Read this thoroughly, it basically resumes the awareness "work" by sub-divinding the sensations (of the organs, of ones skin, of the space we occupy in relation to our environment, the temperature, postures, gravity, unity of organs, the living sensations of our internal organs, sensation of internal fluids, bones, tissues.
Assimilating air: In this exercise, Gurdjieff says, the attention is divided into two parts. The first part concentrates on breathing: becoming aware of the air coming into the lungs and then leaving, but not entirely, since some of it is assimilated. The air that is assimilated 'flows in my presence'. Now, it is likely that Gurdjieff was not referring to oxygen here as the part of the air that is assimilated (there is a tantalising passage about the active ingredients in the air, which is deliberately broken off and left unfinished, in the Third Series). In later years, John Bennett would explain that there is an 'active substance' in the air - he even at one time said that it derived from the sun - and that this active substance can only be assimilated into us if it is taken in consciously. The underlying reference is to the theory of the 'food factory' we mentioned before: in order for the second-being food or 'air' to be transformed it requires at a certain point assistance from (intentional) impressions - i.e. conscious attention.
Read this thoroughly, it basically resumes the awareness "work" by sub-divinding the sensations (of the organs, of ones skin, of the space we occupy in relation to our environment, the temperature, postures, gravity, unity of organs, the living sensations of our internal organs, sensation of internal fluids, bones, tissues.
ResponderEliminarhttp://www.dennislewis.org/articles-other-writings/articles-essays/gurdjieff-the-further-reaches-of-self-observation/
Sufi exercises related with gurdjieff:
ResponderEliminarhttp://www.angelfire.com/ca3/gurdjieffsufi/remembrance.html
http://www.trans4mind.com/transformation/transform4.22.htm#6
ResponderEliminarhttp://www.google.es/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=gurdjieff%20balance%20three%20centers&source=web&cd=30&ved=0CGkQFjAJOBQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgurdjieffdominican.com%2Fillusion_reality_josereyes_word.doc&ei=ZEOiTpvLDoey8QO4hqDSBQ&usg=AFQjCNFcfetNYzUmYDGEOKV-ylIkt5n7Og&sig2=-EpjBr6gRD_soGM9_DEiRg
ResponderEliminar(the three centers)
ResponderEliminarhttp://journey2essence.org/threecenters.html
http://www.dennislewis.org/articles-other-writings/articles-essays/gurdjieff-the-further-reaches-of-self-observation/
ResponderEliminarGurdjieff meeting hand-written notes:
ResponderEliminarhttp://www.holybooks.com/orage-gurdjieff-meeting-notes/
http://www.doremishock.com/Thedevelopmentofemotionalcenter.html
ResponderEliminarGurdjieff seven centers comparison chart with those of other systems:
ResponderEliminarhttp://www.kheper.net/topics/Gurdjieff/psychology.htm
Assimilating air:
ResponderEliminarIn this exercise, Gurdjieff says, the attention is divided into two parts. The first part concentrates on breathing: becoming aware of the air coming into the lungs and then leaving, but not entirely, since some of it is assimilated. The air that is assimilated 'flows in my presence'. Now, it is likely that Gurdjieff was not referring to oxygen here as the part of the air that is assimilated (there is a tantalising passage about the active ingredients in the air, which is deliberately broken off and left unfinished, in the Third Series). In later years, John Bennett would explain that there is an 'active substance' in the air - he even at one time said that it derived from the sun - and that this active substance can only be assimilated into us if it is taken in consciously. The underlying reference is to the theory of the 'food factory' we mentioned before: in order for the second-being food or 'air' to be transformed it requires at a certain point assistance from (intentional) impressions - i.e. conscious attention.
MORE HERE:
http://www.katinkahesselink.net/sufi/foundations.html
Gurdjieff sayings, worth having a look at:
ResponderEliminarhttp://www.gurdjieff.org/sayings.htm