by Robin Bloor | Jun 1, 2026 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
Full-on Parody of Personality The Self You Didn’t Choose Gurdjieff hands you an uncomfortable idea and refuses to soften it. You are not one person. You are two, and you have spent your whole life mistaking one for the other. He calls them essence and...
by Robin Bloor | Feb 23, 2026 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
A Portrait of Inner Considering Inner Considering Inner considering is a form of identifying — which is to say, it is a kind of sleep. It is mechanical through and through, a habitual drain on your energy that owes nothing of consciousness and returns nothing of...
by Robin Bloor | Jan 6, 2026 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
The Chief Predator Chief Feature The following essay, written by Keith Buzzell, many years ago was forwarded to us by Stephen Aronson. It is included here with the permission of his wife, Marlena. Stephen noted that, outside of Ouspensky’s account of Chief Feature in...
by Robin Bloor | Nov 23, 2025 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
The Citadel of Prayer What Is Prayer? The world feels disconnected, chaotic and irrational. Prayer is not going to alter the outer world much, if at all. Nevertheles, the ancient practice of prayer provides a sanctuary to those seeking solace and spiritual depth. We...
by Robin Bloor | Oct 5, 2025 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
The Radiation of Pure Emotion To Awake the Emotional Side While we might “know better otherwise,” we often imagine ourselves as having a single mind or consciousness, neatly tucked away in the brain. Nevertheless, in the Work, we are depicted as complex...
by Robin Bloor | Aug 22, 2025 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
Penguins Discussing Philosophy The Penguin Huddle Question In the icy expanse of Antarctica, a vibrant mosaic of life plays out against the stark white backdrop. Here, beset by the wicked polar winds, a colony of emperor penguins, dignified by their sleek...