Boyhood with Gurdjieff
“Think of good and evil like right hand and left hand. Man always have two hands — two sides of self — good and evil. One can destroy other. Must have aim to make both hands work together, must acquire third thing: thing that make peace between two hands, between impulse for good and impulse for evil. Man who all ‘good’ or man who all ‘bad’ is not whole man, is one-sided. Third thing is conscience; possibility to acquire conscience is already in man when born; this possibility given — free — by nature. But is only possibility. Real conscience can only be acquired by work, by learning to understand self first. Even your religion — western religion — have this phrase ‘Know’ thyself’. This phrase most important in all religions. When begin know self already begin have possibility become genuine man. So first thing must learn is know self by this exercise, self-observation. If not do this, then will be like acorn that not become tree — fertilizer. Fertilizer which go back in ground and become possibility for future man.”
From the book – Boyhood of Gurdjieff
Grudjieff was Russia mystic, very consciouss person. I have found Gurdjieff firstime in the Osho’s books, he mentioned him occasionaly. Actualy, Gurdjieff was doing musical meditation before Osho, music played, stopped and people frozen on place and experienced the consciousness. I think Osho was inspired by him.
Btw. he smashed with his car into a tree, deliberately, to experience the pain. He was consciouss and wanted to observe the pain experience. Very crazy man. Very strong, direct, honest person.
Tags: awareness, consciousness, gurdjieff, osho, self-observation
February 16th, 2010 at 8:19 am
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