Gurdjieff | Be Present First

Do We Live in an Apocalyptic Time?

by williampage | | Conscious Evolution, Esotericism, Essays, Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, Rodney Collin | 0

It would be hard to deny our present world situation does not clearly describe the first aspect of apocalypse.

The Ray of Conscious Influence or God and Man

by williampage | | Conscious Evolution, Consciousness, Essays, Essence and Personality, Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, Ray of Conscious Influence, Ray of Creation | 8 |

Ouspensky didn’t want his students to equate the Absolute with God. When he was asked if...

On The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley

by williampage | | Aldous Huxley, Conscious Evolution, Consciousness, Essays, Gurdjieff, Ouspensky | 1 |

Mescaline doesn’t open up higher centers directly, but it forces them to the forefront of our consciousness to deal with and make sense of a world without associations.

On the Faculty of Judgment

by williampage | | Balance, Conscious Evolution, Esotericism, Essays, Gurdjieff, Lying | 5 |

Any man can speak truly; but to speak with order, wisely, and competently, of that few men are capable. ~ Montaigne

The Rise of the Hasnamuss in Contemporary Politics

by williampage | | Conscious Evolution, Esotericism, Essays, Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, Politics, Self-Remembering, Transformation | 22 |

Another characteristic of the hasnamuss is that he appeals to the lowest in his followers, and in doing so destroys whatever higher possibilities they have.

In Defense of P. D. Ouspensky

by williampage | | Conscious Evolution, Esotericism, Essays, Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, Teaching Esotericism | 8 |

Besides Gurdjieff, no one in the early days of the movement did more to support, clarify and promote the work than Ouspensky…

Accumulators, Energy, and Bipolar Disorder

by williampage | | Accumulators, Being Present, Bipolar, Conscious Evolution, Essays, Gurdjieff, Self-Remembering | 9 |

Psychologically an ordinary man is not prepared for such an intense flow of energy, and the resulting manifestations (symptoms) are what we call the manic phase of bi-polar disorder.

Self-Remembering and Being

by williampage | | Being Present, Essays, Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, Self-Remembering | 4 |

When people react negatively to inner work, it is often because ideas of conscious evolution threaten to expose the lies they tell themselves.

Man in the Image of God

by williampage | | Being Present, Conscious Evolution, Essays, Gurdjieff, Ouspensky | 6 |

As a rule, we either don’t think about how identity will organize itself without a body, or we assume we will be given a soul after death in the same way we were given a body at birth. But to believe that a soul can be given is a misunderstanding of what a soul is…