Insights in to the teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff known as the Fourth Way, including their application for personal change and their roots in early Christianity.
The discovery of esoteric truth is our birthright as children of the universe. No teacher, no book, no system has the final word. Spirituality is meant to awaken the Higher Self who guides us onto a road of purpose, fulfillment and service. However it is packaged and marketed, the only true value of the product is the extent to which it leads us into the intimate depths of our own being where we can each verify, assimilate, and become the truths underlying all authentic wisdom teachings.
A special Appendix features exceptional insight from author Reijo Oksanen and his studies connecting the Gurdjieff Work to the spirituality of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Also included is a rare translation of the observations of Boris Mouravieff and his relationship to Gurdjieff and Ouspensky.
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Table of Contents
Preface 5
PART I THE PRACTICES OF THE FOURTH WAY
I GURDJIEFF: Teacher of Radical Transformation 17
II THE POWER OF SELF-OBSERVATION 33
III ON NON-IDENTIFICATION 37
IV SOME ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 41
V RESPONSES TO A SEEKER 53
VI A NEW RHYTHM OF LIFE 73
PART II APPLICATIONS AND CONNECTIONS
1 A New Perspective 77
1 Recovering our True Self: 83
The Journey Out of Our Negative States
3 Our Spiritual Habitat 89
4 Facing Our Obsessive Patterns 95
5 The Art of Getting Along With Others 99
6 Lost Teachings of Ancient Christianity: 103
The Watch of the Heart
PART III PERENNIAL ROOTS
1 The Mystery of the Essenes 109
2 Meister Eckhart and the Birth Within 131
3 The Inner Meaning of the Book of Revelation 141
APPENDIX I
THE MOURAVIEFF PHENOMENON 153
APPENDIX II 165
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