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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

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,..

Artificial Intelligence, Being Present, Esotericism, Gurdjieff, Ouspensky

AI and the Mechanics of Consciousness

Thinking may make us human, but it doesn’t make us conscious.

Being Present, Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, Politics, Self-Remembering

What Now? (The Collective Existential Crisis of November 9th 2016)

A couple of weeks ago I met with a friend who is a psychologist, and she described an encounter with another psychologist on November ninth, the day after the American elections…

Being Present, Conscious Evolution, Death and Grieving, Gurdjieff, Ouspensky

When Life Is Uncertain

In the summer before my last year in high school my older sister’s best friend, Jeni, was killed in an automobile accident.;..