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If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.

G. I. Gurdjieff

In order to understand the interrelation of truth and falsehood in life, a man must understand falsehood in himself, the constant incessant lies he tells himself.
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Fake Himself Lying Man Order Truth Understand
All who have come to me must have enema each day.
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Each Day Myself
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
The first reason for people’s slavery is our ignorance, and above all, our ignorance of ourselves.
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Ignorance Ourselves People Reason Slave
By teaching others you will learn yourself.
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Learning Teaching Yourself
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
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
Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote.
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Antidote Energy Laughter Negative Poison
Life is real only then, when “I am”.
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Life Myself Reality
Never think of results, just do!
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Result Thinking Work
If a sufficient number of people who wanted to stop war really did gather together, they would first of all begin by making war upon those who disagreed with them. And it is still more certain that they would make war on people who also want to stop wars but in another way.
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People Stop Togetherness War Way
That which is easy is bad for your inner life.
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Bad Easy Inner Life
The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.
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Attainment Capability Man
He who has gotten rid of the disease of “tomorrow” has a chance of achieving what he is here for.
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Achievement Chance Himself Sick
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
Remember yourself always and everywhere.
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Remember Yourself

If you can serve a cup of tea right, you can do anything.

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