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Buddhism is the first religion
religions, your philosophies,
anything else. And if you can
understand your inner proces
insight is tremendously mean
(Osho, The iscipline of Tran
In the beginning of "Beelzebub'
ishes to be a #ons#ious thin$e
"%entation by thought" and "%
riting has to be gras)ed by bo
*inguists today are aare of thi
)atterns of )er#e)tion shared b
*inguists #all the% "se%anti# s
se%anti# stru#ture is not only s
our orld )er#e)tion here "fo
ty)e of a#tion ,verb-:
I ..,Tou#h-../ ou
ou ..,1at#h-../ e
ouns su#h as "I" and "ou" ar
"ou"& 4erbs su#h as "tou#h" a
#orres)onding a#tions& Thus e
tas$ even though it #an be assi
1hen e %a$e a state%ent ab
5b!e#tive reality .,6-./ 7er#eiv
1hen so%eone else tries to un
infers the geo%etri#al stru#ture
ows: a Linguistic Guide to Active
bstantially revised on: 2003.60.26
which brought this message to the wor
re more grounded in your linguistic pa
understand your language better, you
es better. He [Buddha] was the first li
ingful.
cendence, !ol. ", #"$%
1 Introduction
s Tales to His Grandson " Gurd!ieff says t
r has to $no that a %an is #a)able of to
entation by for%&" urther he says that th
th ty)es of %entation&
s se#ond ty)e of %entation and asso#iates
y all hu%an beings and also by ani%als to
ru#tures" even though this na%ing is narr
e%anti# but also indi#ative of the geo%etri
r%s" ,nouns- #an e(ist only in their relatio
labels that #an be re)la#ed by the %ental
d "at#h" )oint to our sensation.based %
#an say that "%entation by for%" is essen
ted by the use of ords as labels and )oi
ut a definite )er#e)tion the folloing )ro
ed reality .,2-./ 4erbally.for%ulated realit
erstand the state%ent the )ro#ess is rev
of the s)ea$er's )er#e)tion by analyzing t
Mentation
ld& that your
terns than in
ill be able to
guist, and his
at anyone ho
ty)es of %entation:
e(a#t %eaning of all
it ith general
a #ertain e(tent&
and %isleading& +
#al #onfiguration of
nshi) ith a #ertain
)i#tures of "I" and
%ory of
tially a nonverbal
ters&
ess ta$es )la#e:
y
rsed: the listener
he state%ent&
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1ith this a#$noledg%ent of "
no %ore a boring study of gra%
the las that govern the stru#t
a))li#able to the #onversion of
These studies also reveal the #
8uality of the to reality.#onve
#onventional ay of using an a
serious error that linguists toda
I ../ the observed )heno%eno
Sin#e 5us)ens$y #hose this a
attention" as the #hara#teristi#
se#ond half of this essay after s
)er#e)tions ado)ted by linguist
+bout 69 years ago I as )rof
)aid e(er#ise of #onverting sen
,%entation by for%- and vi#e v
rite listen and s)ea$ hel)ed
sha)ed %y uni8ue ay of using
a grou) for%at& This essay )ro
si%ilar e(er#ise&
2 Lingu
Accordin to this information
e'ery man bold enough to as
himself a conscious thin)er
respon ible e*istence, that
thought, e*pressed by wordsroper to all animals as well
(urd-ieff, Beelebubs Tales
The linguisti# study of "%entati
started about 20 years after Gu
foundation of these studies: o
relationshi) beteen language
The #ase gra%%ar theory enabl
#orres)onding )er#e)tion by an
"entation by for%" is the )ro#
by for%" #an be assisted effe#ti
holders of attention& everthel
entation by for%" a ne bran#h of lingui
%ati#al rules& In this ne bran#h of lingui
re of our )er#e)tion along ith the gra%
hat stru#ture into a senten#e stru#ture ,+
%%on li%itations and errors of our %ind t
sion )ro#esses ,+rros 6 and 2 above-& In
ro as shon belo for des#ribing a )er#e
y are aare of:
of using an arro hen he des#ribed the
feature of self.re%e%bering I ill dis#uss
hoing you a different ay of using arro
s today&
ssionally involved in a#tivities in this field
en#es ,%entation by thought- into stru#tu
rsa& This e(er#ise substantially #hanged t
in %y #areer as a translator and riter an
language in #ondu#ting a !oint e()loration
ides you ith %ini%u% infor%ation re8uir
stics and "Mentation by For
, it was customary in long0 ast centuri
ire to the right to be considered by ot
to be instructed, while still in the earl
an has two )inds of mentation one )ind
always possessing a relati'e meaning, aas to man, which + would call mentatio
to His randson , p. "/%
n by for%" and its relationshi) ith "%en
rd!ieffs death& To linguists are $non to
a% ;ho%s$y and ;harles ill%ore& ;ho%s
nd %ind hile ill%ore established the "#
led linguists to deter%ine the geo%etri#al
alyzing a senten#e in ter%s of verb.noun r
ess of )er#e)tion that )re#edes verbal for
vely or ineffe#tively by the use of ords as
ss "%entation by for%" #an be #ondu#ted
ti#s as born that is
ti#s linguists study
ati#al rules
ro 2 above-&
hat restri#t the
fa#t the
)tion in#ludes a
"division of
about it in the
for des#ribing
daily #ondu#ting the
es of )er#e)tion
e ay I thin$ read
d %ore re#ently
of our true nature in
ed for #ondu#ting a
"
s on 1arth for
ers and to consider
years of his
, mentation by
nd another )ind,n by form.
ation by thought"
ave built the
y studied the
se gra%%ar" theory&
tru#ture of
elationshi)s&
ulation& "entation
labels )ointers and
ithout relying on or
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being #onstrained by gra%%ati
on our s)atial aareness %ov
than on our linguisti# )rofi#ien#
"entation by thought" on the
language hi#h has %u#h less
)er#e)tion of reality& The 8ualit
"%entation by for%&" 1ithout t
In the last fe de#ades studies
*anguage 7ro#essing ,*7- and
languages are too sub!e#tive an
#o%)uter and therefore loo$ed
universal for%at& ro% 6a)a
In the field of %a#hine translati
su##essful only beteen langua
translate >a)anese into ?nglish
had been )redi#ted by Gurd!ief
The second )ind of mentatio
the e*act meaning of all writ"/%
The %a#hine translation syste%
senten#e into a se%anti# stru#t
then generates an ?nglish sent
of )er#e)tion and then rea))ea
This %ethod of translation tho
re)resenting the geo%etri#al st
effe#tive& Thus the toughest )r#onveyed by ords in different
beteen different languages&
ren#h has rea#hed a level of r
translation beteen ?nglish an
handi#a) is not the differen#e o
#on#e)ts atta#hed to ords in t
ha))en beteen to languages
The second )ind of mentatio
the e*act meaning of all writ
conscious confrontation with
by the conditions of geograp
al rules& It is essentially a nonverbal tas$
%ent aareness relationshi) aareness
y&
other hand #orres)onds to %ental )ro#es
#a)ability for re)resenting our )otentially
y of "%entation by thought" de)ends on it
is #onne#tion thin$ing degenerates into "
in this field ere a#tively #ondu#ted by de
%a#hine translation %ethodologies& They
d idiosyn#rati# to be handled effe#tively as
for a ay to #onvert our natural language
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en'ironment in which they h
adulthood.
