Doing and Happenings

The meeting started with a reading from Ouspensky’s “The Fourth Way”, Chapter 10 (We cannot ‘Do’), explaining how we think we make our own internal decisions and act accordingly, yet are actually being controlled by external influences.

If the internal decisions correspond to the external influences we will do it, otherwise we do not.

This was followed by a discussion where the possibility of being able to change ourselves from a relatively mechanical existence to being able make our own decisions, instead of letting things just happen, was the main theme of our discussion.

Essence and Personality

The meeting started with a reading in which all present read a short part from “The Fourth Way”, Chapter 4, describing the essential different qualities of essence and personality. This was followed by our usual discussion.

Knowledge, Understanding and Beingness

There were nine people present.

The meeting started with a reading from the “The Fourth Way”, Chapter 2, explaining the essential differences between knowledge, understanding and beingness.

This was followed by an interesting discussion on how we can try to change our levels of knowledge and understanding of these states.

Consciousness and Functions

The eighth meeting.

There were nine people present.

Subject for discussion: Consciousness and Functions. Ouspensky’s “The Fourth Way”, Chapter 3, page 53.

The Enneagram

The seventh meeting.

There were six people present.

Subject for discussion: The Enneagram.

Consciousness and Functions

The sixth meeting.

There were six people present.

Subject for discussion: Consciousness and Functions. Ouspensky’s “The Fourth Way”, Chapter 3, page 53.

Knowledge and Being

The second regular meeting of the Hampstead Gurdjieff discussion group.

The meeting started with a reading on “Knowledge and Being” from Ouspensky’s “The Fourfh Way”, pages 41-50.

This was followed by a discussion of the relative differences between knowledge, understanding and levels of being.