I have very good leather to sell to those who want to make shoes out of it. - G I Gurdjieff
We have to ourselves be able to live the idea so that what is communicated is its life, not a dead form and
we receive these ideas in the exact measure that we are present. - Madame de Salzmann
Truth of another level can be brought through ideas and this requires knowledge and understanding based on being. - Madame de Salzmann

Work with Ideas

The objective of the Gurdjieff Work is the arousal of conscience. Gurdjieff challenged the commonly held notion that human beings have the will and the ability to act consciously. He points out that the average person is like a machine that reacts to life in a conditioned manner, and not consciously. These conditioned reactions produce a variety of images that are far removed from reality, each of which asserts itself to be its ‘me’. Gurdjieff says that a human being has the possibility of being free of these reactions through long hard work and in the process acquiring an indivisible ‘I’, with a will and consciousness.

Gurdjieff calls human beings three-centred beings. The three centres are intellectual centre, feeling centre and moving centre, corresponding to their respective functions.

consciousness. Gurdjieff calls human beings three-centred beings. The three centres are intellectual centre, feeling centre and moving centre, corresponding to their respective functions.

He asserts that the human machine mostly reacts with only one of its centres. He speaks of the lopsided development of modern people who have an over-weening quantity of information and intellectual ability that does not have any bearing upon their moving and feeling functions. The development of real being and an Indivisible “I” is possible only by focusing attention on all three centres and bringing them to function in harmony with each other.

Gurdjieff says that the work on oneself should be accompanied by studying the universe and its laws. Since each individual is a cosmic entity, the possibilities of human development are closely linked to the laws that operate in the cosmos. Therefore he strongly emphasizes understanding the two Cosmic Laws – the Law of Three and the Law of Seven – which we must study by observing them in ourselves and in the world.

Work as a science of being does not require any faith or belief. Experimentation and validation are needed. The ideas have to be challenged, tested, observations recorded, contradictions noted and results experienced. The truth of this experience will then have a depth and clarity of perception that cannot be denied. The experience will then allow further experiments and validations toward deeper levels of truth.

Gurdjieff’s teaching is like a toolkit in the exploration of the truth. He challenges his pupils not to accept anything blindly but to experiment and verify. The framework that Gurdjieff unveiled is massive and intricate. Texts such as In Search of the Miraculous by P. D. Ouspensky, Towards Awakening: An Approach to the Teaching Brought by Gurdjieff by Jean Vaysse, and Beelzebub’s Tales to his Grandson by Gurdjieff explain these ideas in great detail.

Work with Ideas

The objective of the Gurdjieff Work is the arousal of conscience. Gurdjieff challenged the commonly held notion that human beings have the will and the ability to act consciously. He points out that the average person is like a machine that reacts to life in a conditioned manner, and not consciously. These conditioned reactions produce a variety of

images that are far removed from reality, each of which asserts itself to be its ‘me’. Gurdjieff says that a human being has the possibility of being free of these reactions through long hard work and in the process acquiring an indivisible ‘I’, with a will and consciousness.

Gurdjieff calls human beings three-centred beings. The three centres are intellectual centre, feeling centre and moving centre, corresponding to their respective functions.

He asserts that the human machine mostly reacts with only one of its centres. He speaks of the lopsided development of modern people who have an over-weening quantity of information and intellectual ability that does not have any bearing upon their moving and feeling functions. The development of real being and an Indivisible “I” is possible only by focusing attention on all three centres and bringing them to function in harmony with each other.

Gurdjieff says that the work on oneself should be accompanied by studying the universe and its laws. Since each individual is a cosmic entity, the possibilities of human development are closely linked to the laws that operate in the cosmos. Therefore he strongly emphasizes understanding the two Cosmic Laws – the Law of Three and the Law of Seven – which we must study by observing them in ourselves and in the world.

Work as a science of being does not require any faith or belief. Experimentation and validation are needed. The ideas have to be challenged, tested, observations recorded, contradictions noted and results experienced. The truth of this experience will then have a depth and clarity of perception that cannot be denied. The experience will then allow further experiments and validations toward deeper levels of truth.

Gurdjieff’s teaching is like a toolkit in the exploration of the truth. He challenges his pupils not to accept anything blindly but to experiment and verify. The framework that Gurdjieff unveiled is massive and intricate. Texts such as In Search of the Miraculous by P. D. Ouspensky, Towards Awakening: An Approach to the Teaching Brought by Gurdjieff by Jean Vaysse, and Beelzebub’s Tales to his Grandson by Gurdjieff explain these ideas in great detail.

Work with Ideas

The objective of the Gurdjieff Work is the arousal of conscience. Gurdjieff challenged the commonly held notion that human beings have the will and the ability to act consciously. He points out that the average person is like a machine that reacts to life in a conditioned manner, and not consciously. These conditioned reactions produce a variety of images that are far removed from reality, each of which asserts itself to be its ‘me’. Gurdjieff says that a human being has the possibility of being free of these reactions through long hard work and in the process acquiring an indivisible ‘I’, with a will and consciousness.

Gurdjieff calls human beings three-centred beings. The three centres are intellectual centre, feeling centre and moving centre, corresponding to their respective functions.

He asserts that the human machine mostly reacts with only one of its centres. He speaks of the lopsided development of modern people who have an over-weening quantity of information and intellectual ability that does not have any bearing upon their moving and feeling functions. The development of real being and an Indivisible “I” is possible only by focusing attention on all three centres and bringing them to function in harmony with each other.

Gurdjieff says that the work on oneself should be accompanied by studying the universe and its laws. Since each individual is a cosmic entity, the possibilities of human development are closely linked to the laws that operate in the cosmos. Therefore he strongly emphasizes understanding the two Cosmic Laws – the Law of Three and the Law of Seven – which we must study by observing them in ourselves and in the world.

Work as a science of being does not require any faith or belief. Experimentation and validation are needed. The ideas have to be challenged, tested, observations recorded, contradictions noted and results experienced. The truth of this experience will then have a depth and clarity of perception that cannot be denied. The experience will then allow further experiments and validations toward deeper levels of truth.

Gurdjieff’s teaching is like a toolkit in the exploration of the truth. He challenges his pupils not to accept anything blindly but to experiment and verify. The framework that Gurdjieff unveiled is massive and intricate. Texts such as In Search of the Miraculous by P. D. Ouspensky, Towards Awakening: An Approach to the Teaching Brought by Gurdjieff by Jean Vaysse, and Beelzebub’s Tales to his Grandson by Gurdjieff explain these ideas in great detail.

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