a 'work' site; infection with _the_ teaching urge; could be, by graceful texts of P.D. Ouspensky; it happens when people _are_ but also when they are _not_ e.g. bloggers, writers, teachers etc., i.e. & so on down the scale. Symptoms stronger if such had the privilege of enjoying erudition of Gurdjieff, or had their understanding nourished by Nicoll's Commentaries' unmistakable feel. Maybe during childhood. Maybe some are to experience the symptom, _yet_... time is relative.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
new entry
We've got Life situation, and the Work going against Life. The question is what is the Work saying regarding man's life at present moment. It is necessary to maintain inner orientation towards Work ideas and practices. This is highly practical.
What is the Work saying regarding me? What should I do, how should I behave? Israelites were summoned to heed The Law of the Lord and to love the Lord and His Law. It is said that many of them didn't heed the Word of the living God but turned to artificial worship of their own making, so to speak.
It is also said that angels appeared to those who maintained a connection. They were enabled to great deeds. Think of Gideon here. Once again, how do I build up my being?
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>Once again, how do I build up my being?
This fundamental question I've always answered with:
influences.
You build up your being with higher influences. Influences just outside your current interests and just above your current level of understanding. B Influences that have degrees of C Influence in them. This is a practical way to see it.
They have to be dedicated, complete efforts. Not desultory, incomplete efforts. Full cosmos efforts. Discerning the mountain, or hierarchy, of influences and climbing up that mountain.
If all you take in are A Influences (food, sex, money, mother-in-law...shallow diversion, etc.) you don't develop anything at your core.
This is also how magnetic center develops.
Let's say you already have magnetic center. You then have to provoke your limits (that area between the 2nd and 3rd levels of consciousness, or between waking sleep and self-remembering) and then extend your limits.
"Make efforts when it's difficult to make efforts, this builds being."
http://www.geocities.com/cynthial26/86workattitudes.html
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