THE PATH OF SKILLFULNESS

THE PATH OF SKILLFULNESS is also known as The Path of Craft & Slyness, both 'ENERGY YOGAS',split into THE ARISING & PERFECTING YOGAS. In many of his writings and talks, Gurdjieff is said to have mentioned 'THE SLY MAN' and some persons reading or hearing of this 'topic' have 'shied' away from some of its implications,just as they have from his 'ballet' THE STRUGGLE OF THE MAGICIANS'. In VIEWS FROM THE REAL WORLD,Early Talks of Gurdjieff, he discusses magic,both white and black, and compares it somewhat to GREAT KNOWLEDGE and connects both to Universal Laws,thus making one who knows and uses such as 'magicians'. From this he asserts that 'civilization' has two aspects: THE EXOTERIC & THE ESOTERIC. Both lines are parallel and independent. This means that, if we want and know how, we can work on both lines,perhaps succeeding along one and failing on the other. Of course, most persons cannot maintain any work for very long on either line or direction,let alone both at the same time or nearly the same time.