Trauma and Transformation
Lying How do we achieve inner transformation? When people react negatively to the necessity of inner work, it is often […]
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On the Awakening of Meher Baba
To begin I should make it clear that Meher Baba considered himself an avatar, and that what I have to
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A Continual State of Transformation
In the widest possible sense, our work to achieve a permanent connection to higher centers is fueled by our day
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Impressions and Sanskaras
Human actions are based upon the operation of the impressions stored in the mind through previous experiences. Every thought, emotion,
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On Love
The focus of attention of the higher emotional center is self-consciousness. At the same time, the capacity to know another exists at this level.
Self-Remembering and Being
If man is mechanical, if he has no single ‘I’ or self, then what is it that remembers? The short
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When We Talk about Freedom
When we talk about freedom, we’re speaking about the work an individual to achieve freedom from unnecessary laws. In order to
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Recurrence, Higher Dimensions, and Time Travel
If reincarnation and recurrence exist, which seems likely to me, then we will be able to travel to the future and the past. Only first we have to do the work of the moment; we have to be present and use our attention and focus to fashion a lighter and more durable vehicle.
Really, we are all time travelers, and our physical bodies are the time machines that we so badly want to invent.
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Philosophy, Theory, and Practice
If you study only the philosophical side of Gurdjieff’s ideas—its history, its cosmology, or its connection to the major religions—you may never connect to higher centers. This isn’t wrong. It’s fine to be a scholar. But the primary purpose of the system is to teach people to awaken. You cannot awaken unless you are willing to make inner efforts and take a practical approach to the knowledge.
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