The following is an excerpt from one of Maurice Nicoll's commentaries entitled: ON AWAKENING FROM SLEEP. It is from his 3rd book of "Psychological Commentaries on the Teachings of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky." ON AWAKENING FROM SLEEP We are studying...
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A Note on Relaxation
A Note on Relaxation (Maurice Nicoll, Psychological Commentaries on the Teachings of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky) It is a long time since we spoke about relaxing. On several occasions in the past we were told that we had to relax and to practise relaxation every day. Of...
Accomplishments
(from Esoteric Encyclopedia of Eternal Knowledge by Vernon Howard) "A teacher said to his audience, 'We have been studying together for six months. By this time our intended accomplishments should be clear. Please give them to me in single...
Inner and Outer
By watching my day and seeing how life unfolds, I notice the inner and outer world are exactly the same. Vernon Howard speaks on this in Esoteric Encyclopedia of Eternal Knowledge: Inner and Outer 'There is a teaching I wish to grasp more fully,' stated Alan. 'The...
Light of Self-Honesty
The Light of Self-Honesty Keith stated, "All of us sense the power of self-honesty. How can we make it work for us?" "When a man takes an unpleasant fact about himself as a fact, and not as a hurtful criticism, it ceases to be a fact. This is mental...
Pure Observation
Pure Observation What follows are excerpts by Jiddu Krishnamurti regarding Pure Observation: that is, observation without the accumulation of an 'Observer'; without the one who criticizes, holds accounts and judges. Questioner: How is one to empty the past?...
Slow Down to What Is
Most always we rush through our lives, never paying proper attention to our thoughts and beliefs. Sadly, we find ourselves tired and irritable at the end of the day. If we'll slow down a little, we can become aware of these thoughts before they take...
Break Out!
“Break out of wrong thinking & you will breakout of every problem you have.” Vernon Howard. Don’t remain a victim of your wrong thinking. Kick it out!
The Single-Most Important Question Any Human Being Can Ask
The Single-Most Important Question Any Human Being Can Ask (an excerpt from a talk given by Vernon Howard) "Am I willing as a human being here on this earth to understand that I’m living in unconscious self-conceit, and do I want to...
Accept the Correction (audio)
ACCEPT THE CORRECTION (Excerpt from a talk by Vernon Howard) Have you noticed how comfortable this society that you live in is with its wrongness? Real slow now, so you can see the whole story. Have you noticed how comfortable people are in their misery? Think of...