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Believe nothing, not even yourself.

G. I. Gurdjieff

It is only by grounding our awareness in the living sensation of our bodies that the ‘I Am,’ our real presence, can awaken.
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Aware Body Ground Live Myself Presence Reality
The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness, and ‘consciousness’ cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will, and ‘will’ cannot evolve involuntarily.
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Consciousness Evolution Himself Man Willing
Practice love on animals first; they react better and more sensitively.
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Animal Better Love Practice React Sensitive
Those who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future.
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Future Life Reap Responsibility
It is the same with everything else, with food, with pleasures, with sleep; with everything there is a limit to what is necessary. After this “sin” begins. This is something that must be grasped, a “sin” is something which is not necessary.
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Beginning Food Limitation Necessary Pleasure Sin Sleep
Wish’ is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God.
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God High Powerful World
The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.
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Freedom Law Man Mechanic Possible
Sincerity is the key which will open the door through which you will see your separate parts, and you will see something quite new. You must go on trying to be sincere. Each day you put on a mask, and you must take it off little by little.
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Day Door Key Mask Open Quite Sincere Yourself
Never think of results, just do!
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Result Thinking Work
By teaching others you will learn yourself.
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Learning Teaching Yourself
What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
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Known Less Need
If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.
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Right Serve Tea Yourself
The degree of consciousness corresponds to the degree of density or the speed of vibrations. The denser the matter, the less conscious it is.
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Consciousness Degree Density Vibration
If you help others, you will be helped, perhaps tomorrow, perhaps in one hundred years, but you will be helped. Nature must pay off the debt. It is a mathematical law and all life is mathematics.
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Debt Help Life Mathematics Nature
The greatest untold story is the evolution of God.
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Evolution God Greatness Story
Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
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Consciousness Emotional Faith Fools Freedom Slave

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