I have a good deal of contact with people who are or once were in Gurdjieff groups. I will not comment here on whether the places they were attending can […]
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Month: November 2018
George Adie on Being Lost in Dreams – 21 March 1989 (Pt I)
This is from the meeting of Tuesday 21 March 1989. Pablo said: “Mr Adie, for a good while, I find that my preparation in the morning is full of dreams, […]
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George Adie on the Material for Awakening (20 July 1989, Pt II)
This continues the meeting of Thursday 20 July 1989. Penny said that she had been trying to see her buffers. To this end, she had been concentrating on her criticisms […]
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Review of Roger Lipsey’s “Gurdjieff Reconsidered” (Pt II)
N.B. I revised this review on 13 January 2024, trimming a few words here and there, but leaving it basically unchanged. Although many people I know and esteem intensely disliked this […]
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Review of Roger Lipsey’s “Gurdjieff Reconsidered” (Part One)
N.B. I revised this review on 13 January 2024, trimming a few words here and there, but leaving it basically unchanged. Although many people I know and esteem intensely disliked this […]
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George Adie on Being Present when Observing Myself (20 July 1989, Pt I)
This was the last group meeting Mr Adie ever took. I am saving the last, stunning answer from that meeting, for 13 January. The first question was from Oliver. “I […]
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A Socratic Exchange with George Adie (5 March 1987 Pt IV)
This is the final instalment of the meeting of Thursday 5 March 1987. Jacques had said that he wanted to see his thought and use the tongue exercise to remind […]
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George Adie on the Finer Material inside me (5 March 1987 Pt III)
The next question was from Pierre. His external work was going very well, and he had been congratulating himself on this, but it didn’t seem to have any connection with […]
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George Adie: It Is not Sufficient to Say I Have no Complaint (5 March 1987, Pt II)
The first question was from Chaz. He is teaching again, and has seen that something in him wants to be a success. “That can be a great enemy,” said Mr […]
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