Awakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it, for those who are ready to struggle with themselves and work on themselves for a very long time and very persistently in order to attain it.
G. I. GURDJIEFFAwakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it, for those who are ready to struggle with themselves and work on themselves for a very long time and very persistently in order to attain it.
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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.
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Consciousness is a state in which a man knows all at once everything that he in general knows and in which he can see how little he does know and how many contradictions there are in what he knows.
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Love of consciousness evokes the same in response Love of feeling evokes the opposite Love of body depends only on type and polarity.
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One of the strongest motives for wishing to work on yourself is the realization that you may die at any moment – only you must first realize this.
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With thorns in the inner world there will always be roses in the outer world, in law-able compensation.
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Only super-efforts count.
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By teaching others you will learn yourself.
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Man must use what he has, not hope for what is not.
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One of the best means for arousing the wish to work on yourself is to realize that you may die at any moment. But first you must learn how to keep it in mind.
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Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.
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All who have come to me must have enema each day.
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Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
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From looking at your neighbor and realizing his true significance, and that he will die, pity and compassion will arise in you for him and finally you will love him.
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There is a cosmic law which says that every satisfaction must be paid for with a dissatisfaction.
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Patience is the mother of will.
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