Identification Explained in the ‘work’
Role of Identification Gurdjieff defined “identification” (or “identifying”) as the involuntary, mechanical fusion of one’s attention with thoughts, emotions, sensations, or external objects, […]
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Food Diagram—Impressions Are Foods
In P. D. Ouspensky’s In Search of the Miraculous, the Food Diagram—also known as the Diagram of Three Foods—serves as a conceptual […]
False Personality and MechanicaL Behaviors in the ‘WORK’
The False Self Personality The false self is a defensive psychological adaptation characterized […]
Gurdjieff Explained: Self-Remembering
Self-Remembering, in the teachings of George Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky, is a conscious effort to maintain simultaneous awareness of one’s […]
Projections Reveal Shadows and Mirrors
Projections reveal our deepest shadows—the repressed, unacknowledged, or disowned parts of ourselves—by causing us to unconsciously attribute our own hidden emotions, traits, […]
Warnings From Gurdjieff: Awakening With Partial Sleep
The Nature of Awakening Gurdjieff identified the peril of partial awakening, where individuals begin to perceive the mechanicalness of life […]
Work Centers: Gurdjieff
From IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS (page 109): “At the same time as we watch the work of the centers we shall […]
Purpose in Life: GI Gurdjieff and Sy Ginsburg
(As published in the Proceedings of the 15th International Humanities Conference: All & Everything 2010, presented in Greece, March 24, 2010) […]
Understanding The Masters Through Sy Ginsburg :The Masters Speak
My Mentor and Friend Originally printed in the Fall 2011 issue of Quest magazine.Citation: Ginsburg, Seymour B. “The Task of Becoming Sixth-Race Man.” Quest […]
The Sacred Neuroscience of Beelzebub’s Tales to his Grandson
The Sacred Neuroscience of Beelzebub’s Tales to his Grandson A Neurologist’s Perspective TJ Clark Over the twenty-seven years that […]
Four States of Human Consciousness In the ‘Work’
The 4 States of Human Consciousness — Building A Soul Gurdjieff’s description Characteristics of 4 States of Human Consciousness — Sy […]
Gurdjieff Simplified for Practicality
Practical Gurdjieff Experience in Self-Observation and Self-Remembering My Aim — To bring ‘the work’ to a more practical and simplified approach. The […]
Dream Reality Check via Gwynne Mayer and Sy Ginsburg
Sy Ginsburg and Gwynne Mayer Collaboration Gurdjieff and the study of dreams taken from GURDJIEFF UNVEILED authored by Sy Ginsburg with notes […]
What Is Dreaming All About?
Taken from Dream Class Online with Sy Ginsburg, Dr. Weyler, and Gwynne Mayer Dreaming:Abbreviating and reformulating these principles for the Western student, […]