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randomness short subjects relating to the fourth way 20 Replies
short subjects that ARE NOT covered in other threads or could clutter other threads just NO EGO FOOD FIGHTS please as always please keep it short like if reoccurance is real would progress in the f...
Started by rob rice in Uncategorized. Last reply by aliceworks 2 hours ago.
Science and the Gurdjieff Work 65 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 mad...
Tagged: verification, phenomenology, gurdjieff, neurology, Science
Started by James Taylor in Uncategorized. Last reply by James Taylor 1 day ago.
Discussing Work with people outside of it 54 Replies
In the course of the discussion on forum "Ultimate purpose of the Work" I began to wonder if one aspect of doing in the world is also the contact with all the people who are not part of the Work. I...
Started by Marko in The Work and Life. Last reply by Tom B. 1 day ago.
Links and Documents of work related materials 173 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...
Tagged: gurdjieff, books, files, attachments, links
Started by Len Wishart in Fourth Way writings. Last reply by lake george Nov 18.
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 17.
Tibetan Buddhism & Gurdjieff 38 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...
Tagged: dzogchen, comparative, comparisons, comparative studies, nyingma
Started by Layne Negrin in The Fourth Way & other ways or teachings. Last reply by rlnyc Nov 14.
Upbringing and education of children 77 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 ...
Tagged: essence, education, life, children
Started by Marko in The Work and Life. Last reply by Martin Lass Nov 12.
Quote(s) of the Day 284 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 Jerry Newburger Nov 10.
Jokes! 142 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 limitation...
Tagged: riddle, fun, parody, gag, humor
Started by Martin Lass in Uncategorized. Last reply by C.grazie.lla Nov 5.
Why delete? 136 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 Robert Oct 28.
Blog Posts
Places and Spaces
Gurdjieff spoke of certain places and architecture that had particular effects on man. What are some of these that he spoke of? Are there places where one becomes more conscious or one can remember oneself more?
Are there places and spaces that still exist that may be consi… Continue
Posted by James Taylor on November 19, 2009 at 4:37am — 27 Comments
Why Contemporary Science Cannot Help us Understand Cosmic Truths and Find Our Pace in Life
The whole edifice of contemporary science is based on the notion of reductionism. Reductionism in science establishes that a complex system can be explained by reduction to its fundamental parts. For example, the processes of biology are reducible to chemistry or biochemistry, and the laws of chemistry are on themselves reducible to the laws of physics. The idea is to explain everything that takes place in us in terms of ionic states, stable atoms, m… Continue
Posted by Will Mesa on November 17, 2009 at 4:30am — 12 Comments
The Source of the Living Teaching.
Those are places that exist in us, scattered in us after going into collision with Kondoor and the sinking of Atlantis and the dispersion of the centers. We now must put back together those places sc… Continue
Posted by Will Mesa on November 14, 2009 at 6:43pm — 4 Comments
The seven deadly sin, Kundabuffer, and pink glasses as skilful means
Envy = terror of situation beginning : I start to see that I are not what i wish to be. The other people that is more than me (is not have: I want to be rich, not have the richness) shows that it is possible, but not for me in this moment. But i not want to endure the pain of the discover so i turn this hate to the other people and i buffer my being impulse, my aspiration in envy. If i was a sly man , I could take th… Continue
Posted by romano on November 10, 2009 at 7:15pm — 3 Comments
Zen and the Art of the Fourth Way
Posted by mutt on November 10, 2009 at 3:17am — 2 Comments
Notes
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"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)
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