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James Wyly
Oct 6, 2019, 4:12:47 AM10/6/19
to institute Gurdjieff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg4P2blVtPE&t=13s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPRo9BTgyOc
THE STAR and the INNER CIRCLE
The level of "bob-tailed"
reason associated with our
ordinary states of
consciousness is so
fantastic that
cleverness of
the right
kind is
necessary.
Only the master is able to
voluntarize lunacy and perform
the necessary work of integration
of the manifestations of lunacy
into development of
consciousness of the
fourth room.
What is happening now is
an integration process toward
completion, or wholeness.
an integration process toward
completion, or wholeness.
And as a harmless reminder
for checking suggestibility for
the simple reason that the
situation will eventually
arrive to that point,
that is to say, a
"something" will
arise from the swamp
the simple reason that the
situation will eventually
arrive to that point,
that is to say, a
"something" will
arise from the swamp
and it is this that forms
the basis as well as the
reason for consciousness.
And what is consciousness?
Consciousness is necessary to
see what is lurking in the shadows,
to see what is preying upon you from
Above and Below.
Throughout the history
of humanity on the Earth
there has always been an
increase of so-called "UFO
increase of so-called "UFO
sightings" among other "psychic
disturbances" during times of
Cosmic Tension and World
War.
Remember the "foo fighers"? . . .
such as that incident during
World War Two in the Battle of
the Java Sea, the USS Houston
reportedly saw a large number
of strange, unexplained
yellow flares and lights
which illuminated the sea
for miles around as products
of Cosmic Tension at that
Remember the "foo fighers"? . . .
such as that incident during
World War Two in the Battle of
the Java Sea, the USS Houston
reportedly saw a large number
of strange, unexplained
yellow flares and lights
which illuminated the sea
for miles around as products
of Cosmic Tension at that
time.
What do UFOs have to do with
the inner life?
The Inner Heart?
The Heart's Core Area?
So, what we are seeing in
"incidents" like the one of
saying to yourself:
"Beam me up, Scotty!"
the inner life?
The Inner Heart?
The Heart's Core Area?
So, what we are seeing in
"incidents" like the one of
the UFO sightings afore-
mentioned as something
"actually" in the sky will
not survive death with you
and this is what I am attempting
to get across and how it is we
limit ourselves by looking for
UFOs "out there." You will
not find yourself that way
and will only end up during
your last days here in this lifesaying to yourself:
"Beam me up, Scotty!"
Such "direct" understanding
regarding tensions on a cosmic
scale can only come with inner
effort of a high degree of
intensity. Otherwise, like
his grandmother suggested to
the young Gurdjieff who at that
time had barely a marble or two
beginning to form in his young
mind, just go to school, follow
the herd like everyone else, fall
into line like most other people.
"I must frankly confess that
it is difficult to give you a
complete explanation of these
types there, not only in
ordinary speech but even
in the language of our
wise Mullah Nasr Eddin:
"The most we can say of
them is that they are
regarding tensions on a cosmic
scale can only come with inner
effort of a high degree of
intensity. Otherwise, like
his grandmother suggested to
the young Gurdjieff who at that
time had barely a marble or two
beginning to form in his young
mind, just go to school, follow
the herd like everyone else, fall
into line like most other people.
"I must frankly confess that
it is difficult to give you a
complete explanation of these
types there, not only in
ordinary speech but even
in the language of our
wise Mullah Nasr Eddin:
"The most we can say of
them is that they are
simply 'JOKES OF
NATURE.'"
--ch 43, war"'Three great perils will come
upon the Republic. The most
fearful is the third passing
which the whole world united
shall not prevail against her.
Let every child of the Republic
learn to live for his God, his
land and Union.' With these
words the vision vanished,
and I started from my
seat and felt that I
had seen a vision
wherein had been
shown to me the
birth, progress
and destiny of
the United
States!'
"Such, my friends,"
concluded the venerable
narrator, "were the words
I heard from Washington's
own lips, and America
will do well to
profit by them."
"Help against the THIRD
peril comes in the shape
of Divine Assistance."
--Washington's vision
There are forces governing the
War on Terror, that such forces
manifest on a scale greater than
ourselves and are beyond our
control. We cannot control
anything regarding the War
on Terror in terms of the
physical world of itself
that we perceive with
our external senses only,
and every attempt on our
part to do so is WHAT MAKES
WAR WHAT IT IS. The War on
Terror must be understood in
the esoteric sense if we are
ever, somehow or other, to
render cosmic tensions
harmless.
Right friction is necessary
for the baking of bread which
rises from within as divine
telepathy and hypnosis. The
War on Terror cannot be
handled in terms of the
are not enough of us doing this
work as evident from the world
War on Terror we are engaged in
today.
humanity is smaller than people
in Fourth Way organizations
seem to realize and the
reason for this is
because they consider
positions of "seniority"
in the Work in the same way
seniority is "considered" in
the exoteric life-of-itself
sense in organizations of
all kinds in ordinary life.
"How many people could there
be in this conscious group?"
someone asked.
"Only they themselves know
this," said Gurdjieff.
"Does it mean that they all
know each other?" asked the
same person again.
"How could it be otherwise?"
asked Gurdjieff.
"Imagine that there are two
or three people who are awake
in the minds of a multitude of
sleeping people. They will
certainly know each other.
But those who are asleep
cannot know them. How many
are they? We do not know
and we cannot know until
we become like them. It
has been clearly said
before that each man
can only see on the
level of his own
being. But TWO HUNDRED
CONSCIOUS PEOPLE, if
they existed and if they
found it necessary and
legitimate, could change
the whole of life on the
earth. But either there
are not enough of them,
or they do not want to,
or perhaps the time has
not yet come, or perhaps
other people are sleeping
too soundly.
"We have approached the
problems of esotericism.
