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On Sacrifice

Posted by williampage | | Being Present, Conscious Evolution, Essays, Self-Remembering, Transformation |

In chapter thirteen of In Search of the Miraculous Ouspensky asks Gurdjieff how he can recreate the emotional state that propelled into the series of extraordinary experiences he had undergone in Finland…

Teaching Conscious Evolution

Posted by williampage | | Being Present, Conscious Evolution, Essays, Self-Remembering |

There is a Mulla Nasrudin story that goes something like this: A woman came to Mulla and asked him to forbid her son to eat sugar…

On Finding Oneself

Posted by williampage | | Essays, Essence and Personality |

The very idea of finding one’s self is problematic because we are the never the same. If you think you have found yourself—a solid, unchanging self—wouldn’t that imply that you’ve stopped growing?

Words, Words, Words

Posted by williampage | | Being Present, Essays |

According to the Kabbalists the twenty-two letters of the ancient Hebrew alphabet are the building...

Gurdjieff, Gnostics, and the Divinity of Christ

Posted by williampage | | Conscious Evolution, Esotericism, Essays, Gurdjieff |

At the age of five I was sent to Catholic school and almost immediately got into trouble with the priests and nuns who ran the parish…

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