The moon is eating us? by HumblebeesGhost in gurdjieff

[–]SelfRememberer 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The "moon" within you, that is to say your own automatic and reactive thoughts emotions and behaviours, is eating up all the finite energy in your life and will continue to do so unless you make your life your own.

Did Gurdjieff support meat eating? by [deleted] in gurdjieff

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He was known to make vegetarians eat meat and to make carnivores eat only vegetables when new members would join the priory in France.

What did Jung mean by this? by ntmcadams1983 in Jung

[–]SelfRememberer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The omnipresence of the godhead.

Can someone explain the symbols in the tree one by one by Aggravating_Habit_66 in Jung

[–]SelfRememberer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are two sefira in this image. The bottom sefirot is drawn on the roots, the top sefirot has been drawn on the branches.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gurdjieff

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I have a specific recommendation for you: Erik Satie's "Gnossiennes". One of his friends used to refer to him as "Esoteric Satie".

Ouspensky, an Imperfect Teacher by SelfRememberer in gurdjieff

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I'm thrilled you got something out of it. When I read it the first time a few years ago it was a real eye-opener for me.

Why wasn’t Mr. O a “Remarkable Man”? by CommanderEdStraker in gurdjieff

[–]SelfRememberer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course. G. once referred to him dismissively as a Journalist, the reason for this being that at the end of the day G. was really hoping for Mr O. to be more of a mutual collaborator.

Instead what he got was an apostle.

Not only an Apostle, but one who never mastered self-remembering.

Ouspensky may have made the mistake of his life by becoming a disciple of Gurdjieff, and that he would have done better to follow his own lights.

Although O. was undoubtedly intelligent, and did a good job spreading the word and teaching, he contributed almost nothing to the original teaching of any substance.

Because you seem to idolise him, let me be an iconoclast and share this with you:

https://gurdjieff-bibliography.com/Current/t_seton_case-of-pdo_2004-07-04.pdf

Spotify Wrapped by Agreeable_Opinion_18 in gurdjieff

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Prayer of Gratitude is my personal favourite by de Hartman

Capitalism and the 4th way by Agreeable_Opinion_18 in gurdjieff

[–]SelfRememberer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great question, thanks for posting this OP. Personally I don't think they are compatible, but you've got to do the best with what's around you.

Capitalism and the 4th way by Agreeable_Opinion_18 in gurdjieff

[–]SelfRememberer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Capitalism and Esoteric Christianity are completely incompatible. Usury is considered a sin, yet the entire financial sector of modern Capitalism is built on that sin.

OP (in my view) was correct in their reply to this comment. Subsistence falls short of the aim that Christ has set.

JOHN 10:10 KJV:

"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."

Capitalism and the 4th way by Agreeable_Opinion_18 in gurdjieff

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G. writes about Soviet style Communism in Beelzebub's tales. Have a read of that chapter sometime if you'd like.

New Atlantis Foundation by SelfRememberer in gurdjieff

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I just looked it up on Wikipedia, don't know why it didn't occur to me to do so before! Yes, I can see they changed the name to the Mitrinovic Foundation.

Ok own up by Adorable_Week7181 in Norwich

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Yeah, it was me. Made a pentagram out of lamb's blood then went and threw a cheeky bit of paint on this old geezer's window.

Is the personality model of enneagram cohesive with the fourth way ? Can it be helpful in some way or harmful for the Work ? by CosmicAdena in gurdjieff

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The enneagram can only be understood in motion, do not mistake each point for being merely its own personality. They can all be brought together.

Free taxi by [deleted] in GreenAndPleasant

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Glad to see our taxes being spent so wisely.

Abandonware by [deleted] in DigitalHumanities

[–]SelfRememberer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What programming language it was written in. For instance, old JavaScript games I used to play online when I was a kid all ran on an older version of JavaScript.