"It was pointed out
before when we spoke
about the history of
humanity that the life
of humanity to which we
belong is governed by forces
proceeding from two different
sources: first, planetary
influences which act entirely
mechanically and are received
by the human masses as well as
by individual people quite
involuntarily and unconsciously;
and then, influences proceeding
from inner circles of humanity
whose existence and significance
the vast majority of people do
not suspect any more than they
suspect planetary influences.
"The humanity to which we belong,
namely, the whole of historic and
prehistoric humanity known to
science and civilization, in
reality constitutes only the
outer circle of humanity,
within which there are
several other circles.
"So that we can imagine
the whole of humanity,
known as well as unknown
to us, as consisting so to
speak of several concentric
circles.
"The inner circle is called
the 'esoteric'; this circle
consists of people who have
attained the highest development
possible for man, each one of
whom possesses individuality
in the fullest degree, that
is to say, an indivisible 'I,'
all forms of consciousness
possible for man, full
control over these states
of consciousness, the whole
of knowledge possible for man,
and a free and independent will.
They cannot perform actions
opposed to their understanding
or have an understanding which
is not expressed by actions.
At the same time there can
be no discords among them,
no differences of understanding.
Therefore their activity is
entirely co-ordinated and
leads to one common aim
without any kind of
compulsion because
it is based upon a
common and identical
understanding.
"The next circle is called
the 'mesoteric,' that is to
say, the middle. People who
belong to this circle possess
all the qualities possessed
by the members of the esoteric
circle with the sole difference
that their knowledge is of a
more theoretical character.'
This refers, of course, to
knowledge of a cosmic
character. They know
and understand many
things which have not
yet found expression in
their actions. They know
more than they do. But
their understanding is
precisely as exact as,
and therefore precisely
identical with, the
understanding of the
people of the esoteric
circle. Between them there
can be no discord, there
can be no misunderstanding.
One understands in the way
they all understand, and
all understand in the way
one understands. But as
was said before, this
understanding compared
with the understanding
of the esoteric circle
is somewhat more theoretical.
"The third circle is called
the 'exoteric,' that is, the
outer, because it is the outer
circle of the inner part of
humanity. The people who
belong to this circle
possess much of that
which belongs to people
of the esoteric and mesoteric
circles but their cosmic knowledge
is of a more philosophical character,
that is to say, it is more abstract
than the knowledge of the mesoteric
circle. A member of the mesoteric
circle calculates, a member of the
exoteric circle contemplates. Their
understanding may not be expressed
in actions. But there cannot be
differences in understanding
between them. What one
understands all the
others understand.
"In literature which
acknowledges the existence
of esotericism humanity is
usually divided into two
circles only and the
'exoteric circle' as
opposed to the 'esoteric,'
is called ordinary life.
In reality, as we see,
the 'exoteric circle' is
something very far from us
and very high. For ordinary
man this is already
'esotericism.'
"'The outer circle' is the
circle of mechanical humanity
to which we belong and which
alone we know. The first sign
of this circle is that among
people who belong to it there
is not and there cannot be a
common understanding. Everybody
understands in his own way and
all differently. This circle
is sometimes called the
circle of the 'confusion
of tongues,' that is, the
circle in which each one
speaks in his own particular
language, where no one understands
another and takes no trouble to be
understood. In this circle mutual
understanding between people is
impossible excepting in rare
exceptional moments or in
matters having no great
significance, and which
are confined to the limits
of the given being. If people
belonging to this circle become
conscious of this general lack
of understanding and acquire a
desire to understand and to be
understood, then it means they
have an unconscious tendency
towards the inner circle
because MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING
BEGINS ONLY IN THE EXOTERIC
CIRCLE AND IS POSSIBLE [TO
BEGIN] ONLY THERE. But the
consciousness of the lack
of understanding usually
comes to people in an
altogether different
form.
"So that the possibility for
people to understand depends
on the possibility of
penetrating into the
exoteric circle where
understanding begins . . .
"If we imagine humanity in
the form of four concentric
circles we can imagine four
gates on the circumference
of the third inner circle,
that is, the exoteric circle,
through which people of the
mechanical circle can penetrate.
"These four gates correspond to
the four ways described before.
"The first way is the way of
the fakir, the way of people
number one, of people of the
physical body, instinctive-
moving-sensory people without
much mind and without much
heart.
"The second way is the way
of the monk, the religious
way, the way of people
number two, that is, of
emotional people. The
mind and the body should
not be too strong.
"The third way is the way
of the yogi. This is the
way of the mind, the way
of people number three.
The heart and the body
must not be particularly
strong, otherwise they
may be a hindrance on
this way.
"Besides these three ways
yet a fourth way exists by
which can go those who
cannot go by any of the
first three ways.
"The fundamental difference
between the first three ways,
that is, the way of the fakir,
the way of the monk, and the
way of the yogi, and the
fourth way consists in the
fact that they are tied to
permanent forms which have
existed throughout long
periods of history almost
without change. At the
basis of these institutions
is religion. Where schools
of yogis exist they differ
little outwardly from
religious schools. And
in different periods of
history various societies
or orders of fakirs have
existed in different
countries and they
still exist. These
three traditional
ways are permanent
ways within the limits
of our historical period.
"Two or three thousand years
ago there were yet other ways
which no longer exist and the
ways now in existence were
not so divided, they stood
much closer to one another.
"The fourth way differs from
the old and the new ways by
the fact that it is never a
permanent way. It has no
definite forms and there
are no institutions
connected with it.
It appears and disappears
governed by some particular
laws of its own."
upon the Republic. The most
fearful is the third passing
which the whole world united
shall not prevail against her.
Let every child of the Republic
learn to live for his God, his
land and Union.' With these
words the vision vanished,
and I started from my
seat and felt that I
had seen a vision
wherein had been
shown to me the
birth, progress
and destiny of
the United
States!'
"Such, my friends,"
concluded the venerable
narrator, "were the words
I heard from Washington's
own lips, and America
will do well to
profit by them."
"Help against the THIRD
peril comes in the shape
of Divine Assistance."
--Washington's vision
>
> interesting
> i read this dream
> vision in 1970, from
> the rays of wisdom from
> the great white brotherhood
> on high, out of delmar california.
