It is the greatest mistake to think that man is always one and the same. A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.
G. I. GURDJIEFFCommon aim is stronger than blood.
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All who have come to me must have enema each day.
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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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The only type of sexual relations possible are those with someone who is as advanced and capable as oneself.
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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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The man has the possibilities of getting free gradually from the mechanical laws.
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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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Wish’ is the most powerful thing in the world. Higher than God.
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If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest.
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Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
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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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Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books.
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Practice love first on animals, they are more sensitive.
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Common aim is stronger than blood.
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What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
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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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