GURDJIEFF’S ADVICE To His Readers
[Written impromptu by the author on delivering this book, already prepared for publication, to the printer.] ACCORDING TO the numerous deductions and conclusions made by me during experimental elucidations concerning the productivity of the perception by contemporary people of new impressions from what is heard and read, and also according to the thought of one of the sayings of popular wisdom I have just remembered, handed down to our days from very ancient times, which declares:
“Any prayer may be heard by the Higher Powers and a corresponding answer obtained only if it is uttered thrice":
AUTHOR
The question is: Did you read this? No doubt you did, at least once. But did you read and ponder it?
And the question that this begs is:
Did you actually do what he advised?
Can you say with hand on heart that you did?
[Written impromptu by the author on delivering this book, already prepared for publication, to the printer.] ACCORDING TO the numerous deductions and conclusions made by me during experimental elucidations concerning the productivity of the perception by contemporary people of new impressions from what is heard and read, and also according to the thought of one of the sayings of popular wisdom I have just remembered, handed down to our days from very ancient times, which declares:
“Any prayer may be heard by the Higher Powers and a corresponding answer obtained only if it is uttered thrice":
- Firstly—for the welfare or the peace of the souls of one’s parents.
- Secondly—for the welfare of one’s neighbor.
- And only thirdly—for oneself personally.”
- Firstly—at least as you have already become mechanized to read all your contemporary books and newspapers.
- Secondly—as if you were reading aloud to another person.
- And only thirdly—try and fathom the gist of my writings.”
AUTHOR
The question is: Did you read this? No doubt you did, at least once. But did you read and ponder it?
And the question that this begs is:
Did you actually do what he advised?
Can you say with hand on heart that you did?