What is the Work?

A meeting place for seekers of Knowledge, Understanding and Being

The Work is not a building, place, book, system or tradition. It's something living in our hearts and minds - if we can find it. (M. Nicoll)

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An interesting possibility of one way prayer could work. Prayer Increases Forgiveness, Study Shows "We have all been guilty of a transgression at one time or another. That's because we're not perfect. We all commit hurtful acts, violate trust, an…
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Language and how we individually listened to, heard and understood the multi-dimensional levels of meaning in one simple word (faith, as an excellent example) are individual. What was read by me (in my interpretation regarding this comment was "blin…
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Graziella are your questions of taday getting answered?
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HUH?
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Embodied Cognition The research is part of a burgeoning field called "embodied cognition," which posits that all our cognitive processes are rooted in, and reflected in, the body, as Natalie Angier described very nicely in her New York Times column…
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Jerry Graziella asked the question.. Anyone has a clue of how many enlightened people the 4th Way, or G. teachings has produced, so far? Then Graziella states..I have discovered recently but surely .hat difference is to be made between 4th Way and…
11 hours ago
he quoted the scriptures and tried to put a layer of the "gnostic" version of the life and death of Jesus..and His resurrection (as a purely "symbolic" set of lessons only)..instead of a lieral life, death and Divine resurrection to fulfill the spir…
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In other words and bluntly: Does it work? Graziella..if you have discovered for yourself your "self" and have "remembered "it"..then the ideas of both G and O worked for you..if not then not. Bluntly! That is the only foundation needed if all the b…
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"Take life easily, lovingly, playfully, non-seriously. Seriousness is a disease, the greatest disease of the soul, and playfulness the greatest health."
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No answer neither...
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Beelzebob

Quote(s) of the Day 324 Replies

You are invited to post a meaningful quote or comment on one that has been posted.

Started by Beelzebob in Uncategorized. Last reply by Linda G. 8 hours ago.

James Taylor

Science and the Gurdjieff Work 280 Replies

Aphorism #19: Take the understanding of the East and the knowledge of the West—and then seek. Aphorism #27: If you have not by nature a critical mind your staying here is useless. “Machines are made…

Tagged: verification, phenomenology, gurdjieff, neurology, Science

Started by James Taylor in Uncategorized. Last reply by James Taylor 10 hours ago.

Ivan V.

What is relationship between Enneagram and 4th way? 67 Replies

What is relationship between Enneagram system and 4th way system?

Started by Ivan V. in Laws & Enneagram. Last reply by Volker 13 hours ago.

Martin Lass

Jokes! 173 Replies

Some here at WITW have agreed that we need a jokes forum to balance the at-times heavy discussions that take place in other forums. Jokes can be anything at all, Work related or not. No limitations…

Tagged: riddle, fun, parody, gag, humor

Started by Martin Lass in Uncategorized. Last reply by Robert Feb 6.

Len Wishart

Links and Documents of work related materials 178 Replies

Post your links, quotes and document attachments here so that all may share them. If you have posted quotes, documents or links in other forums please collect them and re-post them here for ease of a…

Tagged: gurdjieff, books, files, attachments, links

Started by Len Wishart in Fourth Way writings. Last reply by Coen van Hoboken Jan 27.

Layne Negrin

Tibetan Buddhism & Gurdjieff 105 Replies

This is an area where we can compare Tibetan Buddhism (as well as Buddhism in general) with Gurdjieff's teaching. When adding a new subject, please do so as a top level comment rather than replying t…

Tagged: dzogchen, comparative, comparisons, comparative studies, nyingma

Started by Layne Negrin in Uncategorized. Last reply by Layne Negrin Jan 10.

Martyn

Why delete? and other stuff. 144 Replies

What makes a person start a discussion and then delete it. I do not like imagining why people do certain things so would be grateful for any comments from those who dont mind imagining.

Started by Martyn in Uncategorized. Last reply by Volker Jan 1.

aliceworks

The Work-Octave or stages of development 42 Replies

Becoming conscious, evolving, is a process conform to law. If we wish to know what we're doing in the Work, we should seek to clarify the phases of this process. Here is some preliminary research on…

Started by aliceworks in Laws & Enneagram. Last reply by romano Dec. 24, 2009.

