Category Archives: Buddhism

  • Gurdjieff on Liberation III – Opposition

    Asaf Braverman, California

    What do you find when you try to be present for two minutes uninterruptedly? Can you see Māra increasing his resistance? Can you catch the emotions, thoughts and sensations of his army before they hinder you? read more

    April 1, 2013
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  • Gurdjieff on Liberation II – Conscious Effort

    Asaf Braverman, California

    Novelty awakens us. Peter Ouspensky verified this in his first experiments with self-remembering. He realized that he had occasionally remembered himself throughout his life, but unknowingly, infrequently and unintentionally... read more

    March 1, 2013
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  • Gurdjieff on Liberation – Part I

    Asaf Braverman, California

    Gurdjieff likened awakening to escaping from prison. The prison is man’s own sleep, and the primary force that keeps him locked up is that he is oblivious of his own captivity. As long as man enjoys the chains and... read more

    February 1, 2013
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  • Gurdjieff on Being

    Asaf Braverman, California

    Man’s incompleteness was a recurring theme in Gurdjieff’s teaching. “Our starting point is that man does not know himself, that he is not,” he used to say, stressing that undeveloped man utilized only a fraction of his capacities and... read more

    December 13, 2012
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