This concludes my report of the meeting of Wednesday 1 March 1989. Part One “Mr Adie,” said Davida, “on my way here this afternoon, I became very aware of a […]
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For 29 July: “It’s the negative that I have to transform”
This is from the meeting of 22 February 1989. I thought it fitting for this day, when we remember the passing of Mr Adie. Kerry: Sorry, after speaking to you […]
Read more“The Daphne Blossom”: An Account of Meeting Mr and Mrs Adie
The late Carl Ginsburg, a legendary Feldenkreis practitioner, and a gentleman, gave me permission to place this story online. It was published in his short book Medicine Journeys. The “Todd-Ashbys” are […]
Read moreI Project my Opinion of Others (1 March 1989, Pt III)
This continues the meeting of Wednesday 1 March 1989. Chuck said: “Mr Adie, today at my place of employment I was suddenly aware of a detachment and a presence where […]
Read moreAim and Significance (Wednesday 1 March 1989, Pt II)
This continues the meeting of Wednesday 1 March 1989. The next question was from Louis: “Mr Adie, I have become aware of a part of me that doesn’t want to […]
Read moreOur Work Is a Creation (Wednesday 1 March 1989, Pt I)
This is from the meeting of Wednesday 1 March 1989. The first question was from Dmitry, referring to the Soil Preparing Exercise from Life Is Real: “I’ve been trying the […]
Read moreA Brief Thought about the Gurdjieff Movements
This is a short, profound piece on the Movements by my late friend Michael Smyth; one of Beelzebub’s tribe. It is reprinted with permission of Barbara Walker Smyth, his widow, […]
Read moreThe “New Work,” Pt III, The Revision of “All and Everything”
Part One: The Open Letter from the Two Rivers Farm concerning the revised Beelzebub Simple question: if we can change one part of Gurdjieff’s legacy, and still call it Gurdjieff, why can we […]
Read moreDirecting Thought, cont., (22 February 1989, Pt III)
This concludes the lengthy exchange. was not to be satisfied: “Well, we have the three centres, the body, the mind, and the emotional centre, but effectively, during the day the […]
Read moreThe “New Work,” James Moore, Pt II
Part Two It is significant that Moore distinguishes his critique of the new teaching from any criticism of those bearing it: “These startling propositions advanced with formidable intellectual refinement by French […]
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