by Robin Bloor | Feb 9, 2024 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
The Many Many “I”s We are creatures of the Fourth Way. Gurdjieff taught us about three focused ways: The Fakir’s Way, which seeks to exert will to gain mastery over the body, The Monk’s Way, which works with the emotional side of man; and The...
by Robin Bloor | Dec 20, 2023 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
The Many “I”s The categorizing of personality under a group of different headings is commonly tried. There are a multitude of such schemes: 1. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI): Based on Carl Jung’s work, the MBTI identifies 16 different...
by Robin Bloor | Nov 17, 2023 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
Perseus with Medusa;s Severed Head A while ago, the group I belong to sat in front of a whiteboard and listed all the words for negative emotions that we could think of in the space of an hour. The list was long: 114 words. At a subsequent meeting, we attempted a list...
by Robin Bloor | Oct 8, 2023 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
Madame Ouspensky It’s worth acquiring a recently released book entitled Saturday Evenings at Mendham: Conversation with Madame Ouspensky. Madame Ouspensky (1878-1961), was born Sophie Grigorievna Volochine in Kharkoff, Ukraine. She met Gurdjieff in St....
by Robin Bloor | Sep 1, 2023 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
The Monk and The Angel Our emotions play a key role in our understanding of the truth of a situation. When we are negative, our emotions distort our perception of reality and make it difficult for us to see things clearly. They inject a kind of prejudice in our...
by Robin Bloor | Aug 3, 2023 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
The Struggle of Essence In exploring Essence and Personality, we encounter the first great mystery about Man: the duality of his existence. Man is composed of two parts. You are born Essence, a pure and innocent being, and Personality accumulates as life unfolds....