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Every one of those unfortunates [human beings] during the process of existence should constantly sense and be cognisant of the inevitability of his o… - George Gurdjieff
" "Every one of those unfortunates [human beings] during the process of existence should constantly sense and be cognisant of the inevitability of his own death as well as of the death of everyone upon whom his eyes or attention rests. Only such a sensation and such a cognisance can now destroy the egoism completely crystallised in them that has swallowed up the whole of their Essence, and also that tendency to hate others
which flows from it.
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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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