"THERE DO EXIST ENQUIRING MINDS, which long for the truth of the heart, seek it, strive to solve the problems set by life, try to penetrate to the essence of things and phenomena and to penetrate into themselves. If a man reasons and thinks soundly, no matter which path he follows in solving these problems, he must inevitably arrive back at himself, and begin with the solution of the problem of what he is himself and what his place is in the world around him. For without this knowledge, he will have no focal point in his search. Socrates’ words, “Know thyself” remain for all those who seek true knowledge and being."

VIEWS FROM THE REAL WORLD, BY by G.I. Gurdjieff, p 43

16 July 2011

Stealing: Wisdom


Listening to and repeating words of wisdom does not make you wise. True Being is not earned through taking words into your head brain and there associating and conceptualizing what you hear.

True wisdom comes after you've put the ideas the words you speak about to clinical tests by verifying the ideas experientially - on the organic level - in your own life.

No amount of head brain "thinking", association, and imagination will make you wise.

Anyone who "steals" ideas and speaks them as if they are their own is living in illusion, which dissipates the moment real life happens.

Why are you so surprised when you keep waking up in the same place year after year?

Awake
Sleep not

BE

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