Sayings From The Gurdjieff Work by Robin Bloor

Sayings From The Gurdjieff Work by Robin Bloor

Quotations from the Gurdjieff Work is a thought-provoking collection of over 1200 unique quotations that offer deep insights into the teachings and philosophy commonly known as The Gurdjieff Work. Gurdjieff was a spiritual teacher who developed a complex system of ideas and practices aimed at helping individuals attain a greater level of self-awareness and a deeper understanding of the nature of existence.

In this book, you'll find a wide range of quotations that cover a variety of topics, including self-knowledge, consciousness, how to approach The Work, aspects of Gurdjieff's objective science, and the meaning of man's existence. Each quotation has been carefully selected for its clarity, depth, and ability to inspire readers to reflect on their own lives and their personal work. Aside from Gurdjieff, there are chapters of aphorisms, sayings, and epigrams from A. R. Orage, C. S. Nott, P.D. Ouspensky, Jeanne de Salzmann, Maurice Nicoll, Jane Heap, and Rodney Collin, sourced either from their writings or from accounts of people who knew them. It also includes quotations (usually of Gurdjieff himself) from the writings of A. L. Staveley, Rina Hands, Katheryn Hume, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Bernard Metz, Fritz Peters, Loise March, Henri Tracol, Henriette Lannes, J G Bennet, and Michel Conge. It devotes a whole chapter that provides all the quotations from Mullah Nass Eddin - not just those that are to be found in Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson, but also those from The 1931 Manuscript and Meetings With Remarkable Men.

Whether you're a longtime student of the Gurdjieff Work or simply interested in exploring new ideas and perspectives, this book is sure to stimulate your mind and encourage you to dive deeper into the mysteries of human consciousness and existence. It is destined to become a natural part of any spiritual library or collection.

Notes about the Author Robin Bloor was born in Liverpool, England, in 1951. He graduated from Nottingham University with a BSc in Mathematics and began working in the computer business, originally as a software developer. He worked as a technology analyst and consultant from 1989 forward. Since then, he's been a one-of-a-kind writer. He received an honorary Ph.D. in 2002.

Wolverhampton University in the United Kingdom offers a degree in computer science. He is currently based in Austin, Texas, and works there. Bloor met and became a student of Rina Hands in 1988, after meandering through many work groups. Rina was J's former associate.

G.Bennett, a Peter Ouspensky disciple who eventually became a George Gurdjieff student. She remained a part of J. after Gurdjieff's death. For a time, I was a member of G.Bennett's group. She went on to organize groups in both London, where she lived, and Bradford, in the north of England, at first in collaboration with Madame Nott.

She was a gifted movement instructor and a motivating group leader. She died at 1994 and is buried in the same North London cemetery as Jane Heap. Bloor is the founder of The Austin Gurdjieff Society, which is based in Austin, Texas. Apart from the typical movements and Work exercises, the group focuses on the study of Gurdjieff's writings as well as the study of Objective Science, as stated by Ouspensky in In Search of the Miraculous and Gurdjieff in The Stories.