(L) His solution is for the human being to crystallize.
(Joe) Right.
(L) And become a companion to the Great Sun Absolute, right?
(Joe) At least to not be subject to the predations of the consuming universe... you can escape it. But where does that put you? What function do you have then? Are you part of it then? You just become higher up on the pecking order or something?
The Universe is Mechanical,
From the Rotation of the Galaxy to the Orbits of Planets around the SUN.
What Gurdjieff was saying is that we are like cells in a giant body.
Gurdjieff is trying to wake people up to the realisation that a person can disconnect from a bad part of the Body and reconnect in a Better place.
Remember Gurdjieff Spoke of 3 Bodies,
The Essence, which is the Soul in Embryo,
The Material Body ( that feeds the earth )
and the Spirit, or magnetic Body that Mediates between the two,
That magnetic holographic Image of a person is the Concentrated Energy that Drifts to, and feeds the moon.
(( But it is Not YOU or the Soul or the Essence of a person, More like a Used Overcoat containing an entire record of your material life )
(( Many Mediums and Spiritualists RAISE these magnetic bodies, that can be Reactivated to Talk and can appear intelligent , But they require the Energy Input of the medium.
In some cases the magnetc bodies , like a Clever Computer Virus, may even be programmed to steer towards energy sources ,
and thus may manifest as ghosts and vampires with a semblance of self will, but they are essentially DEAD
Dont ever fear them, Fear provides an easy source of energy for them))
look at the Sun as being a Living Body whos Organs are the Planets, and moons.
Its Circulation is the Inter planetary magnetic field, and its Finer Energy is the Life that takes place on those Planets .
the Moon may be a dead place NOW, but at some time in the future ,
for example as the Siun Expands , it will come to life for a while.
The Essence or Soul in Embryo, after death is Reincarnated , Unless it has Grown into a Mature Soul in which case it may ascend to start a new Life on a higher dimension.
of course Gurdjieffs work deals Mostly with mecahnical things,
99% of Activity on Earth is mechanical.
And of Course he Hypnotises people.
(L) He made it clear that he was experimenting, but that the people he was experimenting on would benefit as a side effect of his objectives. And he said that clearly in his book Herald of the Coming Good.
What else can you do with people who are Hypnotised by nature and the world around them ?
But put them under a lesser form of Hypnosis ,
one that they can perceive and fight their way out of.