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Post by wanderer on Jun 19, 2007 0:49:23 GMT
The Fourth Way is a set of guidelines set forth by G.I. Gurdjieff. Gurdjieff claimed to have reached a point of objective conciousness, and spent most of his life refining and teaching the fourth way. The fourth way is focused on improving yourself, and those around you. It's really quite fascinating stuff, but one of the most fascinating things that i came across, was the use of Enneagrams. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EnneagramBasically the enneagram is meant to show why nothing in life goes in a straight line. If you notice, there's a triangle in the middle, made up of the points, 9, 6, and 3. You might also notice, starting at 1, you will never reach any of these 3 points without an external push. The triangle in the center represents the most direct path in life, one that you cannot tread without the help of anyone else. Now wikipedia is not the most trustful source all the time, and i question alot of the information with regards to the fourth way, but this at least is evident and straightforward. Gurdjieff was certainly an interesting man but it seems he didn't reveal the source of most his wisdoms. Maat said he though he saw a connection to the sufis, does anyone else know any connections or possible origins?
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Post by jmd on Jun 19, 2007 10:13:52 GMT
I have encountered a number of people who seek to insiduously push Gurdieff's so-called 'fourth way', usually by proposing or by asking questions about it, in that manner seeking for others to delve into it a little... and then more. If you are genuinely interested in what Gurdieff has to say about the enneagramme, here is a lecture he gave on the subject: ' The Enneagram'. Another essay (or essays) of interest (some of the best as far as I'm concerned) discussing the Enneagramme from this more Gurdieffian perspective is David Eyes's ' Tone-Constellations of the Enneagram: a key to the inner hexagram'. Nonetheless, and personally on the subject of the Enneagramme, I vastly prefer the depth offered by people such as Riso and Hudson (though must admit that the manner in which it as expended over the past two decades has taken away rather than added to the depth of their book The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types). For myself, I find other paths more instructive than seeking to imbue myself with Gurdieff's work - or those of his followers.
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