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Being Present, Conscious Evolution, Esotericism, Self-Remembering

An Inconvenient Idea

It always amazes me that more people are not interested in the idea of conscious evolution. The idea that a man (or woman) can, by making specific inner efforts…

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.

Accumulators, Being Present, Bipolar, Conscious Evolution, Gurdjieff, Self-Remembering

Accumulators, Energy, and Bipolar Disorder

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.

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, 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,..

Gurdjieff, Other People, Self-Remembering

Shakespeare, Gurdjieff, and the Idea of Good and Evil

When Shakespeare created Iago, he imagined a character that had never been seen in literature: a brilliant and sophisticated devil…

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, Gurdjieff, Self-Remembering, Transformation

On the Fragility of the Body

When an impression is strong enough it can create a shock that allows it to enter essence and higher centers automatically…