I am revisiting Beelzebub’s Tales to his Grandson, and in an almost complete academic article, I note that Gurdjieff saw it as objective art. Hence, on 21 October 1943, he […]
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Author: Joseph Azize
Mrs Adie on Relations with Parents (25 October 1983, Pt IV, final)
This is the final report from the meeting of Tuesday 25 October 1983 with Mrs Adie. Part One Moses said: “I really want to ask about, how to begin a […]
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The Euphoria Is a Tension (Mrs Adie, 25 October 1983, Pt III)
Continuing Tuesday 25 October 1983, with Mrs Adie. Part One Belinda then said: “Mrs Adie, I’m beginning to understand something important when I saw a tension rise in my preparation […]
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“Nothing Can Help except Myself,” Mrs Adie (25 October 1983, Pt II)
This is the next report from the meeting of Tuesday 25 October 1983 with Mrs Adie. Jim spoke at length, but the essence was: “Sunday was quite a hard day. […]
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Indentification with Worries and Objections: Mrs Adie, 25 October 1983 (Pt I)
This is from the meeting of Tuesday 25 October 1983, with Mrs Adie, who was sitting out the front with two assistants. The first question was from Dolly. Dolly would […]
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More on Repairing the Past
Mr Adie well understood Gurdjieff’s concept of “repairing the past,” and was able to put it into practice. It is mentioned in the book George Adie: A Gurdjieff Pupil in Australia […]
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Two Wonderful Words: “Snug” and “Order”
The word “snug” – “comfortable, lying close and warm” (Skeat) – comes from Scandinavian words which meant “smooth” (as in smooth wool or hair), also “short-haired” and hence “smooth” or […]
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The Motionless Eternal Moment
The next piece from this 1983 meeting was about the joy of which Mr Adie had been speaking. Later in the meeting he was to refer to this as “the […]
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Mr Adie on Buffers
Mr Adie now came to the question of buffers. One person said that he thought buffers might be something which constructs his thought, rationalising his contradictions. Mr Adie said: “That’s […]
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Essence Pride and Humility
Kerry then asked Mr Adie: “I have a continual question, my ability to work, or to start to work on any given occasion depends on my wish to work. And […]
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