Study of Lying from Ouspensky's Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution, pp. 47-48 Now we must see what are those harmful features that man finds in himself. Speaking in general, they are all mechanical manifestations. The first, as has already been said, is lying. Lying is unavoidable in mechanical life. No one can escape it, and the more one thinks that one is free from lying, the more one is ...

Filing Impressions from Ouspensky's In Search of the Miraculous, p109 It is necessary to know what these points are and it is necessary to know how to approach them, for if one does not begin with them one will either get no result at all or wrong and undesirable results. Having fixed in his own mind the difference between the intellectual, the emotional, and the moving functions, a man must, ...

Imagine Yourself Conscious from Ouspensky's Fourth Way, p. 113 Q. I still do not see what it means to try and think as we would think if we were more conscious. A . Try to imagine yourself conscious--that would be the right use of imagination. We develop this power of imagination in an absolutely wrong and useless way which is always making trouble for us. But now, for once, try to use it and ...

Limit of Consciousness from Ouspensky's Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution, pp. 19-20 I shall try to explain how consciousness can be studied. Take a watch and look at the second hand, trying to be aware of yourself, and concentrating on the thought, I am Peter Ouspensky, I am now here. Try not to think about anything else, simply follow the movements of the second hand and be aware of ...

Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution: Notes on the Decision to Work 1973 Vintage Books; pp. 115-119 (omitted from 1981 edition of same) Think very seriously before you decide to work on yourself with the idea of changing yourself, that is, to work with the definite aim to become conscious and to develop the connection with higher centers. This work admits of no compromise and it requires a ...

P.D. Ouspensky's soulful 1908 observations concerning the Sphinx ...

Sacrifice Suffering from Ouspensky's In Search of the Miraculous, p. 274, and Nicoll's Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky, vol. 4, pp. 1239-1242 from Ouspensky's Search, p. 274 I have already said before that sacrifice is necessary, said G. Without sacrifice nothing can be attained. But if there is anything in the world that people do not understand it is the ...

Sincerity Life is real only then, when I am p136 For an all-round assimilation of both these assisting or as might otherwise be called helping exercises for the mastering of the chief exercise, I now, at the very beginning of the formation of this new group composed of various persons pursuing one and the same aim, find it necessary to warn you of an indispensable condition for the ...

Stopping Thoughts from Ouspensky's Fourth Way, pp. 115-118 and 380 Q. What is the distinction in the meaning of attention and consciousness A. Attention can be regarded as the elementary beginning of consciousness--the first degree. It is not full awareness for it is only directed one way. As I said, consciousness needs double attention. Q. What is the object of attaining this higher ...

Submission of Will from Ouspensky's In Search of the Miraculous, pp. 159-61 Gurdjieff: In the life of an ordinary man truth and falsehood have no moral value of any kind because a man can never keep to one single truth. His truth changes. If for a certain time it does not change, it is simply because it is kept by 'buffers.' And a man can never tell the truth. Sometimes 'it tells' the truth, ...

The Quiet Place from Ouspensky's Fourth Way, pp. 132-133 Q. I had a problem which was worrying me. I tried to self-remember and for a short time I got into a state in which it was no longer possible to worry, and at the same time my sense of values generally changed. This state did not last long, but the problem, when it returned as one, did not again assume the importance it had before. I ...

Work on Uncontrolled Imagination from Ouspensky's Psychology of Man's Possible Evolution, pp. 47-50 Now we must see what are those harmful features that man finds in himself. Speaking in general, they are all mechanical manifestations. The first, as has already been said, is lying.... The second dangerous feature he finds in himself is imagination. Very soon after starting his observation of ...

Intentional Observation from Ouspensky's The Fourth Way, pp. 43 &54 Q. Does one acquire knowledge of oneself through self-observation A. Self-observation is connected with certain definite practices. If you just start observing how things happen, you will miss many things; but if you try to struggle against some of the things you see, for instance against small habits, you will at once begin ...

Remember Yourself from Ouspensky's In Search of the Miraculous, p. 118 But before making deductions, I will try to describe my attempts to remember myself. The first impression was that attempts to remember myself or to be conscious of myself, to say to myself, I am walking, I am doing, and continually feel this I, stopped thought. When I was feeling I, I could neither think nor speak; even ...

Sleeping People from Ouspensky's In Search of the Miraculous, p. 265 After this there followed a strange period of time. It lasted about three weeks. And during this period from time to time I saw sleeping people. This requires a particular explanation. Two or three days after G.'s departure I was walking along the Troitsky street and suddenly I saw that the man who was walking towards me ...

Third Element From Ouspensky's A New Model of the Universe, p294 In this incident I undoubtedly came into contact with the possibility of a different vision in the world of things and events. But, speaking generally, all the questions which I asked myself referring to real life or to concrete knowledge led to nothing. I think that this is connected with a principle which became clear to me ...