> the dream vision is much more than
> this written! it shows the last and
> final battles on earth! the true
> version of the dream is in the
> library of congress archives!
> life is but a dream
> Satyagraha
> James infinity
> James Issa
War on Terror, that such forces
manifest on a scale greater than
ourselves and are beyond our
control. We cannot control
anything regarding the War
on Terror in terms of the
physical world of itself
that we perceive with
our external senses only,
and every attempt on our
part to do so is WHAT MAKES
WAR WHAT IT IS. The War on
Terror must be understood in
the esoteric sense if we are
ever, somehow or other, to
render cosmic tensions
harmless.
Right friction is necessary
for the baking of bread which
rises from within as divine
telepathy and hypnosis. The
War on Terror cannot be
handled in terms of the
world of itself.
> I think a genuineThe only problem is that there
> 'awakening' (from their
> 'sleep in the dust of the
> earth'), if such a thing
> were even possible, would
> be fatal for the vast
> majority of people, James.
>
> Bob M.
are not enough of us doing this
work as evident from the world
War on Terror we are engaged in
today.
> Most people, myself included,The inner circle of conscious
> stay fooling around the circle
> or slipping along the inner
> lines, but few rarely attempt
> reaching the center.
> Tony
humanity is smaller than people
in Fourth Way organizations
seem to realize and the
reason for this is
because they consider
positions of "seniority"
in the Work in the same way
seniority is "considered" in
the exoteric life-of-itself
sense in organizations of
all kinds in ordinary life.
"How many people could there
be in this conscious group?"
someone asked.
"Only they themselves know
this," said Gurdjieff.
"Does it mean that they all
know each other?" asked the
same person again.
"How could it be otherwise?"
asked Gurdjieff.
"Imagine that there are two
or three people who are awake
in the minds of a multitude of
sleeping people. They will
certainly know each other.
But those who are asleep
cannot know them. How many
are they? We do not know
and we cannot know until
we become like them. It
has been clearly said
before that each man
can only see on the
level of his own
being. But TWO HUNDRED
CONSCIOUS PEOPLE, if
they existed and if they
found it necessary and
legitimate, could change
the whole of life on the
earth. But either there
are not enough of them,
or they do not want to,
or perhaps the time has
not yet come, or perhaps
other people are sleeping
too soundly.
"We have approached the
problems of esotericism.
"It was pointed out
before when we spoke
about the history of
humanity that the life
of humanity to which we
belong is governed by forces
proceeding from two different
sources: first, planetary
influences which act entirely
mechanically and are received
by the human masses as well as
by individual people quite
involuntarily and unconsciously;
and then, influences proceeding
from inner circles of humanity
whose existence and significance
the vast majority of people do
not suspect any more than they
suspect planetary influences.
"The humanity to which we belong,
namely, the whole of historic and
prehistoric humanity known to
science and civilization, in
reality constitutes only the
outer circle of humanity,
within which there are
several other circles.
"So that we can imagine
the whole of humanity,
known as well as unknown
to us, as consisting so to
speak of several concentric
circles.
"The inner circle is called
the 'esoteric'; this circle
consists of people who have
attained the highest development
possible for man, each one of
whom possesses individuality
in the fullest degree, that
is to say, an indivisible 'I,'
all forms of consciousness
possible for man, full
control over these states
of consciousness, the whole
of knowledge possible for man,
and a free and independent will.
They cannot perform actions
opposed to their understanding
or have an understanding which
is not expressed by actions.
At the same time there can
be no discords among them,
no differences of understanding.
Therefore their activity is
entirely co-ordinated and
leads to one common aim
without any kind of
compulsion because
it is based upon a
common and identical
understanding.
"The next circle is called
the 'mesoteric,' that is to
say, the middle. People who
belong to this circle possess
all the qualities possessed
by the members of the esoteric
circle with the sole difference
that their knowledge is of a
more theoretical character.'
This refers, of course, to
knowledge of a cosmic
character. They know
and understand many
things which have not
yet found expression in
their actions. They know
more than they do. But
their understanding is
precisely as exact as,
and therefore precisely
identical with, the
understanding of the
people of the esoteric
circle. Between them there
can be no discord, there
can be no misunderstanding.
One understands in the way
they all understand, and
all understand in the way
one understands. But as
was said before, this
understanding compared
with the understanding
of the esoteric circle
is somewhat more theoretical.
"The third circle is called
the 'exoteric,' that is, the
outer, because it is the outer
circle of the inner part of
humanity. The people who
belong to this circle
possess much of that
which belongs to people
of the esoteric and mesoteric
circles but their cosmic knowledge
is of a more philosophical character,
that is to say, it is more abstract
than the knowledge of the mesoteric
circle. A member of the mesoteric
circle calculates, a member of the
exoteric circle contemplates. Their
understanding may not be expressed
in actions. But there cannot be
differences in understanding
between them. What one
understands all the
others understand.
"In literature which
acknowledges the existence
of esotericism humanity is
usually divided into two
circles only and the
'exoteric circle' as
opposed to the 'esoteric,'
is called ordinary life.
In reality, as we see,
the 'exoteric circle' is
something very far from us
and very high. For ordinary
man this is already
'esotericism.'
"'The outer circle' is the
circle of mechanical humanity
to which we belong and which
alone we know. The first sign
of this circle is that among
people who belong to it there
is not and there cannot be a
common understanding. Everybody
understands in his own way and
all differently. This circle
is sometimes called the
circle of the 'confusion
of tongues,' that is, the
circle in which each one
speaks in his own particular
language, where no one understands
another and takes no trouble to be
understood. In this circle mutual
understanding between people is
impossible excepting in rare
exceptional moments or in
matters having no great
significance, and which
are confined to the limits
of the given being. If people
belonging to this circle become
conscious of this general lack
of understanding and acquire a
desire to understand and to be
understood, then it means they
have an unconscious tendency
towards the inner circle
because MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING
BEGINS ONLY IN THE EXOTERIC
CIRCLE AND IS POSSIBLE [TO
BEGIN] ONLY THERE. But the
consciousness of the lack
of understanding usually
comes to people in an
altogether different
form.
