GURDJIEFF

GURDJIEFF
BY LOUIS PAUWELS

GEORGE INVANOVITCH GURDJIEFF

GEORGE INVANOVITCH GURDJIEFF
by P.L.TRAVERS

IDIOTS IN PARIS

IDIOTS IN PARIS
WE ARE ALL SOME KIND OF IDIOT

Thursday, September 10, 2009

WHAT DOES GURDJIEFF TEACH?

G, as GURDJIEFF was often called in reference to his presence, once said, " I TEACH THAT WHEN IT RAINS, THE PAVEMENT GETS WET"!

THE LAW OF SEVEN

If you have listed under the periods of 7(seven) years, such as, 1-7; 7-14; 14-21,etc, than you are seeing perhaps TRAJECTORY of your BEING,your LIFE,your EXISTENCE, your FATE, your DESTINY. Now these have to be connected or hitched to the THREE LAWS OF ACCIDENT; FATE & WILL.

INFLUENCE(S) A

A INFLUENCES are the general life turnovers and experiences common to man,ust as sheep experience eating grass and herding. These things are created WITHOUT intention(they just are) and are MECHANICAL in both ORIGIN(they arise automatically and spontaneously) and ACTION(theygo up and down, or down and up,etc).

THE THREE INFLUENCES

Operating also are THREE INFLUENCES: A;B ; & C.

THREE LAWS

There are three laws that operate and to discuss them takes effort. Briefly, these three laws are: THE LAW OF ACCIDENT;. THE LAW OF FATE; and THE LAW OF WILL. The Law of Accident has been briefly discussed previously. But these laws also affect CHARACTER. THE LAW OF ACCIDENT states that an event can happen WITHOUT any connection with the line(or lines) of events we are observing, such as, flying in a plane or speeding down a superhighway,etc. Rather than dwell on 'what seemingly' caused the accident,and theorizing on possible preventions,etc. simply accept that accidents happen. THE LAW OF FATE refers to only things with which a man or person is born. One's character, as has been said, determines one's FATE,but more on this later on. THE LAW OF WILL: consists of our own will and that of others,but to have will, every intentional action can be only called the result of one's will if one is capable of INTENDING & WILLING!

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

CHARACTER & INTELLECT

The problem of the wolf, the rabbit, and the cabbage is usually solved by means of the Intellect,though most grow soon weary at the tedious solution(s) they attempt. PRIDE OF INTELLECT exhibits itself usually when we solve it 'correctly',that is, logically,rationally,but the REAL SOLUTION has to lie in CHARACTER and, as pointed out, CHARACTER is 'destiny',that is, character determines(barring accidents) your FATE. FOR EXAMPLE, the real goal of this problem is to get ALL THREE(3) OBJECTS ACROSS THE RIVER(whether a raging river or not) and to get them INTACT! Now some people will focus on the boat,sort of like Lot's wife looking back at Sodom and Gommorah,forgetting what the Buddha said about the 'raft of life'. So what does this mean,really mean? For the majority of people it means 'physically', for others, a small few, it means 'mentally' and for a rarer few, 'emotionally'. Can you see, understand, or sense what is involved here? If you kill the wolf to save the rabbit and the cabbage, or kill the rabbit to feed yourself and/or the wolf, or eat the cabbage and give the rabbit to the wolf, what does any of this say about your character? These three things(3) you have have and are 'RESPONSIBLE' for! WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THEM? WHAT are the rabbit, the cabbage, the wold? If you can answer this question then perhaps you will see how CHARACTER operates here.

THE LAW OF SEVEN

To understand the LAW OF SEVEN, the easier way is to examine your life periods in this manner: 0-7(or 1-7,although you must account for conception); 7-14;14-21; 21-28;28-35;35-42; 42-49; 49-56;56-63;63-70;70-77; 77-84; 84-91; 91-97; 97-106;etc. You will see that many do not get beyond the 13th period of life and others perish before even the first is over! But the lesson here is that you should list down the significant(at least to you) events under each period you have undergone thus far in life. Take 0-7: I was born, went to kindergarten, went to grade school(1st-2nd grades), my parents divorced, my father attempted suicide before the divorce and then went off to WWII, my mother took my sister and went off with the man who ostensibly broke up the home, married him,etc. My dog skippy was taken to the vets and put down because when we moved from Kenyon St. to Bible Hill to a farm, the dog was accused of killing chickens and it turned out to the man-who-ran-off- with- my- mother's dog! Well, I could go on and on about my early days in this period, of course, and,no doubt, psychologists and others can come up with numerous theories as to why I am the way I am today! The point is that I am now in the TENTH PERIOD OF MY LIFE and this,of course, means that TIME IS RUNNING OUT AND TIME IS DEVOURING ME! During the early periods of life, barring accidents, we seem to have all the time in the world!

GOOD INTENTIONS

GOOD INTENTIONS without REAL KNOWLEDGE always makes mischief!

A SILENT TONGUE

IS A GREAT COMPANION!

IF YOU CANNOT HIRE A SAGE OR A SAINT

THEN TRY TO HAVE THEM FOR YOUR FRIENDS!

THE FOUNDATION FOR IMMORTALITY

One Foundation for Immortality is PROFOUND INTELLIGENCE.

FOR ANYTHING TO LAST AN ETERNITY....

For anything or ANYONE to last an eternity, it requires an ETERNITY OF PREPARATION!

Friday, September 4, 2009

NEVER DO IN LIFE WHAT OTHERS DO

G indicated that it is sometimes better to do nothing or do something no one else does! If you do what everyone else in life does where does it lead?

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

GURDJIEFF & THE STOP EXERCISE

I came early, in childhood and youth, to a version of the 'STOP EXERCISE' but it was many years afterwards before I knew what it really was and how valuable it really is/was in all we attempt to "DO".

NO CONSCIOUS WORK IS EVER WASTED

In the WORLD, no CONSCIOUS WORK, or effort, is ever wasted. It is only the mechanical, unconscious things that tend to be wasted. But, conscious work and effort involves INTENTIONAL SUFFERING which it seems only saints and heroes, and martyrs and a rare few others understand,but their ways need not be ours.