Here there are neither Russians nor English, Jews nor Christians, but only those who pursue one aim — to be able to be. - George Gurdjieff

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Here there are neither Russians nor English, Jews nor Christians, but only those who pursue one aim — to be able to be.

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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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In my opinion, what will be troublesome for you in all this is chiefly that in childhood there was implanted in you — and has now become perfectly harmonized with your general psyche — an excellently working automatism for perceiving all kinds of new impressions, thanks to which “blessing” you have now, during your responsible life, no need to make any individual effort whatsoever.

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