"So that the possibility for
people to understand depends
on the possibility of
penetrating into the
exoteric circle where
understanding begins . . .
"If we imagine humanity in
the form of four concentric
circles we can imagine four
gates on the circumference
of the third inner circle,
that is, the exoteric circle,
through which people of the
mechanical circle can penetrate.
"These four gates correspond to
the four ways described before.
"The first way is the way of
the fakir, the way of people
number one, of people of the
physical body, instinctive-
moving-sensory people without
much mind and without much
heart.
"The second way is the way
of the monk, the religious
way, the way of people
number two, that is, of
emotional people. The
mind and the body should
not be too strong.
"The third way is the way
of the yogi. This is the
way of the mind, the way
of people number three.
The heart and the body
must not be particularly
strong, otherwise they
may be a hindrance on
this way.
"Besides these three ways
yet a fourth way exists by
which can go those who
cannot go by any of the
first three ways.
"The fundamental difference
between the first three ways,
that is, the way of the fakir,
the way of the monk, and the
way of the yogi, and the
fourth way consists in the
fact that they are tied to
permanent forms which have
existed throughout long
periods of history almost
without change. At the
basis of these institutions
is religion. Where schools
of yogis exist they differ
little outwardly from
religious schools. And
in different periods of
history various societies
or orders of fakirs have
existed in different
countries and they
still exist. These
three traditional
ways are permanent
ways within the limits
of our historical period.
"Two or three thousand years
ago there were yet other ways
which no longer exist and the
ways now in existence were
not so divided, they stood
much closer to one another.
"The fourth way differs from
the old and the new ways by
the fact that it is never a
permanent way. It has no
definite forms and there
are no institutions
connected with it.
It appears and disappears
governed by some particular
laws of its own."
--Gurdjieff, ISO
> It is the belief of
> the Ahl-as-Sunnah that
> it is permissible to
> supplicate to Allah
> with the Tawasul of
> good deeds. It is
> permitted to supplicate
> with the Tawasul of a
> living pious person
> and it is also
> permitted to supplicate
> with the Tawasul of the
> deceased pious person.
> It is this belief that
> we shall prove . . .
> A. Muhammad Rafi of Mecca
> the Ahl-as-Sunnah that
> it is permissible to
> supplicate to Allah
> with the Tawasul of
> good deeds. It is
> permitted to supplicate
> with the Tawasul of a
> living pious person
> and it is also
> permitted to supplicate
> with the Tawasul of the
> deceased pious person.
> It is this belief that
> we shall prove . . .
> A. Muhammad Rafi of Mecca
From the Qur'an
And their Prophet
said to them:
"A Sign of his authority
is that there shall come
to you the Ark of the
Covenant, with (an
assurance) therein
of security from your
Lord, and the relics
left by the family
of Moses and the
family of Aaron,
carried by angels.
In this is a Symbol
for you if ye indeed
have faith."
And their Prophet
said to them:
"A Sign of his authority
is that there shall come
to you the Ark of the
Covenant, with (an
assurance) therein
of security from your
Lord, and the relics
left by the family
of Moses and the
family of Aaron,
carried by angels.
In this is a Symbol
for you if ye indeed
have faith."
"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to
give you this testimony for the
churches. I am the Root and the
Offspring of David, and the
bright Morning Star."
churches. I am the Root and the
Offspring of David, and the
bright Morning Star."
- Revelation 22:16
It is important to consider
from what Gurdjieff said
about the followers of
Islam in ch 42 America
of Beelzebub's Tales to
His Grandson that what
caused the split between
Sunnite and Shiite originally
was not a difference of
understanding of
the pure form of
Saint Mohammed, but
a difference irrupted
between them in how they
carried out their everyday
customs associated with that
religion.
about the followers of
Islam in ch 42 America
of Beelzebub's Tales to
His Grandson that what
caused the split between
Sunnite and Shiite originally
was not a difference of
understanding of
the pure form of
Saint Mohammed, but
a difference irrupted
between them in how they
carried out their everyday
customs associated with that
religion.
KORAN
The Qur'an
"The Book"
"Book of God"
God the Word (Allah) as
revealed to Saint Mohammad,
over a period of twenty-three
years by the angel Gabriel,
chief of the four favored
angels and the spirit of
truth, and regarded as God's
final revelation to humankind.
The content of these revelations,
known as the Qur'an, WAS
revealed to Saint Mohammad,
over a period of twenty-three
years by the angel Gabriel,
chief of the four favored
angels and the spirit of
truth, and regarded as God's
final revelation to humankind.
The content of these revelations,
known as the Qur'an, WAS
MEMORIZED AND
COMPILED BY THE
FOLLOWERS of
Mohammed into a
Mohammed into a
single volume.
"'To return to your Islam,
except for the custom of
POLYGAMY, it contains
nothing which cannot
also be found in the
Judaic and Christian
teachings.
except for the custom of
POLYGAMY, it contains
nothing which cannot
also be found in the
Judaic and Christian
teachings.
"'The custom of POLYGAMY,
established on the basis
of the scientific deductions
of the Arabian learned being
Naoolan el-Aool, famous in
his time, was introduced
into the daily life of
people after the
founding of the
Christian religion.
established on the basis
of the scientific deductions
of the Arabian learned being
Naoolan el-Aool, famous in
his time, was introduced
into the daily life of
people after the
founding of the
Christian religion.
"'Your religion appeared much
later, and it was intentionally
restricted by its great founders,
who had in mind to lay particular
stress on certain everyday customs.
later, and it was intentionally
restricted by its great founders,
who had in mind to lay particular
stress on certain everyday customs.
