Of all the concepts Gurdjieff brought, that of “playing a role” is one of the hardest to get a practical handle on: or so I have found. But this exchange […]

This comes from the group meeting of Tuesday 1 April 1986. Someone remarked that after the preparation he often felt quite lost, and then he couldn’t carry out the task […]

I think that two understandings grow together: understanding of how we should develop in accordance with the divine plan, and how we should not. Traditionally, Christians have always studied both […]

This is from a group meeting of 1 April 1986. A young man reported that in the Movements class earlier that evening, the way he took a movement had been […]

One of the teachings of the Catholic faith, which we Maronites share, and which has always seemed to me to be absolutely true is the doctrine of Purgatory. I have […]

Although a number of transcripts of Gurdjieff’s group meetings during the 1940s have been gathered in one volume (Transcripts of Gurdjieff’s Meetings 1941-1946 2nd revised & enlarged edition), one important […]

I began this blog with the intention of writing something quite specific about repairing the past. As I came to the middle of it, I found that the train of […]

This comes from the evening exchange on Sunday 23 March 1986, at Newport. The young man who spoke said that he hadn’t liked the job he was doing, which was […]