George Ivanovich Gurdjieff. Charismatic and controversial, infamous for introducing the
enneagram, claimed by the
Sufis, linked to the little known
Yezidis, (More
here),
Gurdjieff--and his
school--have their detractors, whether
religious or
skeptic. His ideas can be
difficult , abstruse and are ultimately beside the point. His thesis can be reduced to
this: We are asleep, mere machines, acting from habit rather than volition. The goal then is to wake up and stay awake. And that is where the
Work comes in. ( A bit more within)
posted by y2karl
on Aug 6, 2002 -
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