"'They did this because at that
time two facts had become clearly
manifest: the decline of the
Christian religion, and the
disappearance in ordinary
people of the capacity for
"contemplation," that is,
for the state in which
alone the truths indicated
in detail by genuine
religious teachings
can be understood.
time two facts had become clearly
manifest: the decline of the
Christian religion, and the
disappearance in ordinary
people of the capacity for
"contemplation," that is,
for the state in which
alone the truths indicated
in detail by genuine
religious teachings
can be understood.
"'Having become aware
of these facts, the great
creators of Islam decided,
on the one hand, to simplify
the teaching itself, and on
the other hand, to emphasize
certain customs so that the
everyday life of the
followers of this new
religion, who had lost
the capacity for
contemplation and
consequently the
possibility of
understanding
truths consciously,
might flow, even
if mechanically,
in a more or less
tolerable manner.
of these facts, the great
creators of Islam decided,
on the one hand, to simplify
the teaching itself, and on
the other hand, to emphasize
certain customs so that the
everyday life of the
followers of this new
religion, who had lost
the capacity for
contemplation and
consequently the
possibility of
understanding
truths consciously,
might flow, even
if mechanically,
in a more or less
tolerable manner.
"'And it was then that,
among other customs,
they established and
laid particular
stress on the
practices of "sooniat,"
"abdast," and POLYGAMY,
the beneficial results
of which we can see
even now.
among other customs,
they established and
laid particular
stress on the
practices of "sooniat,"
"abdast," and POLYGAMY,
the beneficial results
of which we can see
even now.
"'For example, as you have
justly observed, thanks to
circumcision and ablution,
one rarely finds either
onanism or certain venereal
diseases among the followers
of your religion, and, thanks
to polygamy, the foundation of
family life among them rests on
a reciprocal so to say "psycho-
organic support" that is almost
entirely absent among the
followers of the Christian
religion.
justly observed, thanks to
circumcision and ablution,
one rarely finds either
onanism or certain venereal
diseases among the followers
of your religion, and, thanks
to polygamy, the foundation of
family life among them rests on
a reciprocal so to say "psycho-
organic support" that is almost
entirely absent among the
followers of the Christian
religion.
"'Of all the useful customs
introduced by the great founders
of the Christian religion into the
life of its followers for the
preservation of health and the
maintenance of the morality
necessary for a happy life,
nothing now remains except
the custom of periodic
fasting, that is, of
abstaining at certain
times of the year from
the consumption of
particular edible
products."
introduced by the great founders
of the Christian religion into the
life of its followers for the
preservation of health and the
maintenance of the morality
necessary for a happy life,
nothing now remains except
the custom of periodic
fasting, that is, of
abstaining at certain
times of the year from
the consumption of
particular edible
products."
--Gurdjieff
--ch 42, America
--ch 42, America
PEOPLE OF THE VERANDA
"Ahl al-Suffa" ("People of
the Veranda"), were a group
of Muslims, followers of
Mohammed, during the time
of the Prophet Mohammed who
spent much of their time on
the veranda of the Prophet's
mosque devoted to prayer.
the Veranda"), were a group
of Muslims, followers of
Mohammed, during the time
of the Prophet Mohammed who
spent much of their time on
the veranda of the Prophet's
mosque devoted to prayer.
The esoteric teaching of the
Prophet Mohammed was given
Prophet Mohammed was given
to those who had the capacity
to contain the direct gnosis of
God, and then passed on
God, and then passed on
from teacher to student.
"Religion is doing; a man
does not merely THINK his
religion or feel it, he
'lives' his religion as
much as he is able,
otherwise it is not
religion but fantasy
or philosophy. Whether
he likes it or not he
shows his attitude towards
religion by his actions and
he can show his attitude ONLY
BY HIS ACTIONS. Therefore if
his actions are opposed to
those which are demanded by
a given religion he cannot
assert that he belongs to
that religion. The vast
majority of people who call
themselves Christians have
no right whatever to do so,
because they not only fail
to carry out the demands of
their religion but they do
not even think that these
demands ought to be
carried out."
--Gurdjieff, p. 299 ISO
does not merely THINK his
religion or feel it, he
'lives' his religion as
much as he is able,
otherwise it is not
religion but fantasy
or philosophy. Whether
he likes it or not he
shows his attitude towards
religion by his actions and
he can show his attitude ONLY
BY HIS ACTIONS. Therefore if
his actions are opposed to
those which are demanded by
a given religion he cannot
assert that he belongs to
that religion. The vast
majority of people who call
themselves Christians have
no right whatever to do so,
because they not only fail
to carry out the demands of
their religion but they do
not even think that these
demands ought to be
carried out."
--Gurdjieff, p. 299 ISO
"Namely, I shall describe how
there is actually now proceeding
the final 'dispatch' of two of the
five great religions I mentioned,
which were founded, though 'from
bits here and there,' nevertheless
on the teachings of genuine
Messengers of our Endlessness
Himself the one, on the
teaching of Saint Jesus,
and the other, on the
teaching of Saint
Mohammed.
there is actually now proceeding
the final 'dispatch' of two of the
five great religions I mentioned,
which were founded, though 'from
bits here and there,' nevertheless
on the teachings of genuine
Messengers of our Endlessness
Himself the one, on the
teaching of Saint Jesus,
and the other, on the
teaching of Saint
Mohammed.
"I repeat that these great religions
were founded on bits taken here and
there from the teachings of two
genuine Messengers of His
Endlessness and, although the
three-brained beings of former
centuries stripped both these
teachings, as 'the Russian Sidor
stripped his goats,' nevertheless
it was owing to these teachings
that some of them, even down to
the present time, believed in
something and HOPED for
something, whereby their
desolate existence was
made a little more
bearable.
were founded on bits taken here and
there from the teachings of two
genuine Messengers of His
Endlessness and, although the
three-brained beings of former
centuries stripped both these
teachings, as 'the Russian Sidor
stripped his goats,' nevertheless
it was owing to these teachings
that some of them, even down to
the present time, believed in
something and HOPED for
something, whereby their
desolate existence was
made a little more
bearable.
