The Force Of Gurdjieff

Author : Jean Vaysse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781596750302
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toward Awakening written by Jean Vaysse and published by . This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toward Awakening provides a clear, chapter-by-chapter summation of the major points of Gurdjieff's teachings. In accessible language, author Jean Vaysse first expresses the meaning and possibility of an inner life, then follows a logical exposition of the path to be traveled in order to move in that direction. That process, he explains, begins with an exposition of the key ideas of the structure of humans, the practices of “self-observation” and “self-remembering,” the concept of presence, and the dual roles of essence and personality in determining the overall nature of each individual. The author outlines the obstacles to awakening, as well as the first steps toward awakening. Missing in most books about the Gurdjieff teaching is the key role played by sensation, a topic that Vaysse covers with a clarity based on his personal experience.

Author : Maurice Nicoll
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of G. I. Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky written by Maurice Nicoll and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sophia Wellbeloved
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135132569
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gurdjieff: The Key Concepts written by Sophia Wellbeloved and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book offers clear definitions of Gurdjieff's teaching terms, placing him within the political, geographic and cultural context of his time. Entries look at diverse aspects of his Work, including: * possible sources in religious, Theosophical, occult, esoteric and literary traditions * the integral relationships between different aspects of the teaching * its internal contradictions and subversive aspects * the derivation of Gurdjieff's cosmological laws and Ennegram * the passive form of "New Work" teaching introduced by Jeanne de Salzmann.

Author : John Shirley
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440621217
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gurdjieff written by John Shirley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-03-30 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic and literate introduction to one of the twentieth century's most influential and intriguing spiritual teachers. Born in the shifting border between Turkey and Russia in 1866, G. I. Gurdjieff is a man who would continually straddle borders-between East and West, between man and something higher than man, between the ancient teachings of esoteric schools and the modern application of those ideas in contemporary life. In many respects-from the concept of group meetings to the mysterious workings of the enneagram to his critique of humanity as existing in a state of sleep-Gurdjieff pioneered the culture of spiritual search that has taken root in the West today. While many of Gurdjieff's students-including Frank Lloyd Wright, Katharine Mansfield, and P. D. Ouspensky-are well known, few understand this figure possessed of complex writings and sometimes confounding methods. In Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas, the acclaimed novelist John Shirley-one of the founders of the cyberpunk genre-presents a lively, reliable explanation of how to approach the sage and his ideas. In accessible, dramatic prose Shirley retells that which we know of Gurdjieff's life; he surveys the teacher's methods and the lives of his key students; and he helps readers to enter the unparalleled originality of this remarkable teacher.

Author : Joseph Azize
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190064099
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gurdjieff written by Joseph Azize and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Armenian-born mystic, philosopher, and spiritual teacher G. I. Gurdjieff (c.1866-1949) is an enigmatic figure, the subject of a great deal of interest and speculation, but not easily fitting into any of the common categories of "esoteric," "occult," or "New Age." Scholars have for the most part passed over in silence the contemplative exercises presented in Gurdjieff's writings. Although Gurdjieff had intended them to be confidential, some of the most important exercises were published posthumously in 1950 and in 1975. Arguing that an understanding of these exercises is necessary to fully appreciate Gurdjieff's contribution to modern esotericism, Joseph Azize offers the first complete study of the exercises and their theoretical foundation. It shows the continuity in Gurdjieff's teaching, but also the development and change. His original contribution to Western Esotericism lay in his use of tasks, disciplines, and contemplation-like exercises to bring his pupils to a sense of their own presence which could to some extent be maintained in daily life in the social domain, and not only in the secluded conditions typical of meditation. Azize contends that Gurdjieff had initially intended not to use contemplation-like exercises, as he perceived dangers to be associated with these monastic methods, and the religious tradition to be in tension with the secular and supra-denominational guise in which he first couched his teaching. As Gurdjieff adapted the teaching he had found in Eastern monasteries to Western urban and post-religious culture, however, he found it necessary to introduce contemplation.

