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Healer, philosopher, psychologist, adventurer, composer, mystic - all describe a facet of who George Ivanovich Gurdjieff was, and what he did. And yet, he may also be called one of the leading figures in ‘spiritual’ growth that most people have simply never heard of. Gurdjieff’s teachings, body of writing and the schools he started and taught were, and are, a profound testament to his insight and vision for a healthy and well functioning human being. On a personal level, he worked with hundreds of students in assisting them to not only see themselves as they really were, but to help grow the seeds of greater consciousness and conscience that would make them better people.
Join us this week on MindMatters as we discuss the life and times of one of the 20th century’s most towering figures and ask, what drove him? Who did he work with? And what is the 4th Way school that has carried on his work in the generations after his death in 1949? In a world that insists that it is 'woke', why are Gurdjieff’s ideas about self-awareness so relevant to the individual in the here and now?
In Search of the Miraculous: smile.amazon.com/Search-Miraculous-Harvest-Book/dp/0156007460
Gurdjieff's 1943 Paris Talks: smile.amazon.com/G-I-Gurdjieff-Paris-Meetings-1943/dp/0978066146
show mp3: media.sott.net/srn/20200201mnd-who-was-g-i-gurdjieff-and-why-does-it-matter.mp3
Healer, philosopher, psychologist, adventurer, composer, mystic - all describe a facet of who George Ivanovich Gurdjieff was, and what he did. And yet, he may also be called one of the leading figures in ‘spiritual’ growth that most people have simply never heard of. Gurdjieff’s teachings, body of writing and the schools he started and taught were, and are, a profound testament to his insight and vision for a healthy and well functioning human being. On a personal level, he worked with hundreds of students in assisting them to not only see themselves as they really were, but to help grow the seeds of greater consciousness and conscience that would make them better people.
Join us this week on MindMatters as we discuss the life and times of one of the 20th century’s most towering figures and ask, what drove him? Who did he work with? And what is the 4th Way school that has carried on his work in the generations after his death in 1949? In a world that insists that it is 'woke', why are Gurdjieff’s ideas about self-awareness so relevant to the individual in the here and now?
In Search of the Miraculous: smile.amazon.com/Search-Miraculous-Harvest-Book/dp/0156007460
Gurdjieff's 1943 Paris Talks: smile.amazon.com/G-I-Gurdjieff-Paris-Meetings-1943/dp/0978066146
show mp3: media.sott.net/srn/20200201mnd-who-was-g-i-gurdjieff-and-why-does-it-matter.mp3
