GURDJIEFF IN TIBET

A few writers seriously doubt that Gurdjieff was ever in Tibet,much as those writeers who doubt that Madame Blavatsky was ever there. Some writers assume that in either instance or case, 'TIBET' is merely a word that has 'symbolic' rather than literal meaning(s) and this might well be the case that "TIBET' is an 'inner'experience,depending on several things that one must or should verify personally if possible. One clue to Gurdjieff's experience(s) in Tibet may well be the ENNEAGRAM. the ENNEAGRAM is a special reference system, a scale of measurement, that can serve as a 'GRID' that can also be overlaid on the human body, and in its mundane and practical applications,serve to locate certain precise points or locations on the human body, provided otehr things are utilized or manipulated to enable the one(s) using this PSYCHOCOSMOGRAM'for specific purposes, known best to them. This reference system is used in 'TIBETAN MEDICINE' and the 'enneagram' lines are usually somewhat varied from the final-exact one that Gurdjieff presented to the WEST. Gurdjieff,whether in the company of 'Tibetan' adepts or fellow 'TRUTH SEEKERS' ,seemed interested in various healing methods, especially those employing 'subtle' forces or 'energy' flows,channels, fluids,etc. whether induced by hypnosis, magnetism, drugs,. exercises,etc. according to what he and others have written. If Gurdjieff did set foot into Lhasa, he may well ahve 'studied' in some way or means at the Chagpori Medical College founded apparently around 1696 or at another one,the Mentsekhang College of Medicine and Astrology,founded in 1916. Gurdjieff's 'TIBETANISM' seems to flow from a non-monastic emphasis or version best known as 'FREE-FLOWING' TANTRICISM which is NOT dependent on 'celibracy' of any kind. MOreover, Gurdjieff's insistence and concern over 'ESSENCE' as opposed to 'personality', 'false self',etc relates to the Tibetan notion of 'PRIMORDIAL PURITY'. This form of 'TIBETAN TANTRA' bases its practices on an 'inner transformation' and the cultivation of dormant energies,which can be characterized(and are) as 'ALCHEMICAL' in the ESOTERIC SENSE. But knowing al this will not enable anyone to undergo such without the right effort and right kind of practice, as Gurdjieff well knew.