The Fourth Way and Esoteric Traditions
The work for us therefore lies mostly in minimising that which is not love. For example, negative emotions, inner considering, judgement, and unconscious speech and movement separate and isolate us from the higher state that is love.
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How do we learn to work with both the lower and the higher impressions that surround us? At the beginning of the work, we hear that man is a machine. The work begins with the study of this machine. We study the lower and the higher within us. We learn of our four lower centers […]
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What, in fact, is Real? Mr. Gurdjieff assures us that in the conditions of ordinary life, we encounter our true selves only very rarely. It often occurs when presented with surprising or unusual circumstances. It is in these moments of presence, or self-remembering, that we connect with actual reality, that we are truly ourselves. Indeed, […]
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[In this English fairy tale of a master and his pupil, aspects of multiplicity and unity are shown to be a matter of life and death.] A Wizard of the North Country THERE was once a very learned man in the north country who knew all the languages under the sun, and who was acquainted […]
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What are the differences between personality and essence in terms of unity? The Fourth Way advises us that the study of man (or woman) must go hand-in-hand with study of the world. That man is a microcosmos[1], with traits identical to those of a higher cosmos. Therefore, man can be compared to the higher cosmos […]
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