by Robin Bloor | Apr 27, 2023 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
The inevitable paradox of creation. It begins with the simple childhood question: If God is good why does he let bad things happen? This valid query is usually brushed aside by priests and preachers, but it is not so easy to brush aside. From the perspective of The...
by Robin Bloor | Mar 23, 2023 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
The Mar Saba Monastery – A Place of Contemplation Mysticism, Contemplation, and Exercises I’m very rarely moved to review a book on The Work, but I have spent time recently taking a long look at Joseph Azize’s Gurdjieff: Mysticism, Contemplation, and...
by Robin Bloor | Feb 27, 2023 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
Sketch of Jane Heap (from photo) The just-published book of Sayings From The Gurdjieff Work includes a chapter of maxims from Jane Heap, most of which were gathered from here notes. Jane had a memorable and often profound way of expressing herself. Here are twenty...
by Robin Bloor | Jan 29, 2023 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
A Contest of Two Spirits The following is a record of a lecture, entitled Two Spirits, given by Gurdjieff It is said in some ancient teachings that on the day God created man he also created for each man two spirits — the spirit of good and the spirit of evil,...
by Robin Bloor | Dec 27, 2022 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
Hypnotic Trance The following is a record of a lecture on hypnosis given by Gurdjieff in Tiflis “In Europe, hypnotism is much spoken about and much used in medical treatment. However the knowledge of it is very superficial which explains the frequently...
by Stephen Aronson | Oct 24, 2022 | Reflections, The Lost Herald
The Perils of Perfectionism Writ Large The Problem What is wrong with striving for perfection? Aren’t we encouraged to strive to do our best, to always improve, to learn from our mistakes, to try not to commit the same errors a second time? As a psychotherapist, I...