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    Working with Arr

    Su

    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

    6

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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&

    18 Comments3 way attentionHi 7lavan and than$ you for a g

    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

    Than$ you again

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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