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P. D. OUSPENSKY THE FOURTH WAY A RECORD OF TALKS AND ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS BASED ON THE TEACHING OF G. I. GURDJIEFF…
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we remember to do it—because in this we depend on chance. When we remember, we must try to be aware of ourselves. This i…
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in many cases where we do not see it now. Sometimes we can find examples of third force in ordinary scientific study—for…
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must have one aim, one purpose in view, and this aim must be attaining consciousness. It is useless to study oneself wit…
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No. 4 will begin with improvement of instruments. If you have to work in any particular branch of science, you have a ce…
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he will see that his machine can work in different conditions of consciousness and so will try to give it better conditi…
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Q. Speech comes under two centres, doesn't it? A. More, even. Generally it is partly instinctive, partly moving, par…
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CHAPTER IV Language—Different divisions used in the system—Essence and personality —A, B and C influences—Magnetic centr…
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none. As regards another person's will, for the purposes of classification, every intentional action of another pers…
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the higher emotional centre works in him which gives him many new powers. Q. Is it worse not to be able to go on with th…
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consciousness. You cannot keep a flash of consciousness unless your thoughts are in a certain form. It is quite simple: …
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important because they keep us mechanical. We must realize that we always pass from one identification to another. If a …
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it. The more one understands, the more one can get from the same efforts. But the chief thing is to remember oneself. Th…
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unprofitable. And there are other people who have a feeling of right and wrong, without actually knowing what is right a…
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you have a certain amount of money, all in pennies. Every moment you say 'I' you use a penny. That is a mistake;…
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negative emotions, for displaying, enjoying and producing them. You remember that there is no real centre for negative e…
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A. If one learns to observe oneself, one can find when it begins to happen, and then one must not let it go on for too l…
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responsible for wars, revolutions and things like that. An individual man is very little under planetary influences, bec…
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is, from the stars, must first pass through the planets in order to reach the sun. This may look strange at the first gl…
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interval no shock is provided and it must be given in exactly the way we have been speaking about—by transforming negati…
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material for them they will awake. All these explanations are right, and they all come to the same thing. We have to bec…
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Q Are all our actions controlled by automatic responses to outside influences? A. No, we have many things already establ…
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to see oneself. Man is afraid to see himself. But he can decide to take courage and see what he is. Q. Is will part of b…
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the three lines of work—what each line means, why they are necessary, what is necessary for each of them and so on. The …
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Q. Is payment sacrifice? A. Yes, but you have to sacrifice only non-existent things, imaginary things. All our values ar…
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Q. Do some people need school and others not? A. School is for those who are prepared for school. The beginning of schoo…
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A. By trying to connect these moments. When you are in this state of wanting to work, remember other moments when you we…
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can be lost. Even in the right way one can make efforts for some time and then, if one stops, all those efforts will be …
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which action means which triad, for it will only make you lose the meaning of the idea. You must only try to see the dif…
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certainly, objective consciousness is a philosophical idea. At the same time the study of descriptions of glimpses of th…
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A. We cannot take such extreme cases and speak of 'always'. But if a man were to become even a little conscious,…
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If we save enough, we can use it in the right way. Power to use comes with quantity. Q. I observe two kinds of indignati…
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A. Because identification makes thought narrow and defective, it binds you, you cannot think, you cannot make deductions…
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A. How do you know they resemble one another? You only know words; you do not know what is behind these words. Words do …
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people wish to acquire control, they can achieve it only in one way. If they act in another way they will get the opposi…
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The interesting thing is that, after the second, the possibilities of recurrence greatly diminish. Before one comes into…
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may survive. But in my opinion it is more important to take this question in relation to eternity. This we cannot verify…