"But these contemporary, arch-
strange three-brained beings
there have taken it upon
themselves to sweep even
these last traces off
the face of their
planet."
--Gurdjieff
--ch 38, religion
--Beelzebub's Tales
strange three-brained beings
there have taken it upon
themselves to sweep even
these last traces off
the face of their
planet."
--Gurdjieff
--ch 38, religion
--Beelzebub's Tales
PREPARATION
renunciation;
prayer;
participation in Sema
as a means to spiritual
transformation;
as a means to spiritual
transformation;
reliance on unsolicited
offerings as means of
basic subsistence;
offerings as means of
basic subsistence;
independence from rulers
and the state;
and the state;
generosity to others,
particularly, through
tolerance and respect
for religious differences.
particularly, through
tolerance and respect
for religious differences.
Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti
exhorted his disciples . . .
exhorted his disciples . . .
"to develop river-like
generosity, sun-like
affection and earth-like
hospitality."
generosity, sun-like
affection and earth-like
hospitality."
"The fourth great religion
existing there today arose
several centuries after the
Christian religion and was
founded on the teaching of
the 'FULL-OF-HOPE' Saint
Mohammed. At first it
spread there widely, and
might eventually have
become a 'HEARTH OF HOPE
AND RECONCILIATION' for
all of them if these
strange beings had not
also stirred this up
into a 'hodge-podge.'
--Gurdjieff, ch 38, religion
existing there today arose
several centuries after the
Christian religion and was
founded on the teaching of
the 'FULL-OF-HOPE' Saint
Mohammed. At first it
spread there widely, and
might eventually have
become a 'HEARTH OF HOPE
AND RECONCILIATION' for
all of them if these
strange beings had not
also stirred this up
into a 'hodge-podge.'
--Gurdjieff, ch 38, religion
PERFECT SEMA, PERFECT SUPPORT
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
THE PERFECT
In the Mevlevi sufi tradition,
SEMA represents a mystical
journey of ascension to the
"Perfect." The seeker turns
towards the truth THROUGH
LOVE AND STRUGGLE, abandons
the false, finds the truth,
and arrives at the "Perfect";
then returns so as to love
and to be of service to the
whole of creation without
discrimination against beliefs,
races, classes and nations . . .
SEMA represents a mystical
journey of ascension to the
"Perfect." The seeker turns
towards the truth THROUGH
LOVE AND STRUGGLE, abandons
the false, finds the truth,
and arrives at the "Perfect";
then returns so as to love
and to be of service to the
whole of creation without
discrimination against beliefs,
races, classes and nations . . .
Like that of the other
mystic and Sufi poets of
Persian literature, Rumi
thought essentially about
UNITY.
mystic and Sufi poets of
Persian literature, Rumi
thought essentially about
UNITY.
The concept of Tawheed:
Union with the beloved
primal root from which/whom
a man has been cut and fallen
aloof, and his longing and
desire for REUNITY.
primal root from which/whom
a man has been cut and fallen
aloof, and his longing and
desire for REUNITY.
Shahab al-Din Yahya as-Suhrawardi
was an Iranian philosopher, a Sufi
and the founder of the School of
Illumination.
was an Iranian philosopher, a Sufi
and the founder of the School of
Illumination.
SCHOOL OF ILLUMINATION
Suhrawardi's philosophy is pure
immaterial light, the Great White,
of which nothing is more manifest,
and which unfolds from the light
of lights in emanations, God the
Word, according to which all creation
is a successive outflow from the
original Supreme Light of Lights
(Nur al-Anvar) through the
descending order of the light
of ever diminishing intensity
immaterial light, the Great White,
of which nothing is more manifest,
and which unfolds from the light
of lights in emanations, God the
Word, according to which all creation
is a successive outflow from the
original Supreme Light of Lights
(Nur al-Anvar) through the
descending order of the light
of ever diminishing intensity
--> the anima mundi;
laws of World Creation and
Maintenance through complex
interaction, then in turn
give rise to horizontal arrays
like lines of fate intersecting
with columns of Glory; stairway,
or Gate to Heaven.
Maintenance through complex
interaction, then in turn
give rise to horizontal arrays
like lines of fate intersecting
with columns of Glory; stairway,
or Gate to Heaven.
BUTTER FROM AIR
The Kubrawiya order, originating
in Central Asia, was named after
Najmeddin Kubra, known as the
"saint-producing sheikh."
in Central Asia, was named after
Najmeddin Kubra, known as the
"saint-producing sheikh."
Dervishes believe God desires
to recognize beauty by looking
at himself through the dynamics
of nature; everything in nature
is a manifestation of God.
to recognize beauty by looking
at himself through the dynamics
of nature; everything in nature
is a manifestation of God.
The central teaching is UNITY.
UNITY IN DIVERSITY
The chief aim of all Sufis:
LET GO OF ALL
NOTIONS OF DUALITY
NOTIONS OF DUALITY
and
REALIZE DIVINE UNITY
Sufis teach in personal
groups, believing the
interaction of the master
is necessary for the growth
of the pupil. They make
extensive use of parable,
allegory, and metaphor such
as what we see in Beelzebub's
Tales, and it is held by Sufis
that meaning can only be reached
through a process of seeking the
truth, like Gurdjieff to be a
"Seeker of Truth," and
groups, believing the
interaction of the master
is necessary for the growth
of the pupil. They make
extensive use of parable,
allegory, and metaphor such
as what we see in Beelzebub's
Tales, and it is held by Sufis
that meaning can only be reached
through a process of seeking the
truth, like Gurdjieff to be a
"Seeker of Truth," and
knowledge of oneself.
