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“It is like the man who became short-sighted and refused to wear glasses, saying there was nothing wrong with him, but that the trouble was that the recent papers were so badly printed.”

Book:Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of G. I. Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky

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Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of G. I. Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky

This book delves into the philosophical and psychological teachings of G. I. Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky, offering commentary and analysis on their ideas and methods for personal development and self-awareness. more

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Maurice Nicoll

Maurice Nicoll was a renowned psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, born on July 19, 1884, and died on August 30, 1953. He made significant contributions to the fields of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. more

“What is difficult to understand is that without conscious effort, nothing is possible. Conscious effort is related to higher nature. My lower nature alone cannot lead me to consciousness. It is blind. But when I wake up and I feel that I belong to a higher world, this is only part of conscious effort. I become truly conscious only when I open to all my possibilities, higher and lower. There is value only in conscious effort.”

World Feels Values Difficult Effort Consciousness Possibility Higher Conscious Wake Up Blind Related Leading Me

Author:Jeanne de Salzmann

“To 'see both sides' of a problem is the surest way to prevent its complete solution. Because there are always more than two sides.”

Way Two Problem Sides Solutions Both Sides Two Sides

Book:Reflections

Source: Reflections

“History is not usually what has happened. History is what some people have thought to be significant.”

People Happened Significant

Book:Reflections

Source: Reflections

“People who speak or act in an ordinary fashion are most likely to be those who have been the recipients of higher experiences. But because they do not rage around, wild-eyed, people think that they are very ordinary folk and therefore not aware of anything unknown to the general run of man.”