Georgij Ivanovič Gurdžijev Pořadí knih

Over one hundred years ago in Russia, G. I. Gurdjieff introduced a spiritual teaching of conscious evolution—a way of gnosis or “knowledge of being” passed on from remote antiquity. Gurdjieff’s early talks in Europe were published in the form of chronological fragments preserved by his close followers P. D. Ouspensky and Jeanne de Salzmann. Now these teachings are presented as a comprehensive whole, covering a variety of subjects including states of consciousness, methods of self-study, spiritual work in groups, laws of the cosmos, and the universal symbol known as the Enneagram. Gurdjieff respected traditional religious practices, which he regarded as falling into three general categories or “ways”: the Way of the Fakir, related to mastery of the physical body; the Way of the Monk, based on faith and feeling; and the Way of the Yogi, which focuses on development of the mind. He presented his teaching as a “Fourth Way” that integrates these three aspects into a single path of self-knowledge. The principles are laid out as a way of knowing and experiencing an awakened level of being that must be verified for oneself.

G. I. Gurdjieff plasmó su enseñanza en las tres series de libros: Relatos de Belcebú a su Nieto, Encuentros con Hombre Notables y La Vida es Real Sólo Cuando Yo Soy, ésta última incompleta. La presente obra no procede de su puño y letra, sino que es una recopilación de sus palabras y de sus instrucciones directas dadas en conversaciones y conferencias celebradas en Essentuki, el Prieuré, Nueva York, Londres, y también mientras viajaba de una ciudad a otra con sus alumnos, a menudo en condiciones difíciles. Son notas que fueron reunidas de memoria por algunos de los que escucharon estas conversaciones y que luego las transcribieron fielmente, siendo atesoradas y protegidas.

G. I. Gurdžijev byl jedním z velmi vlivných mystiků a duchovních učitelů. Původem Řek, který žil v Rusku a později emigroval do USA. Tato kniha seznamuje čtenáře s jeho životním příběhem, jakož i s jeho učením. Poprvé jsou zde v českém překladu představeny jeho spisy o duchovním hledání člověka, stejně jako o zákonitostech, kterým podléhá náš svět z duchovního hlediska.

Helps in understanding the nature and intensity of personal effort that is required for an all-inclusive work on oneself. This book presents a series of talks which the author gave to his pupils in New York in 1930, and an incomplete essay on 'The Outer and Inner World of Man'.

'You must learn not what people round you consider good or bad, but to act in life as your conscience bids you' For twenty years, the spiritual teacher Gurdjieff journeyed through Central Asia and the Middle East. Part travelogue, part adventure, part spiritual guide, Meetings with Remarkable Men vividly describes his encounters with the people who aided his search for knowledge: his father, a bard, who handed down to him tales of wonder and magic; a Russian prince dedicated to the truth; a Persian dervish who taught him a new way of living; a woman who escaped slavery to become a trusted fellow seeker. Through them, we see a young man discovering the answers to who we are and what it means to live fully. With a new Introduction by Gary Lachman