THE HERALD OF COMING GOOD

'THE HERALD OF COMING GOOD' was written and published by Gurdjieff in Paris,France around 1933 but the edition I have in English was published by SAMUEL WEISER New York in 1971. This book subtitled 'FIRST APPEAL TO CONTEMPORARY HUMANITY' an introduction to the 'basics' and 'aims' and a few other things offered to the public but which MR. G said they would be better off not reading.

P. L. TRAVERS & MR. GURDJIEFF

It moight surprise you,as it did me, when I decided to research this, that P.L TRAVERS better known for being 'MARY POPPINS', that is who wrote the novel on the magical Nanny that captivated movie goers, had written an excellent book on GURDJIEFF that I personally recommend, if you can find it, for its clear, concise description that does sum up what many might like to know, of what is possible to know of Mr. Gurdjieff, without going into any extremes or elaborate details. The book is titled: GEORGE IVANOVITCH GURDJIEFF, published in my copy by TRADITIONAL STUDIES PRESS, copyright 1973 and was taken from an article that appeared in the occult,etc. encyclopedia called MAN,MYTH AND MAGIC(which I have in my library in both hard cover and some paper editions.

MR. GURDJIEFF PASSED AWAY OCTOBER 29,1940

MR. GURDJIEFF was considered by many to have a 'higher' BEING and to have created for himself a 'SOUL' all of which many of his followers either exaggerated or misunderstood and so made some 'devotional' considerations and statements that perhaps he would have ignored or destroyed in their presences,such as they were. More on this at another time.

FALSE KNOWLEDGE

There is a vast body of FALSE KNOWLEDGE that plagues the modern world and it has a great allurement,seducing the minds of both young and old while it masquerades as 'DIVINE' or 'SCIENTIFIC' or 'HEALTHY'. These three 'systems' of FALSE KNOWLEDGE all have 'good' intentions' even if based on half-truths or complete 'lies'. Advocates of these systems of FALSE KNOWLEDGE arise daily and establish trends that appeal and form an addiction to their various stimuli. The dangers of FALSE KNOWLEDGE are NOT to be ignored or denied, though the temptations to do so are extremely great and compelling, as any excursion, real or unreal, full-hearted or half-hearted, along THE PATH OF FALSE KNOWLEDGE will prove.

THE TRAVELS OF GURDJIEFF

The travels of Gurdjieff also need elucidating because moderns have some peculiar notions nowadays about such,especially with all the fuss and bother about passports, heightened and mindless security, immigration(legal or illegal) etc. plus all the means that exist now for travel,like flights,cheap or expensive, to various geographic areas that utilize special tours for those who cannot find their way around the world by themselves or for themselves. A lot of people traveling are on 'a mission' of some sort, if only to garner 'souvenirs' many of which they can now purchase without leaving home at Wal-Mart of TJ MAXX. The contributions of such 'travelers' and 'pilgrims' involve hotels, resorts, spas, ocean lineers, rental cars, etc. plus banks for currency exchanges,etc.

THE DISEASE OF TOMMORROW

There are two contradictory sayings that can evoke a sense of dealing with the same problem that plagues modern society,culture, & 'civilization': The first is, 'NEVER PUT OFF FOR TOMMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY" which many are fond of quoting, expounding and preaching. The second is" NEVER DO TODAY WHAT YOU CAN DO TOMMORROW!" which is the more accurate and descriptive one operating that everyone tends to follow in all or some or many ways.

THE THREE POWERS OF MAN

PHYSICAL ] BODY FAKIR PSYCHIC ] MIND YOGI MORAL] EMOTIONS MONK

LOSS OF IMMORTALITY

THOUGHTS surging in the brains of people, those machines that 'think','feel', and 'move' are fragile. Our individual thoughts will perish as will our individual feelings and there will not be mu;ch trace of our individual movements. THIS IS A LOSS OF IMMORTALITY that all of us think is our birthright,our destiny, our 'reward' for mere belief or some kinds of actions opposed to others. Think carefully what is written here and try to digest it if you can. Few will, preferring to think that their thoughts, feelings and actions(movements) are important, even 'cosmically significant' and that all kinds of 'angelic','demonic', 'alien' watchers and beings and so forth are deeply concerned with them. the evidence of mass graves around the world should convince us, unless we choose as most tend to do, to ignore them, that life for most people is pain, poverty, and meaniningless as GREAT NATURE & THE GREAT UNIVERSE absorb the contents of these graves.

THE THEORY OF ETERNAL RECURRENCE

The Theory of Eternal Recurrence is an involved and often abstract set of notions that require an understanding of various dimensions,which to the popular mind, usually goes no further than the FOURTH DIMENSION, which has received a good deal of attention in physics and astronomy and related studies of science and mathematics. Going beyond the NEWTONIAN conceptions and the theories of EINSTEIN and others, that need to be included, a study of various dimensions may help or hinder the understanding of THE THEORY OF ETERNAL RECURRENCE. Simply stated, the theory asserts that everything in ordinary time will be repeated EXACTLY as it was evolved or as it happened,over and over, in tremendous repetitions, that do not offer any way to change. It is not exactly like the notions of popular theories of reincarnation,etc. FOR EXAMPLE, if you were born in 1956, then you will always be born in 1956, sort of doomed to repeat all of your life experiences and events. The possiblity of changing your FATE/DESTINY/RECURRENCE exists but that involves some practices that need a lot of explanation not to mention actual practice so that change can happen. As one progresses along with this theory in intellectual understanding, an emotional understanding is also needed. Unfortunately, what is often known to the mental mechanisms is not felt emotionally and so another aspect of existence is missed or left out or ignored or lost.