Sufism is concerned with
DIRECT PERSONAL EXPERIENCE,
PARADISE
Philosophies vary
between different
orders and sects:
between different
orders and sects:
"On the one hand, its
followers mixed into it
some of the fantastic
theories of the Babylonian
dualists, and on the other,
the 'Fathers of the Church'
of this religion, in this
case called 'Islamic sheikhs,'
invented and added to it many
things about the blessings of
that famous Paradise supposedly
existing in the 'other world'—
blessings such as could never
have entered the head of the
chief governor of Purgatory,
His All-Quarters Maintainer
the Arch-Cherub Helkgematios,
even if he had deliberately
tried to imagine them.
followers mixed into it
some of the fantastic
theories of the Babylonian
dualists, and on the other,
the 'Fathers of the Church'
of this religion, in this
case called 'Islamic sheikhs,'
invented and added to it many
things about the blessings of
that famous Paradise supposedly
existing in the 'other world'—
blessings such as could never
have entered the head of the
chief governor of Purgatory,
His All-Quarters Maintainer
the Arch-Cherub Helkgematios,
even if he had deliberately
tried to imagine them.
"Although the followers
of this religion also split
up, from the very first,
into many different 'sects'
and 'sub-sects'— which, by
the way, continue to exist
even till now—-they
nevertheless all
subscribe to one
or the other of its
two independent 'schools,'
as they are called, which
were formed at the time
of its arising.
of this religion also split
up, from the very first,
into many different 'sects'
and 'sub-sects'— which, by
the way, continue to exist
even till now—-they
nevertheless all
subscribe to one
or the other of its
two independent 'schools,'
as they are called, which
were formed at the time
of its arising.
"These two schools of the
Islamic religion are called
there 'Sunnism' and 'Shi'ism.'
Islamic religion are called
there 'Sunnism' and 'Shi'ism.'
"It is interesting to note
that the psychic hatred of
each other formed in the
beings belonging to these
two independent branches of
one and the same religion has
now, on account of their frequent
clashes, been completely trans-
formed into ORGANIC HATRED.
that the psychic hatred of
each other formed in the
beings belonging to these
two independent branches of
one and the same religion has
now, on account of their frequent
clashes, been completely trans-
formed into ORGANIC HATRED.
"During recent centuries
the beings of certain
European communities have
greatly contributed by their
intrigues to this peculiar
transformation of that strange
being-function.
the beings of certain
European communities have
greatly contributed by their
intrigues to this peculiar
transformation of that strange
being-function.
"And they make use of these
intrigues again and again to
increase the animosity between
the followers of these two
independent schools of one
and the same religion so that
they should never unite, for
if this were to happen there
might soon be an end of those
European communities.
intrigues again and again to
increase the animosity between
the followers of these two
independent schools of one
and the same religion so that
they should never unite, for
if this were to happen there
might soon be an end of those
European communities.
"The point is that nearly
half of the three-brained
beings there are followers
of this Islamic teaching,
and only as long as this
hatred prevails among them
will they constitute no
serious threat of 'reciprocal
destruction' to European
communities.
half of the three-brained
beings there are followers
of this Islamic teaching,
and only as long as this
hatred prevails among them
will they constitute no
serious threat of 'reciprocal
destruction' to European
communities.
"And hence the
power-possessors
of certain 'freshly
baked' communities
that have accidentally
arisen always rub their
hands and rejoice when
sparks fly between these
Sunnis and Shi'ites,
because they may then
count on a long and
secure existence for
themselves."
--Gurdjieff
--ch 38, religion
power-possessors
of certain 'freshly
baked' communities
that have accidentally
arisen always rub their
hands and rejoice when
sparks fly between these
Sunnis and Shi'ites,
because they may then
count on a long and
secure existence for
themselves."
--Gurdjieff
--ch 38, religion
It is beyond understanding
of most people in America that
there exist Mohammedan groups
which have maintained the
teachings of Saint Mohammed
without violation of integrity
of a system for following a path
of the Inner Life and without
regard to religious background
and in a PURE FORM independent
of worldly lines of cause,
crusade and agenda. In
other words, it is not
necessary to "CONVERT
TO ISLAM" or to "CONVERT
TO CHRISTIANITY" if there
is ONLY ONE PATH . . .
of most people in America that
there exist Mohammedan groups
which have maintained the
teachings of Saint Mohammed
without violation of integrity
of a system for following a path
of the Inner Life and without
regard to religious background
and in a PURE FORM independent
of worldly lines of cause,
crusade and agenda. In
other words, it is not
necessary to "CONVERT
TO ISLAM" or to "CONVERT
TO CHRISTIANITY" if there
is ONLY ONE PATH . . .
ONLY ONE!!
Gurdjieff did not teach dogma
but showed us a method as well
as a system for self-change and
self-mastery.
but showed us a method as well
as a system for self-change and
self-mastery.
LINEAGE
This notion of lineage can
be seen in the Catholic Church.
be seen in the Catholic Church.
In the Catholic Church, you
are not a bishop unless you
have been ordained by someone
who has been ordained by someone
else who was ordained also and
this continues until you go all
the way back to the apostles
who ordained the bishops and
themselves ordained by Jesus.
This is DIRECT LINEAGE.
are not a bishop unless you
have been ordained by someone
who has been ordained by someone
else who was ordained also and
this continues until you go all
the way back to the apostles
who ordained the bishops and
themselves ordained by Jesus.
This is DIRECT LINEAGE.
In a vision which was
quite real, I sit with
Saint Mohammed in front
of his tent pondering the
stars shining bright from
the desert night sky. . .
quite real, I sit with
Saint Mohammed in front
of his tent pondering the
stars shining bright from
the desert night sky. . .
. . . but it is a bit
much for me to say such
a thing because it would
not have any meaning for
anyone who has not had
such experiences.
much for me to say such
a thing because it would
not have any meaning for
anyone who has not had
such experiences.
So how could any blanket
statements about "visions"
and such have any value?
statements about "visions"
and such have any value?
We already see a lot
of this kind of nonsense
taking place on internet
lists AND CHANNELS about
of this kind of nonsense
taking place on internet
lists AND CHANNELS about
"spiritualism," "psychic readings,"
etc. It is all very INSANE!!
It is all insane because
there isn't a method to
follow to determine what
there isn't a method to
follow to determine what
is true and what isn't.
