Waking Up: Overcoming the Obstacles to Human PotentialBased on Gurdjieff's notion that most people are automatons controlled by mechanical habits of thought, perception and behavior. |
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... understanding of Gurdjieff's psycho- logical ideas . I have added to them when I think my ideas or modern psychological findings are useful . I have not dealt with some of Gurdjieff's ideas , especially his cosmological ones , either ...
... understanding of Gurdjieff's psycho- logical ideas . I have added to them when I think my ideas or modern psychological findings are useful . I have not dealt with some of Gurdjieff's ideas , especially his cosmological ones , either ...
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... understanding of certain kinds of knowl- edge that you cannot adequately comprehend in other states of consciousness . Thus , if you cannot enter a certain state , you can never fully understand certain things . Insofar as these items ...
... understanding of certain kinds of knowl- edge that you cannot adequately comprehend in other states of consciousness . Thus , if you cannot enter a certain state , you can never fully understand certain things . Insofar as these items ...
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... understanding we seldom dream of . A vital part of that understanding will be of how pure and marvelous you essentially are . There will be resistance to self- understanding on the way , as you see negative parts of yourself , but the ...
... understanding we seldom dream of . A vital part of that understanding will be of how pure and marvelous you essentially are . There will be resistance to self- understanding on the way , as you see negative parts of yourself , but the ...
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