Ouspensky | Be Present First

Conscious Evolution, Esotericism, Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, Rodney Collin

Do We Live in an Apocalyptic Time?

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

Conscious Evolution, Consciousness, Essence and Personality, Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, Ray of Conscious Influence, Ray of Creation

The Ray of Conscious Influence or God and Man

Ouspensky didn’t want his students to equate the Absolute with God. When he was asked if ‘Absolute’ was not just another name for God, he answered that it was not and then added: The Absolute is the principle that lies in the beginning of things and behind everything. I never connected the Absolute with God in the religious sense. God…

Aldous Huxley, Conscious Evolution, Consciousness, Gurdjieff, Ouspensky

On The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley

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.

Conscious Evolution, Esotericism, Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, Politics, Self-Remembering, Transformation

The Rise of the Hasnamuss in Contemporary Politics

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.

Conscious Evolution, Esotericism, Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, Teaching Esotericism

In Defense of P. D. Ouspensky

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

Being Present, Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, Self-Remembering

Self-Remembering and Being

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

Being Present, Conscious Evolution, Gurdjieff, Ouspensky

Man in the Image of God

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…

Being Present, Conscious Evolution, Gurdjieff, Lying, Ouspensky, Self-Remembering

Lying and Choosing to Believe

The work we are involved in is long and it is normal to occasionally fall into a state of apathy about our progress,..