinction may be delayed if participants understand group...