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You can never awaken using the same system that put you to sleep in the first place.

G. I. Gurdjieff

Time began when you were born. It will end when you die.
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Beginning Born Death End Time
If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.
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Arrival Devil Meditation Yourself
Begin with the possible; begin with one step.
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Beginning Oneself Possible
I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself.
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Believe Verify Yourself
Nothing can be attained without suffering but at the same time one must begin by sacrificing suffering.
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Attainment Beginning Sacrifice Suffering Time
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
Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
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Awake Beginning Man Realize Unknown
Humanity is moving in a circle. The progress in mechanical things of the past hundred years has proceeded at the cost of losing many other things which perhaps were much more important for it.
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Circle Humanity Important Lose Move Past Progress
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
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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Fantasy Man Philosophy Religion Thinking
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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Death Moments Motivational Realize Strong Work Yourself
Every grown-up man consists wholly of habits, although he is often unaware of it and even denies having any habits at all.
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Consist Growth Habit Man
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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Book Ceremony Greatness Performance Reading Understand Value
To know all, it is necessary to know very little; but to know that very little, one must first know pretty much.
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Knowledge Necessary
Remember yourself always and everywhere.
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Remember Yourself
Life is real only then, when “I am”.
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Life Myself Reality

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