Tuesday, November 17, 2009
IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS, PART I
This book by P.D. Ouspensky is an account that G.I. GURDJIEFF in his special way acknowledged as being a good record of sorts about what happened when Ouspensky was first introduced to the FOURTH WAY. As fascinating as it is, one has to see beyond what is said, even if one thinks one understands or senses certain aspects,for there are certain levels to be looked at that are not apparent. For example, in other works that can be read with some purpose and from which some things can be gleaned also, Gurdjieff says that if OUSPENSKY 'really understood what he had written' then he, G, would bow down to him,but the implication is that neither Ouspensky or those who read him understand what is written there. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? It means that without the 'practical' work that Gurdjieff included one will only go as far as those appreciative intellectuals that gathered around both Ouspensky and Gurdjieff, and also some of those who gathered around the so-called 'lesser lights', like Bennett,etc.
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Currently, I watching and re-watching the video I recently acquired 'IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS, FRAGMENTS OF AN UNKNOWN TEACHING, which is in black and white and gives a brief coverage of the book, IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS by P.D. Ouspensky, which I am also re-reading again but with an emphasis on certain aspects of the 'struggle' that Ouspensky had with leaving Gurdjieff and doing 'independent' work, as Ouspensky termed it....claiming it to come from 'a separation' he began to make in Essentuki between the man Gurdjieff and the Teachings of the FOURTH WAY,THE SYSTEM, THE WORK,ETC. I shall post my conclusions, as subjective and tentative as they may be, at times.
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