Video on Gurdjieff teachings

[Pierre]

Here is a 50 minutes video about Gurdjieff teachings. The summary provided in You Tube is as follow :

Science and the Outer Streams, Peter Shor explains the philosophy of spiritual teacher George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff. Gurdjieff is arguably "the most colorful, enigmatic, and charismatic man of the 20th Century." Gurdjieff's basic teaching is that human life is lived in waking sleep, and transcendence of this state requires a specific inner work. This leads to otherwise inaccessible levels of vitality and awareness. Mr. Shor has been working with Gurdjieff's teachings since 1976. He is the president of the Claymont Society, an organization that directs Claymont Court, a community and school founded by J.G. Bennett, a principal student Gurdjieff's . Andy Nesky, President of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Theosophical Society, is the host.

Shor gives an interesting introduction to G. basic teachings : self-observation, the Work, reactions, ...

But some parts seem missing particularly how negative emotions are transformed into creative deeds in service to others.

In addition the host is President of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Theosophical Society that was involved in the genesis of the New Age movement.

In the last parts Shor explains that most students only interacted with G. for a while and when they started teaching they only disclosed the part of G. teaching that they knew. Accordinf to shore Bennet brought together all those teachings though Bennet didn't attend all G. teachings.

So this video might be interesting for a presentation of the basics of the Work while keeping in mind that some important parts are either missing or being distorted.

 

[GRiM]

Thank you very much for the video-series. It gives a great overview of the 4th way!

 

[ScioAgapeOmnis]

Here's a video of the G as he's visiting Paris:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFfa8Ae1Qog

The question we must ask ourselves is, would he have discovered what he has if he wasn't so fond of his pipe or cigarette? Probably not :)

 

[Rich]

Here is a 50 minutes video about Gurdjieff teachings. [...]

So this video might be interesting for a presentation of the basics of the Work while keeping in mind that some important parts are either missing or being distorted.

Thank you for sharing that Belibaste, an interesting summary of some of the key concepts.