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El Cuarto Camino
The Fourth Way is a guide for those who seek a true way of inner growth under conditions open to the men and women of today.
Paperback, 470 pages
Published
November 1st 2005
by Kier Editorial
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This book took me six months to crawl through and though painful at times was worth the effort. It mirrored in many ways my own journey in terms of timing and though I could not pretend to have initiated the level of effort the Ouspensky says that we need to wake up from our slumber, from time to time I catch glimpses and that reminder alone was worth the read. I would not recommend this book for anyone that is not naturally drawn toward it and would say if you are interested in the ideas of G...more
I read this while living on the street years ago.What I learned was that there is no "I" but many "I"s sort of competing for supremacy,that there is such a thing as spiritual mechanics.Not that man is machine,but rather the machine is a functional expression of man's spiritual aim and as such remains an indwelling of human potential.
Tricky reading, but this book really helped me to learn how to concentrate again. Not sure how many times I have read this, at least three, Perhaps four. Sounds funny it is, never thought i'd read a book four times or more. I have lost track the times now actually.
I am enjoying this book, but it is a lot of work. The premise of the book, is that humans are much like machines and that much of what we do, is done out of habit and unconsiously. Lots to think about and process!
heavy ... heavy...
P.D. Ouspensky was a disciple of the Russian mystic Gurdjieff, and attempted to explain his system for human development. It is never quite clear what the goal is or how to get there. Quite the thing once upon a time. Nowadays seems as dated as Madame Blavatsky and all things vaguely spiritualistic... Worth a read though.
Shouldn't simplifying your life take up less than 300 or so pages? Why is it necessary to form your own groups and charge individuals money to sit around and listen to your philosophy, not to mention that someone actually takes charge over these groups formed under this philosophy? Gee....this sounds very familiar....
This is nuts, yeah. It's total mysticism masquerading as mathemtaics and philosophy. But it's fun. More poetry than a dozen poetry volumes will contain.
Interestingly exposed many facets of my personality and life that was until then hidden, What a slave I used to be to my false personality!!!
The general message of this Fourth Way is to not pass your life in a state of waking sleep. A good way to learn what Gurdjieff was all about.
awakening- not sleeping... I'm done with zombie slumber...This book is a guide for me right now, I am taking my time with it.
Very insightful. It's been interesting reading this book. I open it to random pages and "work" from there.
Classic Ouspensky, also try and read Gurdjieff if you can, it will blow your mind!
I only just started this book, and I'm already blown away.
Pretty good so far
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