Thus, in the brains of people
localities under different con
idea 2uite different indepen
their being a definite sensati
e*pressed by some word or o
That is why each word for th
different geographical locali
say inner content.
(ibid, pp. "/0"3%
1hen there is no )ressing need
"%entation by for%" de)ends l
)re#ede "%entation by for%&" I
ords" is not entirely absurd& S
ne#essarily %ean a verbal a#tiv
asso#iated ith Gurd!ieff li$e t
#onne#t the ord "thin$ing" it
evertheless if e as)ire to be
"%entation by for%" hile e ariting& ore s)e#ifi#ally it is a
universe e are )aying attentio
)la#e of sub!e#tivity&
3 Movements and
any %ysti#s fro% Hera#leitus
#onfir%s this vie ith his e%)
universe as e()ounded in the B
4ou see a ri'er. oes a ri'er
mo'ement out, will there be
disappear. +t is not that the
6ife means li'ing. 6ife is not
you will be able to see& e'er
(Osho, The iscipline of Tran
5ur ordinary %ind hoever la
*inguisti#ally this li%itation is
of the hole senten#e or of its
'e arisen and in which their e*istence
of different races li'ing in different ge
ditions, there arise in regard to one an
ent forms, which during the flow of as
n gi'ing rise to a definite picturing, a
her that ser'es only for it outer sub-e
same thing or idea almost always ac2
ies and races a 2uite specific and entir
for #o%%uni#ation as e fa#e reality ith
ss on language& 4erbal for%ulations #an f
this sense @en %asters' insisten#e on "t
i%ilarly hen Gurd!ieff uses the ord "thi
ity& 7arti#ularly in the #onte(t of so%e inn
e one #ou)led ith his last ove%ent it i
h an a#tivity that involves verbal for%ulati
a "#ons#ious thin$er" e %ust %aintain
re involved ith ords hile thin$ing reade%and to %aintain the s)atial aarenes
n to along ith the aareness of our #urr
Objects: Basic Constituents!eaity
to 5sho sa %ove%ent as the essen#e of
hasize on the ove%ents and his dyna%i#
eelzebubs Tales& The folloing ords #o%
eally e*ist, or is it -ust a mo'ement5 +f
a ri'er5 Once the mo'ement is ta)en o
i'er is mo'ing8 the ri'er is nothing but
a noun, it is a 'erb. And e'erything is a
thing is becoming, nothing is static.
cendence, !ol. ", #"$%
#$s #a)a#ity to fo#us on %ore than one %
anifested by the fa#t that only a single ve
a#h inde)endent logi#al unit& This verb is
as flowed up to
graphical
the same thing or
ociations e'o)e in
d this picturing is
ti'e e*pression.
ires for people of
ly different so to
#lear aareness
llo but ill not
in$ing ithout
$ing" it %ay not
r e(er#ises
s hardly )ossible to
n&
strea% of
ing s)ea$ing andof the #on#e)tual
nt fo#us and the
of erceived
eality& Gurd!ieff also
vision of the
fro% 5sho:
you ta)e the
t the ri'er will
ri'ering . . .
'erb. 7atch and
ve%ents at one ti%e&
rb fun#tions as a hub
alled the %ain verb&
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If the senten#e has to or %or
the to) or the verbs are !u(ta)
for%ing a unit or the senten#e
a se)arate )er#e)tion& 5ur lang
relationshi)s a%ong different v
single verb and %ulti)le nouns
I love you&
I A.. *ove ../ ou
In all ty)es of state%ents in#lu
holds different ty)es of relation
#on#e)ts that are tentatively as
usually asso#iated ith a stati#
)er#e)tion a si%)le analysis of
,verbs- are at the #ore of our
of the stru#ture of )er#e)tion
In s)ite of this e usually give
is understandable be#ause %ov
%ental i%ages& Sin#e you %ust
to sho a differen#e beteen v
S.C5S #o%%and synta(: ;5
1indos: Sele#t D sele#t ;57
Eeaders ho have e()erien#ed
the ob!e#t.oriented interfa#e ,li
our e()erien#e of using #o%)ut
ay of )er#e)tion and therefor
degenerate our ability to fo#us
4erb.#entered )er#e)tion allo
very different fro% noun.#enter%ore attention to verbs than to
have felt asha%ed instead of b
by)rodu#t of his thin$ing a fals
)er#e)tion& In other ords h
# Case $ramm
The #ase gra%%ar theory is i
of )er#e)tion& The #ase gra%%
our language fall into one of th
,2- ouns and their subordinat
to saying that our vision of reali
verbs they usually for% a hierar#hy he
osed in a si%)listi# ay in hi#h they #an
is divided into inde)endent logi#al units in
uage is li%ited in its ability to )resent the
rbs& + state%ent of a si%)le )er#e)tion u
that are #onne#ted to the verb:
ing this one the %ain verb in the senten#
shi)s ith nouns ithin the senten#e& ou
su%ed to be stati#& In the %ind of the )er
i%age or "for%&" ?ven ith the given li%it
gra%%ati#al stru#tures is enough to reve
orld )er#e)tion& In the above e(a%)le "lo
hi#h loo$s %ore i%)ortant than "I" and "y
less attention to %ove%entsverbs than t
e%ents are less gras)able than ob!e#ts th
be fa%iliar ith using #o%)uters I ta$e t
rb.#entered )er#e)tion and noun.#entere
D
and then sele#t &
the shift fro% the )ro#ess.oriented interfa
$e 1indos- ill be able to re#all the big d
ers& 1hile the ob!e#t.oriented interfa#e is
%ore user.friendly its ide.s)read use
n %ove%ents&
better a))re#iation of reality& 4erb.#ente
ed )er#e)tion& 1hat ould have ha))enednouns hen he #lai%ed: "I thin$ therefor
ing )roud in finding out that his fa%ous "I
e entity that a))eared )er%anent only be
re are you hen you are not thin$ingF
r and t%e &tructure of Our
ely used for relating linguisti# )atterns i
r theory stands on the re#ognition that %
folloing three #ategories: ,6- 4erbs and
s and ,3- 1ords that define their relation
ity #onsists of: ,6- ove%ents ,2- 5b!e#t
e the %ain verb is at
been seen as
ividually )resenting
%anners of dyna%i#
ually #onsists of a
e is li$e a hub that
s are the ob!e#ts or
eiver they are
ation of our
l that %ove%ents
ve" is at the #enter
ou& "
ob!e#tsnouns& This
t #an be held as
e folloing e(a%)le
)er#e)tion:
e ,li$e S.C5S- to
ifferen#e it #aused in
loser to our habitual
ay further
ed )er#e)tion #an be
if Ces#artes gavee I e(ist"F He %ust
" as nothing but a
ause of his li%ited
erce'tion
h universal )atterns
!or #o%)onents of
their subordinates
shi)s& This is si%ilar
and ,3- Their
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Eelationshi)s&
Se%anti# stru#ture analysis usi
of verbs and %ove%ents in the
se%anti# stru#ture analysis are
ord given in a line above& a
relationshi) beteen a verb an
of relationshi)s are #alled "#ase
I love you&
I A.,e()erien#er-. *ove .,targe
I ill buy you beautiful floers
I A.,agent-... Buy .,re#i)ient-.
