The Herald of Coming Good is the first book by G. I. Gurdjieff. The book was privately published in Paris in 1933.
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Georges Ivanovich Gurdjieff (Armenian: Գեորգի Իվանովիչ Գյուրջիև, Georgian: გიორგი გურჯიევი, Greek: Γεώργιος Γεωργιάδης, Russian: Гео́ргий Ива́нович Гюрджи́ев, Georgiy Ivanovich Gyurdzhiev, or Gurdjiev) was an influential Greek-Armenian mystic, spiritual teacher of the early to mid-20th century, and a self-professed 'teacher of dancing'.
He taught that the vast majority of humanity lives their entire lives in a state of hypnotic "waking sleep," but that it was possible to transcend to a higher state of consciousness and achieve full human potential. Gurdjieff developed a method for doing so, calling his discipline "The Work" (connoting "work on oneself") or "the Method." According to his principles and instructions, Gurdjieff's method for awakening one's consciousness is different from that of the fakir, monk or yogi, so his discipline is also called (originally) the "Fourth Way." At one point he described his teaching as being "esoteric Christianity."
At different times in his life, Gurdjieff formed and closed various schools around the world to teach the work. He claimed that the teachings he brought to the West from his own experiences and early travels expressed the truth found in ancient religions and wisdom teachings relating to self-awareness in people's daily lives and humanity's place in the universe. The title of his third series of writings, Life Is Real Only Then, When 'I Am', expresses the essence of his teachings. His complete series of books is entitled All and Everything.
"Wouldn't You Rather" from Alter Bridge's album "Walk The Sky"
Walk the Sky is the sixth studio album by American rock band Alter Bridge, released on October 18, 2019, via Napalm Records.
Wouldn't You Rather
Alter Bridge
Sell yourself short and buy a world of pain
Follow your bliss or pay the price
All of these lessons I've learned them so well
There is no gain worth the commerce of self
Wouldn't you rather
Live from the heart
A life that will matter
To be lived from the start
You wear an albatross around your neck
The spoils of war will bring you down
Heed my advice, may you hear every word
Don't sacrifice meaning for riches that burn
Wouldn't you rather
Live from the heart
A life that will matter
To be lived from the start
All of these lessons I've learned for myself
There is no gain worth the commerce of self
A dream left for dead, now a nightmare that feels like hell
Wouldn't you rather
Live from the heart
A life that will matter
To be lived from the start
Wouldn't you rather
Live from the heart
A life that will matter
To be lived from the start
I'd rather live from the heart
I'd rather live from the heart
The Herald of Coming Good (Audiobook)
Be careful GG doesn't vamp your heart steal your soul, and make U into some kind of other ROBOT.
He's a good start for beginners in elementary unschooling, problem is, he made a new kind of kit for slavery. Here in France I tell people, I call them les Larbins!
He's the great GURU type of the 20th century. Almost everyone who's followed, sure, there are many bad and silly imitations. For a Guru model, he's one of the best. But he's still a Slave maker!
Better to learn and leave Papa. Become a Dad, and hope one's own child can do the same, ie. become the boss of one's own very personal home.
Liberty knows no boss, save natural law and the Gardian Angel that's a gift from God, aka Higher Self.
Such a shame, Americans remain largely ignorant of the man who is considered the Godfather of Totalitarianism and was the guru communism. But then perhaps it is for the best as l'aryensoufi notes he was very persuasive. One more dangerous weapon in the hands of America's monkey overlords just wouldn't do. He is one of the only two Magus's that have my respect, the other of course being Aleister Crowley. Between the both of them they performed more and better miracles than the Christians attribute to Jesus, and they had reliable witnesses. Another gem of a find by HP!
We got more here for those who are interested and have not yet seen.
https://jackheart.substack.com/p/gurdjieff-and-stalin-stalin-and-gurdjieff