I also very well remember that on another occasion the father dean said: In order that at responsible age a man may be a real man and not a parasite,… - George Gurdjieff

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I also very well remember that on another occasion the father dean said: In order that at responsible age a man may be a real man and not a parasite, his education must without fail be based on the following ten principles. From early childhood there should be instilled in the child:

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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 • Գեորգի Իվանովիչ Գյուրջիև
Alternative Names: Georges Gurdjieff Ivanovitch • Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff
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Prolonged instruction, prolonged training, is necessary to be able to turn the cheek. And if this training is mechanical - it is again worth nothing because in this case it means that a man will turn his cheek because he cannot do anything else.
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