.,target-./ l
.,ti%e-./ To
.,lo#ation-./
I a% glad to $no that you lov
I A.,e()erien#er-. no .,#ont
A.,state-. Glad
These e(a%)les sho us the st
nouns are li$e )lanets& 4erbs d
relationshi)s ,se%anti# #ases-
e(a%)le re8uires the "e()erie
e()e#t to have ith a verb are
oreover so%e nouns #hange
"I" a% "I" only hen it relates
relates ith a verb as a "target
ho I a% de)ends on %y relati
To illustrate the governing role
a verb is de)i#ted as a #enter f
arro ends u) hi#h sy%boli#
ends&
The above e(a%)les are )roba
gra)hi#al stru#ture of "nodes" ,
stru#tures are #lose re)resenta
hu%an beings ho share si%ila
li%ited nu%bers of se%anti# #a#o%)onents& Gra%%ati#al rule
#onverting universal stru#tures
*oo$ing at the geo%etri#al #onf
g the #ase gra%%ar theory reveals the )
stru#ture of our language and )er#e)tion&
given belo& +n asteris$ ,- indi#ates a #
es atta#hed to the arros sho a )arti#ul
a noun ,or so%eti%es beteen nouns-& T
s" ,or "se%anti# #ases"- in linguisti#s&
t-./ou
to%orro at the floer sho)&
/ ou
oers A.,attribute-. Beautiful
%orro
loer sho)
%e&
ent-./ ouA.,e()erien#er-. *ove .,target
u#ture of our linguisti# universe here ver
ter%ine the stru#ture be#ause ea#h verb
hat it #an assign to nouns& 5ur ordinary )
#er" and "target&" The ty)es of relationshi
eter%ined by the verb&
their #hara#ters by the ay they relate it
ith a verb as an "agent" or "e()erien#er&
" "goal" "instru%ent" and so on& This see
nshi) ith %ove%ents&
of verbs in a geo%etri#al re)resentation of
o% hi#h arros #o%e out& + noun is a )l
lly #an be ta$en as a )la#e here our aa
ly enough to sho that any senten#e #an
stru#tural #o%)onents- and "ar#s" ,arros
ions of our orld )er#e)tion they are gen
r %odalities and li%itations of )er#e)tion&
ses that define a relationshi) beteen diffs)e#ifi# to ea#h language are nothing but
of )er#e)tion into verbally.#o%%uni#able
iguration of se%anti# stru#tures it is #lear
ra%ount i%)ortan#e
+ fe e(a%)les of
nne#tion to the sa%e
r ty)e of
hese different ty)es
-./ eJ
bs are li$e suns and
as its on set of
r#e)tion of love for
s that nouns #an
a verb& In ?nglish
"I" a% "e" hen it
%s to indi#ate that
se%anti# stru#ture
#e here ea#h
reness of %ove%ents
e redu#ed to a
-& Sin#e se%anti#
rally #o%%on to all
here are only
rent linguisti#the rules for
or%s&
to everyone that
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verbs and %ove%ents deserve
)er#eived reality& 1hen e thin
be#ause of the linear #onfigurat
( )*ercises in
or those ho are interested in
based on the #ase gra%%ar th
of %a!or se%anti# #ases that #
The folloing are %a!or se%an
They all sho ho for%s ,noun
The list is e(haustive and the d
6 +gent;ause
2 ?()erien#er7er#eiver
3 Target ,dire#t ob!e#t of an a#
K Ee#i)ientBenefi#iary ,of the
9 7artner+##o%)ani%entInst
L ;ontentSubstan#eaterial
M *o#ationCire#tion5rientatio
= Ti%eCurationre8uen#y5r
< ?ffe#tEesultGoal7ur)ose
60 Stateanner+ttitudeNuali
+ verb.to.verb relationshi) #an
"ti%e.after" ,after- and so on&
order& +n arro should originat
oun.to.noun and ad!e#tive.to
"8uantity" "order" "e8uation"
The tense ,)ast )resent futur
by an o)en.ended arro& The "
I bought floers&
I A.,agent-. buy .,target-./ l
.,)ast-./
To indi#ate negation si%)ly ad
,de#larative i%)erative interr
even though this ay of re)res
usually o%itted&
Co you love %eF
%ore attention if e ish to have a hole
$ read rite listen and s)ea$ hoever
ion of verbal for%ulations&
onscious +%in,ing and "MeForm"
a#tually trying out the %ethod of se%anti
ory as an e(er#ise in "entation by or%"
n be used for na%ing arros&
i# #ases that define a relationshi) beteen
s- #an )arti#i)ate in an a#tion or %ove%e
finition of so%e ter%s overla) ea#h other&
ion re)resented by verb-
esult of an a#tion-
u%entethod
er
tyNuantity?(tentCegree
be variously na%ed as "#ondition" ,if- "sy
4erbs in a senten#e ,or its ea#h logi#al uni
e fro% a verb higher in the hierar#hy&
noun relationshi)s #an ta$e the for% of "a
O- "logi#al in#lusion" "onershi)" and s
et#&- indi#ated by the %odifi#ation of a v
resent" tense arro is usually o%itted&
ers
a si%ilar "negation" arro to the verb& T
gative et#&- #an also be indi#ated by addi
ntation %ay not be 8uite #orre#t& The "de
o%e )i#ture of the
e fail to realize this
tation by
stru#ture analysis
I )rovide here a list
a verb and a noun&
t indi#ated by a verb&
:
n#hroni#ity" ,hen-
t- are in hierar#hi#al
ttribute" "8uality"
on&
erb #an be indi#ated
e style of s)ee#h
g a si%ilar arro
larative" arro is
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stru#tures do not in#lude the re
senten#e li$e this:
I a%&
I A.,result-. Be %y inter)retat
I A.,e()erien#er-. Be a #o%%
I A.,agent-. Be a 8uestionable
inally at the end of this se#tio
ith the folloing des#ri)tion b
+t is important to )now how
the thin)ing center. 7e shall
e*ercises we ha'e done so fahimself 2uestions relating to
and material&
" +ts origin
9 The cause of its origin
: +ts history
; +ts 2ualities and attributes
/ Ob-ects connected with it a
3 +ts use and applications
< +ts results and effects
= 7hat it e*plains and pro'e
> +ts end or its future
"$ 4our opinion, the cause a
(urd-ieff, !iews from the ?
