The Perpetual Now
A New Model of the Universe In 1914, a year before he met Gurdjieff, Ouspensky published one of his earlier […]
Perspectives on Awakening
Identification with our thoughts, emotions, pains and sufferings diminishes as the scope broadens. Acceptance and humility overtake any resentment and self-absorption. The manifestations of the lower self can actually serve as fuel to this state. Transforming these into presence can propel a higher state into even greater heights.
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A Journey of Balance and Regeneration
Balance and imbalance From one point of view, the work is a play between balance and imbalance. If we were
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Location, Location, Location
The more experience we gain in using the work ‘I’s, the more we follow their direction to the present, the more often they will come. They create an inner circle of identity that is more interested in the work than in the subject of identification of the many ‘I’s. Even if this identity collapses and needs to be recreated, it represents a more permanent state.
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Three Forces and the Three Lines of Work
Intervals in an octave are places where other octaves may enter and move things in a different direction. Intervals can result in an outcome completely different from what we expect.
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The Light of Presence
If the divine call is ignored, there is no telling when it will come next. If the steward recognizes the call, it immediately switches duties. Instead of making efforts to create light, it submits in silence and makes space for uncreated light.
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Wishing You the Ideal State
Plato’s ideal state was never meant to include everyone, only those who support it. In Athens there were many who wanted Socrates put to death. Internally, the many I’s will never really support self-remembering. Only a small inner circle of work I’s will promote the presence of higher centers.
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‘Right Location’ in the Work
A Practical Choice How do we arrive at a ‘right location’ for our inner work in the Fourth Way? Horace,
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Forging One’s Being
Recently on a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York I wandered into a room full of
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