Why do we not take more interest in the washing-up? It is a regular daily activity, and occupies some time. Purely from a pragmatic perspective, it would be of benefit […]
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Author: Joseph Azize
Thinking Long Thoughts
One work weekend, Mr Adie gave us a theme which he had first learnt from Ouspensky: to think long thoughts. He said that it was one of “those mysterious things […]
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“The Plan Is Good: Selected Writings by Annie Lou Staveley, A Student of Gurdjieff”
“The divine plan is the never-ending wish of the Creator for the evolution of being.” (54) With this volume of posthumously collected ideas, we may follow Mrs Staveley as she […]
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“The Triad of Man,” “Work before you Eat,” 16 March 1988
At the combined meeting of Wednesday 16 March 1988, Mr Adie read the following notes he had made. Man, as he is as he is born, is only an […]
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Making an Inner Action: Saturday 15 November 1986, Pt V
This continues the meeting of the weekend work of Saturday 15 November 1986. Mr Adie has introduced the concept of “de-identifying.” Kevin: All I could manage was to notice that […]
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R.H. Benson, “The Sentimentalists,” 4
Significantly, Dell launches into a full-throated defence of the truth of all religions (20): which makes one wonder why he converted to Catholicism. Fr Yolland sees that his friend is […]
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A Striking, rather Poignant Thought
I was listening today to a recording of one of the meetings from Newport. Once more, at the start of the tape, one could hear the sound of Mr Adie’s […]
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R.H. Benson, “The Sentimentalists,” Pt 3.
When Fr Yolland opens the package of all Dell’s worldly belongings he finds: … a neat pile of pyjamas—silk, for he felt them incredulously—a spotless collar, an Indian silk tie, […]
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R.H. Benson, “The Sentimentalists,” 2
When Fr Yolland first glimpses the shadowy figure of Christopher Dell, the latter is striking a pose, and his mouth and chin “seemed tilted in a kind of tragic appeal.” […]
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R.H. Benson, “The Sentimentalists,” I
Robert Hugh Benson’s The Sentimentalists, was published in London by Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd., 1906. Pitman himself (1837-1897) invented Pitman shorthand, and distance education using the English postal […]
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