It see%s signifi#ant that Gurd!i
of hat is no $non as the G
This e(er#ise in #ons#ious thin$,+rro 2 in earlier.)resented %
ith the first reality.#onversion
- Critica )
The state of self.re%e%bering i
both& Here linguists are )robab
e #onsider as "sub!e#t" and "o
and outer orld&
o let us ree(a%ine the #o%
al a#tion of a verb& The verb "be" #o%es al
ionJ
n inter)retationJ
inter)retationJ
n you %ay ish to #o%)are the given list
Gurd!ieff of an e(er#ise for #ons#ious thi
ot to depend on associations, and ther
e*ercise the mo'ing center by continui
. . . 6et e'eryone ta)e some ob-ect. 6ethe ob-ect and answer these according
nd related to it
d moti'es of this opinion
al 7orld, p."$3%
ff #ou)les this e(er#ise of #ons#ious thin$i
rd!ieff ove%ents hi#h #an be seen as
ing is an e(er#ise of the se#ond reality.#onodel- hile the )ra#ti#e of the ove%ents
)ro#ess ,+rro 6-&
amination of Ous'ens,y.s /
s so%eti%es des#ribed as being aare of "
ly %ore aare than others about the arbit
b!e#t&" +lso arbitrary is the division bete
on understanding of self.re%e%bering by
ive only in a
of se%anti# #ases
$ing:
fore begin with
g the same
t each of you as)to his )nowledge
ng ith the )ra#ti#e
language of for%s&
version )ro#esshas so%ething to do
rro0s
sub!e#t" and "ob!e#t"
ary nature of hat
n our inner orld
a))lying the
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%ethodology that I have introd
5us)ens$y's ell.$non des#ri
+ am spea)ing of the di'ision
remembering. + represented
omething, my attention is d
+ 00@ the obser'ed phenomen
7hen at the same time, + try
towards the ob-ect obser'ed
line&
+ 00@ the obser'ed phenome
Ha'ing de ined this + saw tha
without wea)ening or obliter
this something else could a
(Ouspens)y, +n Cearch of the
Before reading further I ould
5us)ens$y and ho it %a$es s
based re)resentations 5us)ens
understood so far:
+ 00@ the obser'ed phenomen
+ 00@ the obser'ed phenome
*et us begin by 8uestioning the
arro )ointing to ob!e#ts:
,6- It is true in ter%s of our fel%a$e an effort to )ay attention
,2- S#ientifi#ally and in effortle
us&
,3- The first arro of 5us)ens$
"I ./ou" ty)e of )er#eiving on
sit#h beteen these to %od
"I" a% "I" if the arro goes out
reason it is rather %isleading t
the double.headed arro in there%e%bering& Is this an uninte
this sa%e old "I" had to be re%
see%s to give us an #lue:
#ed in )re#eding se#tions& 1e shall start
tion about self.re%e%bering:
of attention which is the characteristic
t to myself in the following way& 7hen
rected towards what + obser'e 0 a line
n.
to remember myself, my attention is d
and towards myself. A second arrowhea
on.
the problem consisted in directing att
ating the attention directed on someth
well be within me as outside me.
iraculous, Dhapter
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oreo'er this Esomething els
This state%ent of 5us)ens$y s
li%itation #onsisting in his stub
attention within him and outsid
on double.headed arro %od
observe therefore I e(ist" as l
5bserving I&
It is not %y intention to #o%)le
su)eriority over the "I" assu%e
observer to different I's that a)
is fir%ly established at the #ent
#enter as a #enter of our "%entand not the )rodu#er of our ass
5us)ens$y's for%ulation see%s
#enter as it is no in its state
identifi#ation ith out %ental fa
ost )robably hat 5us)ens$
an effort of self.observation tha
+ 00@ something in oneEs so0cal
The )ra#ti#e of self.observation
rather than benefi#ial:
7e feel that there may be s
Are we wrong, r. urd-ieff
Fe'er you do self0obser'atio
obser'ation you do. Dan e'en
(1dwin 7olfe, 1pisodes with
+s I see the )ra#ti#e of self.ob
be#ause it #an bring one to the
of this 5bserving I as it is no
see various #ontradi#tions and
#ontrol available to it in its sta
)ro#eeding in one's general )re
the idea of "not e()ressing neg
So%e )eo)le es)e#ially intelle
5bserving I in its )resent state%isguided effort in #ontrolling
toard %ore rigidity and )olishi
eat the dile%%a beteen the 5
re#on#ile the%&
eE could as well be within me as outside
e%s to reveal both his li%itation and #ont
orn #linging to his sa%e old 5bserving I
himbut never to this sa%e old "I" thereb
l& 5us)ens$y is as %ista$en as Ces#artes
ng as the sour#e of this observation re%a
tely deny the %erit of this 5bserving I at
d by Ces#artes be#ause this 5bserving I
)ear in #on!un#tion ith different thoughts
er in our head of i%)artial )er#e)tion or o
ation by for%" and the governor of our "%o#iations it is indeed so%ething orthy of
to #arry the danger of e%)hasizing the fu
f isolation fro% other #enters and %oreo
#ulty as it is no&
as atte%)ting in the na%e of self.re%e
t should be re)resented by a single.heade
led inner world and outer world
if it is #entered around our %ind as it is
mething wrong in the way we are doin
n, he said forcefully. 4ou do mind ob
ma)e psychopath.
