Menna
The Living Force
It seems to me that Gurdjieff made a lot of mistakes when it came to sex with many women, so I don't think he is some kind of role model or someone to emulate in regards to this issue.
He didn't make mistakes when it came to having sex with women he knew what he was doing and new what he wanted and got it. In his book he paints a picture of him laying down in the desert next to a body of water thinking about his life and in this time of reflection he talks about how his manipulative ways using his psyche power over others - with women, men, people with whom he could get something from would keep him from advancing - keep him going around in circles.
I also don't think its "right" or Objective to talk about people who lived over thousands of years ago and comment on their sexual lifestyle one because who can really know the objective facts about a relationship thousands of years old people dont know the objective facts about a relationship that ended 4 months ago and two the times back then society and the word were extremely different.
For example hypathetically if we grew up in a society where it was ok to pick up any bicycle left on the street and use it as your own for transportation this wasn't a big deal it was a normal occurrence. Then 1,700 years later that act is viewed as theft but back then it was a society/human norm. To comment on a persons character negatively because they did something 1,700 years ago that is viewed as morally wrong today - to put that persons actions in todays world and judge them from todays morals and opinions.standards is unfair to that person and emotionally can cloud ones view of this person. I am talking about Caesar when I say thousand of years ago obviously G is not that old however make no mistake about it he knew exactly what he was doing he knew he was using his "powers" for the self. He did realize that using his "powers" for self would limit his growth
I am wrong sometimes and do not pretend otherwise. However, you seem committed to your ideal of Gurdjieff; it sounds to me like you believe he was perfect or never made mistakes after his epiphany in the desert. It seems after his epiphany he had sex with married women, and this is less than 100 years ago. Therefore, I don't see a problem using my moral judgment today and applying it to what he did. I'm certainly not going to pretend or believe that he knew exactly what he was doing. He was just a man, not a god, not an archetype, not 4D or 6D.
I don't have an ideal about Gurdjieff I never interacted with the man I do however believe in some of his principals and information. There are many people that I don't ideal but I believe in/enjoy their talent such as musicians or actors. Maybe its true G had poor morals when it came to women but morals are based on current society and he lived in a society different then our present society so IMO it does little good to comment on his behavior with women. Also I think its doing oneself a disservice to look at one aspect of a man and discount the other ones. Everyone has short comings or issues people also have talents and other great attributes. I was just pointing out that its not a mistake if your actions lead to your goal up until he had his realization his goal was to manipulate to get what he wanted use his powers then his goal changed after his realization. How did he interact with women after his changed realization? I dont know. My point is that I don't ideal people that I have never met however I am guilty of idealing or a better word for my point of view would be liking/believing in their talents/positive contributions. Humans are in a world of Ying and Yang I know this and I know that everyone has positivity and negativity but to look at a persons negativity and have it cancel out their positivity might not be a good idea.