The Reality of Being: The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff

The Reality of Being: The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff
ISBN-10
1590308158
ISBN-13
9781590308158
Category
Body, Mind & Spirit
Pages
312
Language
English
Published
2010
Publisher
Shambhala Publications
Authors
Jeanne De Salzmann, Madame de Salzmann

Description

As the closest pupil of the charismatic spiritual master G. I. Gurdjieff (1866-1949), Jeanne de Salzmann was charged with carrying on his teachings of spiritual transformation. Known as the Fourth Way or "the Work," Gurdjieff's system was based on teachings of the East that he adapted for modern life in the West. Now, some twenty years after de Salzmann's death, the notebooks that she filled with her insights over a forty-year period (and intended to publish) have been translated and edited by a small group of her family and followers. The result is this long-awaited guide to Gurdjieff's teaching, describing the routes to be traveled and the landmarks encountered along the way. Organized according to themes, the chapters touch on all the important concepts and practices of the Work, including: • awakening from the sleep of identification with the ordinary level of being • self-observation and self-remembering • conscious effort and voluntary suffering • understanding symbolic concepts like the Enneagram • the Gurdjieff Movements, bodily exercises that provide training in Presence and the awareness of subtle energies • the necessity of a "school," meaning the collective practice of the teaching in a group Madame de Salzmann brings to the Work her own strong, direct language and personal journey in learning to livethat knowledge of a higher level of being, which, she insists, "you have to see for yourself" on a level beyond theory and concept. De Salzmann consistently refused to discuss the teaching in terms of ideas, for this Fourth Way is to be experienced, not simply thought or believed. To learn more about the author, visit her website atwww.realityofbeing.org.

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