urd-ieff, p. ""%
ervation is good and ne#essary in the beg
)oint of utter des)air and sin#ere a##e)ta
in #reating a real har%ony in oneself in s
e#hani#al rea#tions in oneself and in othe
e of isolation fro% other #enters is to blo
sen#e a re)ressive %ode of #ontrol often
ative e%otions&"
tual %ales do not li$e to a##e)t the i%)ot
of isolation& 1ith a la#$ of this a##e)tan#eneself the so.#alled ourth 1ay #an easil
ng of a "1or$" )ersonality . the out#o%e
bserving I's #a)a#ity to see #onfli#ts and it
me
adi#tion: his
hile turning his
y #ontradi#ting his
in assu%ing "I
ins the sa%e old
least it has a
uld be able to be an
& If this 5bserving I
ur real thin$ing
ntation by thoughts")raise& Still the
n#tioning of our head
er )rodu#e an
bering as a#tually
d arro:
an be har%ful
self0obser'ation.
er'ation. ind
inning but only
#e of the i%)oten#e
ite of its #a)a#ity to
rs& The only %ode of
$ the a#tivities
rongly #onne#ted to
en#e of the
and ith abe#o%e a ay
f being unable to
s inability to
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To follo the double.headed ar
attention honestly to the state
)aying attention here does t
%ind that has its #enter of a#ti
#onditioned %ostly by our biolo
dangers and loo$ for food shel
re%e%bering it is also )oere
%ind #an be )oered by so%et
re%e%bering %erely as a ay
tra#ing ba#$ the flo of our ord
biologi#ally.deter%ined ego&
This )ro#ess of tra#ing our %en
aareness of our ordinary %ind
%ind a##e)ts it it is no %ore t
its habitual ay of fun#tioning&
not the )ur)ose of self.re%e%b
ter%s of our %ental attention o
sing
o let us see ho e #an use
re)resentation of our self.)er#e
)er#e)tion )e#uliar to self.re%
re)resentation of our ordinary
gra%%ar theory:
I A.,)er#eiver-. 5bserve .,targ
The )la#e%ent of the verb "5bs
ordinary sense of "I" is alays
verb& That a#tion #an be the a#
Here it is i%)ortant to noti#e t
a sense of "I" in ourselves:
I A.,agente()erien#er)er#eiv
To e()erien#e it %ore realisti#a
aloud rhyth%i#ally any verb foll
a))ro)riate s)eed& ?ven thoug
sense of sub!e#tivity in relation
e()erien#e the taste of "I" and
love.I hate.I sense.I tou#h.I
ou %ay taste a #o%%on threa
that arise in #on!un#tion ith di
o %odel beyond the )oint 5us)ens$y da
f this 5bserving I as it is no& 1hen e
at attention #o%e fro%F 1e %ay #all this
ity in our head& 1hat )oers this %indF It
gi#al needs to )ay attention to the outer
er and %ating )artners& In our atte%)ts
by our desire to be#o%e "so%ething one
hing higher but it #annot ha))en as long a
or )ersonal develo)%ent& So the nature o
inary %ental attention to its sour#e is %os
tal attention to its sour#e should bring us t
's slavery to our so#ial and biologi#al #ondi
e sa%e old %ind and then it %ay begin to
Strengthening the )oer of our %ind as it
ering& oreover self.re%e%bering should
nly&
erb4centered erce'tion Mo
the %ethod that I des#ribed earlier to )ro
)tion and orld.)er#e)tion and ho)efully
%bering& *et us begin by reriting the 5u
orld.)er#e)tion using the verb.#entered a
et-./ +ny ob!e#t
erve" at the #enter re)resents an underst
he )rodu#t of a #ertain a#tion linguisti#ally
ion of our %ind hi#h in this #ase is the a
at observation is only one of innu%erable
r-. +ny +#tion .../+ny ob!e#tJ
lly you %ay do the folloing e(er#ise: re)
oed by the ord "I" ith an even.te%)o
it is against the ?nglish gra%%ati#al rule
hi) to the verb you )ronoun#ed earlier& In
not "e&" ou #an start li$e: observe.I thi
& & &
d of sub!e#tivity that )ersists through diffe
fferent verbs& This taste of sub!e#tivity
red e %ust )ay
a$e an effort of
our#e our ordinary
is )oered and
orld in order to avoid
f so.#alled self.
is not&" The sa%e
e ta$e self.
"I" that e rea#h by
)robably our
o the horrifying
tionings& 1hen our
desire freedo% fro%
is hoever is surely
not be understood in
es
u#e a better
a better %odel of
)ens$y's
))roa#h of the #ase
nding that our
re)resented by a
#t of observation&
a#tions that )rodu#e
eat )ronoun#ing
%usi# of an
you should have the
other ords
n$.I read.I feel.I
rent senses of "I"
i#h #an be different
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fro% the sense of 5bserving I
In this e(er#ise by the ay yo
gra%%ar theorists: Is the "I" in
"I" in "I re#eive" is assu%ing th
assu%ing the agent #ase ,other
in su#h e()ressions as "I re#eiv
This observation also indi#ates
a delusion&
The 5us)ens$y's re)resentatio
5bserving I at the left side of t
that #an a))ear in #on!un#tion
as I %entioned earlier but as lo
a su)eriority as the )ra#ti#e of
one #hooses %ental observatio
#an be seen as an adhesion to
e()li#itly arned against this ty
. . . the 2uestion of so0called
2uite indispensable at the be
which, if it becomes the cent
ago established and 'erified
reat regret, + obser'e now i
(urd-ieff, 6ife is real only t
The verb "observe" is only one
of )er#e)tion %entioned by Gu
I A.,)er#eiver-. 5bserve .,targ
I A.,)er#eiver-. eel .,target-.