Author : David Kherdian
Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN 13 : 9780892816736
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On a Spaceship with Beelzebub written by David Kherdian and published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. This book was released on 1998-03 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Kherdian tells the uncompromising inside story of his time in the Gurdjieff Work. He describes his interaction with the hierarchy of various groups involved in the Work and tells the story of his own awakening. Kherdian offers a brutally honest account of the confrontations that arise in the spiritual process.

Author : Gurdjieff George
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781499733044
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol. 4 written by Gurdjieff George and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an unique edition where you can find - in one book - most of the exercises practiced in the Gurdjieff teaching. Transmitted by Gurdjieff himself - in public or privately printed texts - and also by his followers, some of them are available to the general public for the first time. Table of contents- 3 - The Portrait- 5 - The Two Portraits- 10 - The Time Circle- 11 - The Brain as a Stomach- 12 - The Globe- 14 - The Three Types- 16 - Life Review- 19 - The Nightly Review (first step) - 21 - The Nightly Review (complete) - 26 - The Gurdjieff Method- 27 - Self-observation- 31 - Participation- 57 - Experiment- 61 - Voluntary Suffering- 85 - Conscious Labor- 90 - Establishing constellations- 94 -

Author : Wim van Dullemen
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1942493436
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gurdjieff Movements written by Wim van Dullemen and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scores of books exist about the life and teachings of the Russian spiritual visionary G.I. Gurdjieff (~1866-1949), yet few devote significant coverage to “the Gurdjieff Movements.” These several-hundred precise and mostly asymmetrical gestures, arranged into detailed choreographies for groups of practitioners, were designed by Gurdjieff himself. This new book reconsiders the eminent role of the Movements, revealing them as a vital yet often-neglected component in the transmission of Gurdjieff’s legacy. Van Dullemen, whose first Movements’ teacher received her instruction from Gurdjieff himself, is in a unique position to offer background, theory and first-hand experience about this subject. He is a professional musician and a long-time practitioner of the Gurdjieff work who trained in these Movements and served as a master accompanist for the practice for over thirty years. “No book can teach the Movements,” the author clearly asserts. And, he makes no such attempt here. Far from an instruction manual, The Gurdjieff Movements, A Communication of Ancient Wisdom, offers invaluable insight into and greater understanding of the whys and wherefores of this fourth arm of the vast teaching that comprises Gurdjieff’s complete communication: his books, his oral teachings, his music and finally his Movements. Along with fascinating stories of his own journey of discovery, van Dullemen has skillfully integrated: – autobiographical descriptions of the master Gurdjieff – interviews with direct pupils of Gurdjieff – diligent research within a wide range of firsthand sources – descriptions of the scientific, cultural and social climate during Gurdjieff’s time, and – the relationship between these and his teaching. The book is also a rare accomplishment. While highly authoritative, it is nonetheless written in a direct style with clear language, making it accessible to the public at large who may have interest, but little background, in this esoteric science and practice.

Author : George Gurdjieff
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781492810858
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol 1 written by George Gurdjieff and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volumes of "The Force of Gurdjieff" Magisteria publishing collection reunite various rare, important and sometimes unknown texts written by people who were influenced by the remarkable force of the Gurdjieff's teaching. This book contains explanations of Gurdjieff exercises. Notes taken by Blanche B. Grant- 1 - October 7, 1929- 6 - The study of relations. The Method of Objective Judgment. The five manners of behavior (posture, gesture, tone of voice, facial expressions, movement). Introspection vs. self-observation. October 14, 1929- 14 - Self-knowledge. Studying ourselves vs. studying others. Change and motive. The colors of a gesture. October 21, 1929- 21 - States of consciousness. The three centers. Forms of sleep. The catalytic center. Possibilities of experience. Collecting impressions. October 28, 1929- 31 - The human structure according to the octave. Duality. Thought and memory. Connection between centers. Event vs. experience. November 4, 1929- 39 - The totality of one's self. Religion, prayer and wish. The science of being. Pure self-observation. November 11, 1929- 46 - Human types. Time. The history of an object. Consciousness, individuality, will. November 18, 1929- 54 - The three screens. Judgment. Different ages of a person. Fate. The three winds. The three Yogas. Self-observation and impressions. November 25, 1929- 65 - Understanding. States. Negative emotions. The "I." Three orders of impressions. December 2, 1929- 78 - Responsibility. Ideals. Abilities. Human types. The wish to live. Notes taken by L. S. Morris- 85 - March 24, 1931- 86 - The two portraits. Deductions. The diagram of time. Self-observation. Double perceptions. Self-consciousness. April 7, 1931- 99 - The three foods. Digestion and assimilation. Aspiration and inspiration. The brain as a stomach. The three forces. April 14, 1931- 108 - Development and effort. Intellectual vs. practical. The three types of possible future. Wish vs. will. Scale. Actual and potential. May 5, 1931- 125 - The two directions of time. Positive emotions. The two states of pleasure. Types of images in the brain. How to constellate. Vibrations. Types of relations. Emanations and radiations. Assimilation of air. The magnetic line. Seasons of development. May 12, 1931- 146 - The three orders of experience. Growth vs. experience. Human types. The three forces inside us. How to recognize a criteria. The cunning man. May 19, 1931- 162 - The science of being. The diagram of the octave. Knowledge vs. opinion. Individuality vs. personality. The balanced man. The state of normality. The central idea of these meetings. May 26, 1931- 176 - How to develop impartiality. How to create a wish. The realization of death. Self-observation, participation and experiment. Formulations and mantras. The vow to one's self.

