Feeling out of place

Hi! There is a pdf at PDFDRIVE (not sure I can put a URL in here) and it's also available in an audio form on archive . org. It's the lecture series that Ouspensky gave in early days about the Work that he had pursued with Gurdjieff. It's lectures to inform a small group about the requirements and form of the Fourth Way school they were saying they wanted to pursue as well. I thought it was a great (and totally synchronistic) way to introduce oneself to Gurdjieff.
A good read and it may help you understand and overcome (or deal with better) your sense of dissociation.
 
Hi celenajohnson23,

I can totally relate to how you're feeling. For me, in these last weeks, it feels as if the ground is shifting under my feet on a daily basis and I'm having difficulty maintaining my footing.

I just went to archive.org and found the audio of The Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution. It is 2 hours long and I will be listening to it at some point today. (Thanks eyesoftheworld.)

I am currently re-reading Lost Christianity by Jacob Needleman which feels like a foothold for me at the moment.
 
celenajohnson23 said:
Thank you for the reading material list I'm still new to posting replies; I am happy you all were able to understand what I meant as I have difficulty explaining how I feel. "Learning about the distinction between personality and essence could help." That's actually something I needed to hear :D Going over materials that I have read will definitely be of some use. Thank you for that sometimes I forget that just because I've read doesn't mean I understand or at least can make connections between material and whats going on in around me. Deff will take the 4th way and In search back out for another spin. Time to get reading :)
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Reading is the best way to acquire knowledge and also exchanging with people here, that help to very important and vital insights. Connecting the dots. Be curious of what is happening, like deciphering a map. And reading, reading and understanding little by little the huge material that we can find here and in the books that are published by the members of this group. At the beginning I felt so lost, a little scary, very lonely. Is part of the process. Then when I understood that knowledge protects I felt like breathing normally, again. We are living very important and interesting moments in the History of humanity, we are part of it we like it or not. And to be part of this historical moments, dark moments, is perfect to grow. :lkj:
 
Thank you eyesoftheworld for the website I will be checking that out :D
Loreta thank you for the insight and deff more knowledge gaining...we will get there :)
Moonbird thank you along with others who have made me feel less alone, I hope you are handling this transition or what-have-you in a positive way, and not running into too much difficulty. I had the same feeling a while back like the bottoms of my feet felt like they were vibrating...haven't had that in a while though lol. Its now more than anything like I'm watching myself do carry out activities...and the feeling of suspicion. IDK all in all we will get through this and I will get ready to get through The Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution :D Happy Learning
 
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