I A.,)er#eiver-. Sense .,target
?ven though e use the sa%e
these three %a!or %odalities of
sensing.I are distin#t fro% ea#h
and sensing.I are e()erien#ed
against our true feeling- are th
%entally.observing.I and sensi
)resen#e& 1e have a #enter of
a#tivated only by drea%s and f
%entally.observing.I should do
to loo$ for situations in hi#h itith the sensing.I hi#h again
7otentially there are several %
a%ong the %entally.observing.
%ay indeed have so%ething to do ith sel
u %ay hit u)on a sub!e#t of #ontroversy a
"I give" si%ilar to the "I" in "I re#eive"F I
e target #ase or re#eiver #ase even though
ise one should say "e re#eive"-& So the
e" should be asso#iated ith the sense of "
hat our sense of sub!e#tivity #an so%eti%
of self.re%e%bering %ay give a rong id
e arro has an un#onditional su)eriority o
ith different a#tions ,verbs-& It should ha
ng as this observation re%ains %erely %e
he ove%ents ill sho& The illusion of s
as a #hief %ethod for relating ith ob!e#t
single se%anti# #ase in relation to a singl
)e of obsession:
self0obser'ation. . . the )nowledge o
inning for e'eryone who is stri'ing to
er of gra'ity for the mentation of man,
y me, unfailingly lead to -ust the resul
almost e'ery one of you.
en, when + am, p. >3%
of the verbs that #hara#terize one of the th
d!ieff:
et-./ So%ething
So%ething
-./ So%ething
ord "I" to des#ribe the sense of sub!e#tivi
our )er#e)tion the %entally.observing.I
other& In reality for %ost of us only the
s having so%e #oheren#e of their on& Si
by)rodu#ts of #onfli#ts and %o%entary )
g.I they only have te%)orary #enters of
igher feelings in us but unfortunately in
ntasies or under the influen#e of se(& So
after a##e)ting its i%)oten#e in its #urren
%ay be able to have a taste of bi.dire#tio#an be re)resented by a double.headed a
odalities of self.aareness )ossible in a tri
I feeling.I and sensing.I& 7la#ing oneself
.re%e%bering&
ong the #ase.
ter%s of reality the
gra%%ati#ally it is
felt sense of the "I"
e" rather than "I"&
s be the )rodu#t of
ea that the
ver other ty)es of "I"
e so%e su)eriority
tal it is not %u#h of
)eriority ill gro if
s hi#h linguisti#ally
e verb& Gurd!ieff
which is indeed
earn the truth, but
will, as was long
t which, to my
ree %a!or %odalities
y that arises out of
feeling.I and
%entally.observing.I
#e our e%otions ,as
a#e beteen the
heir e(isten#e in our
ost of us it is
the first thing the
state of isolation is
al #o%%uni#ationro&
ngular relationshi)
in the )osition of
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one's %ind to observe one's fee
self.aareness& Thoughts #an b
sensations #an )rodu#e feelings
In the )resen#e of %ore than o
one real I and ho its )resen#e
8uestion by trying to identify th
"e&"
1hat is the %e#hanis% that )r
%o%ent of all ty)es of )er#e)ti
)er#e)tion re8uires a distin#tio
beteen bla#$ and hite you #
this senten#e into ords and )
)er#e)tion #an be re)resented
5ne side P +nother side
+t any %o%ent %ulti)le )er#e
of dualities su#h as near.far hi
right.rong heavy.light and s
#alled inner orld and outer o
Inner orld P 5uter orld
It is not really us ho %a$e thi
this division that ha))ens auto
after this division of reality h
e%otionally or %entally #loser
to the inner orld& The dividing
alays tentative& 1ith every ri
)er#e)tion a border suddenly
In ?nglish hen e loo$ at the
use the ord "ou" as a re)res
I ../ ou
The ?nglish gra%%ar de%ands
the )ers)e#tive of the outer o
e A.. ou
The sense of "I" and the sense
ling and sensations is only one a%ong sev
e sensed and felt feelings #an be related t
and so on&
e I's and %yriad for%s of self.aareness
e()erien#edF The folloing se#tion of this
e %e#hanis% that )rodu#es in us the varie
5 I4Me4/m
du#es in us the sense of "I" or the sense
onF *et us begin our e()loration by a##e)ti
hi#h is the a#t of dividing reality& If you
annot read the #hara#ters you are reading&
rases you #annot %a$e sense of it& The b
s follos:
tions are ha))ening to us that are dividin
h.lo bright.dar$ #o%fortable.un#o%for
on& +%ong these divisions are the divisio
rld&
division& Eather hat e #onsider as our
ati#ally ith our inborn fa#ulty of )er#e)ti
tever side of the division that is e()erien#
fa%iliar or benefi#ial to the )er#eiver is #
line beteen the inner orld and outer
)le in our )er#e)tion and ith every shift i
isa))ears and rea))ears so%ehere else&
outer orld fro% the inner orld e use
ntation of the outer orld:
the use of the ord "e" hen e loo$ at
rld:
of "e" are sho#$ingly distin#t fro% ea#h o
eral %odalities of
o sensations
hat is the )la#e of
essay addresses this
d senses of "I" and
f "e" in the
ng the fa#t that ea#h
#annot distinguish
& If you #annot divide
si# for% of our
the reality in ter%s
table good.bad
n beteen our so.
