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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... self - remembering actually functions through literally re - membering ourselves , using deliberate at- tention to ... observation and self - remembering , a sort of priming of the pump . Some of my Awareness Enhancement Training ...
... self - remembering actually functions through literally re - membering ourselves , using deliberate at- tention to ... observation and self - remembering , a sort of priming of the pump . Some of my Awareness Enhancement Training ...
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... self - observation and self - remembering , and have immediately resolved to begin work on themselves . Striving to be aware of being aware , to be present to the reality of the moment , they may imme- diately discover a certain kind of ...
... self - observation and self - remembering , and have immediately resolved to begin work on themselves . Striving to be aware of being aware , to be present to the reality of the moment , they may imme- diately discover a certain kind of ...
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... self - remembering , I found the process could also be aborted by becoming an automated re- creation of some ... observation . The automated nature of our ordinary life is a major enemy of self- observation and self - remembering ...
... self - remembering , I found the process could also be aborted by becoming an automated re- creation of some ... observation . The automated nature of our ordinary life is a major enemy of self- observation and self - remembering ...
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