Marko

Upbringing and education of children 79 Replies

Dear friends! I would like to open discussion and to hear your opinions about a very serious issue and that is upbringing our children. I myself am hopefully going to become father very soon and I wo…

Tagged: essence, education, life, children

Started by Marko in The Work and Life. Last reply by janet t. Dec. 9, 2009.

aliceworks

Discussion of "All and Everything" 318 Replies

Thrilled, puzzled, frustrated or overjoyed by Gurdjieff's writings? Here's the place to discuss them.

Started by aliceworks in Fourth Way writings. Last reply by romano Nov. 28, 2009.

Blog Posts

Jerry Newburger

Waking Sleep :or Trance Morality

Are there components of 'bigotry' (or any moral value) in what we write and post? Yes. We do not manifest or present ourselves to other people, devoid of personality. all the good and all the evil of others, are present ---in degrees ---within our own inner selves.

We cannot magically speak or write with some dis-embodied hand. Yet if we master our personalities, if we achieve a unity of self, then there is the possibility of guiding the hand, guiding the manifesting.

Our Seeking, is to be abl… Continue

Posted by Jerry Newburger on February 7, 2010 at 9:50pm

Martyn

ANUM Ouspensky

I leave you all to draw your own conclusions from the three short excerpts from Ouspenskys A New Model of the Universe.

My own conclusions. I can relate to the mysticism. And the idea that evolution is always happening sits well with my mind. As to the Science of the brain cells I cannot say but it also appears sensible.


On Mysticism.

An examination of what is known of mysticism and mystical states of consciousness is of great interest in connection with the id… Continue

Posted by Martyn on February 6, 2010 at 4:00pm — 9 Comments

lake george

Kenneth Salls

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sallsbook

This e-group exists to distribute a book written by
Kenneth Salls about his experience of Gurdjieff Group
Work with Mrs Staveley, a direct student of Gurdjieff.
Join this group and opt to receive emails and you will
be notified when the book is available for download
from the group files section. Joining this group will
constitute an agreement that you will download the
book for yourself only and that… Continue

Posted by lake george on February 4, 2010 at 2:46pm — 1 Comment

James Taylor

Self Observation Methods and Material

Self Observation Methods and Material

Topics include all methods of self observation from the Gurdjieff work or other paths, the material to be observed, and the purpose of self observation.


Are there ways of self observation that are harmful?

Is remembering oneself the same, included, includes, or separate from self observation?

Self observation is a means that Gurdjieff directed to see our own mechanicalness. Part of this study relates to seeing what center and part of center our fu… Continue

Posted by James Taylor on February 4, 2010 at 4:26am — 5 Comments

Martyn

The Unknowing 2

Psychologically speaking the more we have the more we have to lose....

Comment.

Posted by Martyn on February 3, 2010 at 9:16am — 27 Comments

Notes

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"All the beings of this planet then began to work in order to have in their consciousness this Divine function of genuine conscience, and for this purpose, as everywhere in the Universe, they transubstantiated in themselves what are called the 'being-obligolnian-strivings' which consist of the following five, namely:

"The first striving: to have in their ordinary being-existence everything satisfying and really necessary for their planetary body.

"The second striving: to have a constant and unflagging instinctive need for self-perfection in the sense of being.

"The third: the conscious striving to know ever more and more about the laws of World-creation and World-maintenance.

"The fourth: the striving from the beginning of their existence to pay for their arising and their individuality as quickly as possible, in order afterward to be free to lighten as much as possible the Sorrow of our COMMON FATHER.

"And the fifth: the striving always to assist the most rapid perfecting of other beings, both those similar to oneself and those of other forms, up to the degree of the sacred 'Martfotai,' that is, up to the degree of self-individuality.

(G.I. Gurdjieff -‘Beelzebub’s Tales to His Grandson’, p. 385-386)
BTTHG original 1950 edition.pdf

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