selves is the result of
on& I%%ediately
ed as )hysi#ally
nsidered to belong
rld is fle(ible and
n the %odality of our
the ord "I&" Here I
our inner orld fro%
ther if e #an
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be#o%e aare of it& To have its
e(er#ise of verbalization this ti
sense of sub!e#tivity as one sta
then "any noun Q e" to e()eri
re#eives the gaze or )resen#e
Ee)eating the "I" e(er#ise and
#ognitive and )sy#hologi#al #on
sense of hu%or %ay arise and
o)inion these things that one )
an invisible %ove%ent #loser t
ith self.re%e%bering&
1ith regards breathing Gurd!ie
the o#tave of i%)ressions is th
insists on starting ith a %enta
i%)artial observation of his inn
breathing #hanges then he is )
be#ause the e(ertion of our %e
be#ause our ordinary %ind is a
+s I understand fro% hat I re
+nother #riterion should be the
dualities& aybe you $no the
Henri i#heau a ren#h riter
#ontradi#tions that are nor%all
,"for%atory a))aratus" or our
Eeturning to the sub!e#t of #og
i%)artial aareness and full a#
invisible %ove%ent toard the
)sy#hologi#al %ove%ent to the
to an i%age of oneself that is in
has nothing to do ith reality&
There is one )ie#e of Gurd!ieff
hi#h a))ear to indi#ate a trian
The )la#e%ent of "+%" at the t
)ers)e#tive it offers& 1hen e l
hoever the triangle has to be
e()erien#ed as "dro))ing don
e()erien#ed as going u) into th
taste you %ay ish to do a variation of t
%e using the #o%bination of "any noun Q
nds before the )erson or ob!e#t indi#ated b
en#e the sense of self.aareness or self.#
f the )erson or ob!e#t indi#ated by the nou
e" e(er#ise one after another and fully a
trast beteen the to your breathing %a
so%ething %ay be sensed to settle don i
er#eives %ostly through sensations are th
the essen#e of our being and therefore s
ff e()li#itly says that the #onta#t beteen
basi# re8uire%ent of self.re%e%bering& S
l effort breathing should be used as an in
r orld outer orld and their relationshi
robably %a$ing a right effort& This usually
tal attention often inhibits our breathing&
devi#e designed to negate or #o%)ro%ise
d Gurd!ieff dis#ouraged %ental efforts fo
sense of hu%or that should arise in seeing
)arti#ular for% of laughter that ha))ens
has #orre#tly identified it as #o%ing fro%
ignored unless e a$e u) or otherise
onditioned %ind- is drugged to slee)&
itive and )sy#hologi#al duality beteen "I
e)tan#e of the both sides of duality ill )r
de)th of ourselves& 1hen e fail to a##e)t
o))osite dire#tion ta$es )la#e hi#h usua
de)endent of the felt senses of "I" and "
ove%ents titled "I.e.+%" ,or "e.I.+%"
gle ith "I" and "e" at sides and "+%" at
+
I ?
) is a))ro)riate in res)e#t of its real valu
oo$ at the )heno%enon in ter%s of )hysi#
)ut u)side don be#ause a %ove%ent to
" or "dee)ening" hile a %ove%ent in the
e head&
e earlier.%entioned
" to e()erien#e the
y the noun and
ns#iousness as one
n&
##e)ting the
#hange a )arti#ular
n your belly& In %y
#hara#teristi#s of
ould be asso#iated
the air o#tave and
o )arti#ularly if one
i#ator& If one's
s is so total that his
does not ha))en
This is natural
)er#eived dualities&
self.re%e%bering&
the both sides of
hen you s%o$e grassF
he aareness of
ur stu)id se#retary
and "e" the
odu#e in us an
the duality a
lly results in #linging
" but only be#ause it
- the gestures in
the to)&
and the higher
al sensation
ard this "+%ness" is
o))osite dire#tion is
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In referen#e to the #ha)ter title
Gurd!ieff's ritings ,"*ife is real
ith "Inner orld" and "5uter
ter%s of )hysi#al sensation-& 1
#hara#teristi# of self.re%e%beri
This si%ultaneous aareness o
ill )rodu#e an invisible %ove
that the dividing line beteen t
and therefore #hanging every
re%ain #onstant giving us o))
Self.re%e%bering understood i
#hanging )atterns of dualities&
flu#tuating dividing line:
;hanging reality of inner orld
To be aare of #hanging reality
I #an be a hindaran#e& To %a$e
e(er#ise" hi#h is usually for%
or dooray&" If you are obsess
attitude of observation or estab
threshold then you ill %iss h
)er#e)tions as you )assed the
standing itness to these #han
5bserving I be#ause a #ertain t
a))re#iating this so%ething&
Gli%)ses into the nature of our
beteen our #onstantly.#hangi
the )hysi#al boundary of our )r
interfa#e beteen your hi) and
orlds here e #an find ourse
turn your )hysi#al attention to
#hair or turn your )hysi#al atte
s$in& Trying to $ee) the to.a
#hange your breathing or you
ith this to.ay flo&
+ si%ilar e()erien#e #an be )ro
Standing ere#t and rela(ed bri
sensation and %ood bringing t
and %ood& Shifting the eight
the #ontrast and then sto))ing
d "The 5uter and Inner 1orld of an" in t
only then hen I a%"- a si%ilar triangle
orld" at sides and "Eeal Inner 1orld" at t
ith this understanding the division of atte
ng #an be re)resented in the folloing a
Eeal Inner 1orld
Inner orld A..../ 5uter orld
the inner orld and outer orld if e #an
ent to a dee)er layer of our being& Here
e inner orld and outer orld is s)e#ifi# t
o%ent& 5nly the fa#t of duality and the )r
rtunities to "re%e%ber ourselves alays
this ay is a very dyna%i# a#t of balan#i
hanges are ha))ening #onstantly on both
P ;hanging reality of outer orld
on both sides of the dividing line the fi(a
this )oint %ore tangible I ta$e the e(a%
ulated as "re%e%ber yourself ea#h ti%e y
d ith the 5bserving I you ill assu%e th
lish yourself around the 5bserving I ea#h t
your internal state has #hanged hen y
hreshold hile so%ething in you has re%a
es& This so%ething is not usually hat )e
y)e of letting.go at the sour#e of attention
real self %ust be loo$ed for at the )oint o
g inner orld and outer orld& This !ourne
esen#e& +s you sit on your #hair no be a
#hair be#ause it is e(a#tly on su#h an inte
lves& +fter being aare of this interfa#ing
our inner orld starting fro% sensing you
tion to the outer orld through sensing th
y flo of sensations ill )rodu#e an unusu
ill noti#e that inhalation and e(halation a
du#ed by trying to be aare of both sides
ging the eight to the right foot )rodu#es
he eight to the left foot )rodu#es a differ
hyth%i#ally beteen right and left hile b
in the e(a#t %iddle you %ay dro) don d
e third series of
an be #onstru#ted
e to) ,or botto% in
tion that is
:
a##e)t its intensity
e %ust re%e%ber
ea#h )er#e)tion
sen#e of a division
nd everyhere&"
g oneself in ever.
sides of the ever.
