Let us take some event in the life of humanity. For instance, war. There is a war going on at the present moment. What does it signify? It signifies … - George Gurdjieff
" "Let us take some event in the life of humanity. For instance, war. There is a war going on at the present moment. What does it signify? It signifies that several millions of sleeping people are trying to destroy several millions of other sleeping people. They would not do this, of course, if they were to wake up. Everything that takes place is owing to this sleep.
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About George Gurdjieff
George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (Russian: Георгий Иванович Гюрджиев, Georgij Ivanovich Gjurdzhiev; 13 January c. 1867 – 29 October 1949) was a Greco-Armenian mystic and spiritual teacher of what came to be called "the Work" or "The Fourth Way", in which he taught people how to increase and focus their attention and energy through various awareness exercises. According to his teachings, such inner development is the beginning of a possible further process of change, and spiritual evolution.
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Native Name:
Γεώργιος Γεωργιάδης
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Գեորգի Իվանովիչ Գյուրջիև
Alternative Names:
Georges Gurdjieff Ivanovitch
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Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff
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