KORAN SURAH 53: THE STAR
In the name of God,
the All-Beneficent,
the All-Merciful.
1. I swear by the
star when it goes
down.
2. Your companion
does not err, nor
does he go astray;
3. Nor does he
speak out of desire.
4. It is naught but
revelation that is
revealed.
5. The Lord of Mighty
Power has taught him,
6. The Lord of Strength;
so he attained completion,
7. And he is in the
highest part of the
horizon.
8. Then he drew near,
then he bowed,
9. So he was the
measure of two bows
or closer still.
10. Ane He revealed
to His servant what
He revealed.
11. The heart was not
untrue in (making him
see) what he saw.
12. What! do you then
dispute with him as to
what he saw?
13. And certainly he saw
him in another descent,
14. At the farthest lote-tree;
15. Near which is the garden,
the place to be resorted to.
16. When that which covers
covered the lote-tree;
17. The eye did not turn
aside, nor did it exceed
the limit.
18. Certainly he saw of
the greatest signs of
his Lord.
19. Have you then
considered the Lat
and the Uzza,
20. And Manat, the
third, the last?
21. What! for you the
males and for Him the
females!
22. This indeed is
an unjust division!
23. They are naught but
names which you have named,
you and your fathers; Allah
[God] has not sent for them
any authority. They follow
naught but conjecture and
the low desires which
their souls incline
to; and certainly
the guidance has
come to them from
their Lord.
24. Or shall man have
what he wishes?
25. Nay! for Allah [God]
is the hereafter and the
former life.
26. And how many an angel
is there in the heavens whose
intercession does not avail at
all except after Allah [God] has
given permission to whom He
pleases and chooses.
27. Most surely they who do
not believe in the hereafter
name the angels with female
names.
28. And they have no knowledge
of it; they do not follow anything
but conjecture, and surely
conjecture does not avail
against the truth at all.
29. Therefore turn aside from
him who turns his back upon
Our reminder and does not
desire anything but this
world's life.
30. That is their goal of
knowledge; surely your Lord
knows best him who goes astray
from His path and He knows best
him who follows the right direction.
31. And Allah's is what is in
the heavens and what is in the
earth, that He may reward those
who do evil according to what
they do, and that He may
reward those who do good
with goodness.
32. Those who keep aloof from
the great sins and the indecencies
but the passing idea; surely your
Lord is liberal in forgiving. He
knows you best when He brings
you forth from the earth and
when you are embryos in the
wombs of your mothers;
therefore do not
attribut purity
to your souls;
He knows him
best who guards
against evil.
33. Have you then seen
him who turns his back?
34. And gives a little
AND THEN witholds.
35. Has he the knowledge
of the unseen so that he
can see?
36. Or, has he not been
informed of what is in
the scriptures of
Moses?
37. And of Abraham who
fulfilled the commandments:
38. That no bearer of burden
shall bear the burden of another;
39. And that man shall have nothing
but what he strives for;
40. And that his striving
shall soon be seen;
41. Then shall he be rewarded
for it with the fullest reward;
42. And that to your
Lord is the goal;
43. And that He it is Who
makes men laugh and makes
them weep;
44. And that He it is Who
causes death and gives life;
45. And that He created pairs,
the male and the female,
46. From the small seed
when it is adapted;
47. And that on Him is
the bringing forth a
second time;
48. And that He it is
Who enriches and gives
to hold;
49. And that He is the
Lord of the Sirius;
50. And that He did
destroy the Ad of old,
51. And Samood, so He
spared not,
52. And the people of Nuh
before; surely they were
most unjust and
inordinate;
53. And the overthown cities
did He overthrow,
54. So there covered them
that which covered.
55. Which of your Lord's
benefits will you then
dispute about?
56. This is a warner of
the warners of old.
57. The near event draws nigh.
58. There shall be none
besides Allah to remove
it.
59. Do you then wonder
at this announcement?
60. And will you
laugh and not weep?
61. While you are
indulging in varieties.
62. So make obeisance to
Allah and serve Him.
THE SACRED ANTKOOANO
"Possibly now, my boy, there
begin to be crystallized in your
presence data for engendering an
'unshakable conviction' that
thanks to the learned beings
of 'new formation'—-in whom
this particularity has been
implanted of not failing to
'peck to death' every colleague
of theirs who does not conform to
what has been established by the
abnormal conditions of ordinary
being existence—-what is called
the sacred 'antkooano,' upon
which, among other things, the
Very Saintly Ashiata Shiemash
also counted, no longer proceeds
in the presence of the three-
brained beings of this
ill-fated planet.
"I chanced to learn about
this 'essence-loving hope'
of his during my investigations
of his very saintly activities
there.
"Perhaps, my boy, you still
do not know about the cosmic
process of the sacred
'antkooano'?
"The sacred 'antkooano'
is the name given to the
process of perfecting
Objective Reason in three-
centered beings, which
takes place by itself
simply from the 'flow
of time.'
"As a rule, on all the
planets of our Great Universe
where three-brained beings
breed, the perfecting of
Objective Reason can
proceed only from personal
conscious labor and
intentional suffering.
"This sacred 'antkooano'
can take place only on
those planets on which
all cosmic truths have
become known to all the
beings there.
"And all cosmic truths
become known to everyone
on those planets because
those beings who by their
conscious efforts learn
some truth or other share
it with others, and in this
way, little by little, all
cosmic truths become known
to all the beings of
that planet, whatever
may be their aspirations
and degree of self-
perfecting.
"Thanks to this sacred process,
intentionally actualized by our All-
Foreseeing Common Endless Father in
the three-brained beings of these
planets, it has been foreseen that
during the action in their presence
of the fundamental holy cosmic law
of Triamazikamno, the excess of its
third holy force, namely, the 'Holy
Reconciling,' obtained during the
assimilation of cosmic truths of
that order, should by itself
crystallize in them the data
for engendering that 'something'
which is called 'egoaitoorassian
being-will.'"
--Gurdjieff, chapter 32,
--Hypnotism
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