ion to the 5bserving
le of the "threshold
u )ass a threshold
e sa%e internal
i%e you )ass a
ou re#eived ne
ined the sa%e
)le #all the
ill be re8uired for
%eeting or #ollision
y is best started on
tentive to the
fa#e beteen to
lane you #an either
s$in against the
e #hair against your
al intensity and
e #losely #onne#ted
of any ty)e of duality&
a )arti#ular ty)e of
nt ty)e of sensation
ing fully aare of
e)er into yourself&
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The Gurd!ieff ove%ents )rovi
being aare of the to sides of
aareness& + %a!ority of )eo)l
#on#erned ith fighting the dua
of shifting the eight al%ost e
dee)er into hi%self due to his u
to ays of living ith dualitie
realization of ourselves&
So%e ords fro% the Gurd!ieff
a))ro)riate %i(ture of air:
+, me, am 0 + wish to be myse
+ am
father, son
day, night
yesterday, tomorrow
Blue, red, blac), yellow
remorse, suffering, effort, h
yesterday, today, tomorrow,
Before #on#luding this essay I
Gurd!ieff's "Beelzebub's Tales t
gra%%ati#ally outrageous& +s a
stru#tures of the Beelzebub's T
beauty hi#h in the%selves ar
stories& The use of %any invent
and signifi#an#e of #on#e)ts #a
ith verbs& olloing the #o%)l
"%entation by for%" hi#h de
re8uired nevertheless to see in
Co, you put your attention on
accustomed, and you will be
(urd-ieff, ">;:%
6 /ddition:
+fter reading the first of to va
arti#le- no I feel a need to ad
e us ith a%)le o))ortunities to go dee)e
dualities and by a##e)ting . even loving .
attra#ted to the ove%ents hoever ar
lities than a##e)ting the%& 1ith the above
ery ne student goes u) into his head ins
n#ons#ious resistan#e to the )er#e)tion of
beteen hi#h the less.#hosen one is th
ove%ents that you %ay no be able to a
f.
pe
always
ould li$e to say so%ething about the sen
His Grandson" hi#h so%e )eo)le see%
for%er linguist I ould li$e to say that th
les are gra%%ati#ally i%)e##able and geo
re)resentations of universal las that he
ed ords is an intelligent #hoi#e be#ause t
arise and best #onveyed only in their vari
e( stru#tures of senten#es is in itself is an
ands a )arti#ular ty)e of attention e are
o the true nature of dyna%i# reality:
Beelebub, another attention than tha
ble to ha'e the same attention in life.
ransmutation of t%e Binary i
7uaternary
luable #o%%ents fro% +li ,dis)layed at th
d another diagra% to #larify the )oint& The
r into ourselves by
the intensity of this
e initially %ore
.%entioned e(er#ise
tead of settling don
dualities& 1e have
ay toard dee)er
ssi%ilate better ith
en#e stru#tures of
to regard
e senten#e
%etri#ally of star$
des#ribes in his
e %eaning of nouns
ous relationshi)s
e(er#ise in
not used to but
t to which you are
nto t%e
botto% of this
diagra% #onne#ts
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the #ontent of our dis#ussion i
hi#h de%and a higher for% of
5ne sid
1hen loo$ing at this diagra%
invisible #ir#le and "#on#e)tual
this diagra% is in ter%s of one'
our being or going uptoard th
This four.ay diagra% #an be i
,6- any of our a#tions ha))en
love and hate for e(a%)le&
,2- The ty)i#al rea#tion of our
beteen the% is to #o%)ro%is
oneself ,or the i%age of hat o
diagra% this is an u)ard %ov
,3- The #enter in our head of i
i%)artial #on#lusion about the
#on#lusion is )oerful enough
e()erien#ed as a donard thr
5r it %ay ha))en the other a
and total a##e)tan#e of the to
%ove%ent donard to a dee)
)er#e)tion %ay stand itness t
$noledge&
,K- or the sa$e of our groth
%ove%ent and donard %ov
verti#al a(is& I believe that this
"trans%utation of the binary in
our head #enter- and effe#t ,in
,9- +##ording to Gurd!ieff the
been transfor%ed into the 8uat
)oints out the dire#tion of the s
)entagra% in %an here the fu
leads to the #o%)letion of the
+##ording to %y observation a
th one )ossible inter)retation of Gurd!ieff'
"%entation by for%"
;on#e)tual reality
e of duality A../ +nother side of duality
Cee)er reality
ou should see "dee)er reality" #loser to th
reality" further aay& +lso note that the ve
)hysi#al sensation: dro))ing downinto t
e head hi#h %ay or %ay not have a neg
ter)reted in %any ays:
in )endulu%.li$e %ove%ents beteen t
ind in seeing the dualities and the )endul
the dualities by ideas e()lanations and
ne %ay be#o%e by folloing "hat the 1o
e%ent&
)artial )er#e)tion if develo)ed enough
ituation hi#h in itself is an u)ard %ove
hoever it ill urge us to ta$e an a#tion&
ust&
y around& The a#t of o)ening ourselves to
sides of dualities %ay )rodu#e in us as a
er layer of our being& The #enter in our he
o this )ro#ess and gain so%ething fro% it i
it is desirable that a balan#e is a#hieved b
%ent thus )rodu#ing another double.hea
is the essen#e of hat Gurd!ieff des#ribed
o the 8uaternary" here there are: )lus
our being-&
bove is only the first half of the for%ula:
ernary "the se#ond )art of it s)ea$s for its
olution&" This is further related to the #ons
n#tioning of five loer #enters is har%oniz
olo%on's Seal&
%a!or )ro)ortion of individual and grou) e
le#ture on sy%bols
e #enter of an
rti#al orientation of
e dee)er layer of
ative #onnotation&
sides of dualities
%.li$e %ove%ents
false i%age of
r$ tea#hes"-& In the
ay rea#h an
%ent& If this
his urge is
the i%)artial sensing
result an invisible
d of i%)artial
n ter%s of real
teen the u)ard
ed arro along the
as the
%inus #on#lusion ,in
hen the binary has
elf and thereby
tru#tion of a
ed hi#h further
fforts #urrently done
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under the na%e of the Gurd!ief
)aragra)h ,2- above& This is a
dire#tion #annot or$ together
individuals %oving in the dire#ti
ho be#a%e disa))ointed of th
and hel) ea#h other that is h
4isit 7lavan & Go's Ho%e)age&
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i thought you %ay be interesteThe Theory of ;elestial Influen
;ollin suggests that as ell asshould also re%e%ber a third )attention in to dire#tions hil,hatever that %ay %ean to e
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The practice of self0rememb
attempt to produce a certain
or #larifi#ation and also for #oI ould li$e to )oint out that thito the #enter of our being or a l
In this res)e#t "the birth of #o
distinguished fro% the birth ofsi%ultaneously then one's $no)ossible to see it as a )ro#ess tbinary into the 8uaternary&"
I find that this sub!e#t is #losel,;ha)ter 3