Author : Gurdjieff George
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781499722987
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Force of Gurdjieff, Vol. 2 written by Gurdjieff George and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While being the only disciple acknowledged by Gurdjieff in his own writings, referring to him as "my inner world essence friend," Orage, besides having an important contribution to Gurdjieff's teaching through his help with the first translation of Gurdjieff's books in English language and through his own writings and lectures, was a crucial self standing spiritual figure through his own work and ideas. This book contains explanations of Gurdjieff exercises. Table of Contents- 3 - Notes taken by Frederick Schneider- 5 - January 20th, 1923. Self-remembering. Freedom. Separation.- 6 - January 25th, 1927. Observation. Self-consciousness. Fear.- 9 - January 31st, 1927. Energy leaks. The six centers. The three foods.- 11 - February 6th, 1927. Nature. The three springs.- 15 - February 15th, 1927. Observations. Education.- 17 - March 1st, 1927. The routine. The three foods.- 21 - March 8th, 1927. The control of emotions. I" vs. it."- 24 - March 15th, 1927. Economizing. Emotions and images.- 26 - March 22nd, 1927. Becoming human.- 28 - April 5th, 1927. Sensitiveness. Criticism.- 28 - April 26th, 1927. Emotions. Negative emotions.- 29 - May 1st, 1927. Impressions. The life curve.- 30 - June 11st, 1927. The senses.- 32 - October 24th, 1927. Verbal and formal understanding. Forms of mind.- 33 - November 7th, 1927. Overcoming difficulties. How to develop the "I"? Intuition. Daily review.- 34 - November 21st, 1927. Acting. Responsibility.- 37 - November 28th, 1927. Creation. Time.- 38 - December 5th, 1927. Degrees of Reason. Reincarnation. Essence. A normal human being.- 41 - December 12th, 1927. The genuine duty. Leaves vs. seed.- 43 - December 19th, 1927. The seven classes of determinative circumstances for organism. The perils of civilizations. Effort. Aim. Vows.- 48 - Notes taken by L. S. Morris- 54 - January 24th, 1927. Transition of emotional states.- 55 - February, 7th, 1927. Human species characteristics. Local reform vs universal reform.- 57 - February 21st, 1927. Why is life short? The nature of Time.- 60 - February 28th, 1927. The Law of Seven and the Law of Three. Energies.- 66 - March 7th, 1927. Sensation, emotion, image. Inertia. Breaking habits.- 68 - April 25th, 1927. The life review. Objectiveness.- 70 - May 23rd, 1927. Drama. Actor. Roles.- 72 - December 27th, 1927. The seven classes of determinative circumstances for organism.- 81 - Other notes: Discussion on "Good and Evil"- 85 - November 5th, 1927.- 86 - November 12th, 1927- 100 - November 19th, 1927- 112 - Other notes: Conscious or Objective Morality- 125 - November 16th, 1925- 126 -"