Man has no permanent and unchangeable I. Every thought, eve… - George Gurdjieff

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Man has no permanent and unchangeable I. Every thought, every mood, every desire, every sensation, says "I".

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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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Man has no permanent and unchangeable I. Every thought, every mood, every desire, every sensation, says "I". - George Gurdjieff

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