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G.I. Gurdjieffparis meetings

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INDEX

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published in 2017 by Dolmen Meadow Editions.

abnormal 15, 34, 198, 213, 247, 271, 355

accident 62, 104, 167, 228, 269–270, 302, 304

‘accountant’ 51; see also money

accumulators; accumulate 38–39, 42, 44, 75–76, 81, 148–149, 162, 182, 184, 200, 227–228, 256, 313, 327, 354

action 19, 58, 63, 84–85, 93, 121, 210, 225, 232, 334

active 66, 75, 212, 215, 230–231, 272

elements in air 162, 172

elements in food 118

force 17, 25, 70

activity 99, 139–140, 151, 161, 164, 172, 186–188, 213–214, 223, 230, 242, 356

advice 48, 150, 160, 165–166, 201, 214, 227, 229–230, 234, 238, 256, 281–284, 290, 298–299, 315, 317, 324, 336–337, 343, 350, 354–356

forspecificstudent 5, 18–19

for all students, everyone 82, 295, 323

given by animals to each other 142

giving requires knowing someone well

184

how to educate/raise children 252, 254

medical 242

to an altruist, to be an egoist 7, 18, 25, 57, 195

to an egoist, to be an altruist 18

to have remorse of conscience 19, 96, 125, 136, 215

to not consider, to play a role 69, 187, 295

to observe limits 82

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to observe others 5

to pray 211, 279

to procrastinators 89

to punish oneself if one forgets to remember oneself

145, 217–218

to read Beelzebub’s Tales 84

to read; to gather information 38

to relax 223, 338

to rest 143–144

to visit each other 267

to work with small habits 137

to work with posture 177

to separate ‘I’ and ‘me’ 347

to student that is in their head 18

to work a third of waking life 67

affection 5, 58, 168, 201

affirmingforce see active force

‘After their death, you will come to Me’

169

aging 227, 249–250, 288, 325

agitation 63, 70, 92–93, 96, 232, 234, 284, 339

aim 13, 15, 43, 45, 70, 74, 78, 104, 152–153, 158, 189, 207, 212–213, 227, 232, 243, 256, 287–288, 302, 348

to be an individual 232

to be awake 95

to be inwardly impartial 194

to help each other 47, 55

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to not identify, play a role 9

to respect your father 335–336

tosacrificeeverythingforyourchildren

228–229

air 44, 138, 162, 172, 326–327, 347

alcohol 161, 205, 212, 238

‘All or nothing’ 113–114, 182

alone 42, 100, 120, 156–157, 159, 170, 173, 195, 256, 284, 354

feeling alone among friends who are not in the work

23

in oneself 11

man alone is half-man; woman alone is half-woman

28

you alone can struggle 26–27, 32, 87

you cannot struggle alone 3, 145, 163, 226–227, 303

altruist 18, 120–121, 123, 197, 254, 287

ambition 7; see also egoist

America 8, 11, 179

analogies 254

angels 157, 211, 338

anger 75, 79, 88, 117, 122, 126, 153, 170, 201, 232, 277, 294

animal 34, 122

man like or only as an 58, 95, 142, 146, 171, 217, 232, 274, 308, 349–350

struggle between head and 33, 227

anxiety 44, 73, 89, 242, 283, 342

arguments 347


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Armagnac 301

arms

filling see exercises: filling

outstretched see exercises: arms outstretched

sensing exercise see exercises: sensing

art 134, 144

artist; artistic 134, 153, 295–296

artificial 42, 185

Ashiata Shiemash 34, 60, 85, 105, 237, 263–265, 311, 322

aspects (seven) 13, 29, 86, 98–99, 106, 156, 180–181, 201–202

associations 11–12, 33, 41, 67, 90, 131, 153–154, 163, 168–169, 173, 178–179, 196, 200, 232, 250, 253, 270, 289–290, 338–339, 341, 347

automatic 169, 232, 253, 289–290, 338

compared to blood circulation 78

controllingflowof 37, 78, 81–82, 106

stopping 18, 22–23, 37, 75, 84, 138, 326, 334

atmosphere 8, 253, 302

attachment 18, 51, 55, 71, 94, 116, 153; see also identification

attention 167, 179, 183, 196, 199, 216, 260, 299, 325, 347, 348

and Beelzebub’s Tales 233–234

and everyday things 207

and self-observation 54, 176

and observing others 62

concentrated 141, 176, 219

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dispersed 142

divided 44–45, 139–140, 159, 169–171, 173, 175, 186, 268

including and excluding with 40, 62, 129

focused 144, 280, 290

placed 78, 141, 170, 176, 199

‘Attention is proportional to the power to remember oneself’

216, 233

attitude 21, 35, 40, 59–60, 104, 135, 191, 290–291, 328, 345

of Thomas 32

towards oneself 71, 303

towards others 59–60, 195, 277, 306–307, 321

towards the work 136, 172, 211–212

authority 264, 271

automatic; automatism 26, 38, 53, 59, 64, 75, 78, 87, 94, 106–107, 140, 144, 148, 150, 153, 219, 222, 229, 231, 245, 276, 281, 300, 305, 319–320, 324–326, 347–348, 353–354; see also mechanical

altruism 121

associations 169, 232, 253, 289–290, 338

creation of will 336

exercises becoming 262–263

experience of remorse 136, 197

instilled in children 248–249

praying 278–279

automobile 56, 124

as accumulators analogy 354


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awaken 275, 328, 338

an impulse 20

a question 147, 157

remorse 71, 136, 215, 329

awakened man 47, 95, 262

awareness 31, 180, 272

balance 12, 56, 227, 294

baths 127, 323, 344; see also turkish bath

Beelzebub's Tales 56, 84–85, 90, 99, 119, 153, 233–234, 237, 306, 324

‘In Beelzebub there is everything... even how to make an omelet.’

234

“Art” 133, 144

“France” 194

“From the Author” 301, 322, 332, 344

“Good and Evil. In the Opinion of Beelzebub, Man’s Understanding of Justice Is for Him in the Objective Sense an Accursed Mirage”

272

“Hypnotism” 175, 180

“Religion” 213, 226

“The Bokharian Dervish Hadji-Asvatz-Troov”

259

“The Chief Culprit of the Destruction of All the Very Saintly Labors of Ashiata Shiemash”

105, 311, 322

“The Fruits of Former Civilizations and the Blossoms of the Contemporary”

119

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“The Holy Planet ‘Purgatory’” 244

“The Inevitable Result of Impartial Mentation”

287

“The Sixth and Last Sojourn of Beelzebub on the Planet Earth”

160

behaviour 5, 26, 88, 126, 137, 142, 165, 181, 276, 307, 317, 322, 336, 340

being 17, 20, 28, 35, 37, 40, 56, 66, 84, 142, 163, 188–189, 207, 229, 308, 325

belief 155, 264

Benedictines 119

‘between two stools’ 189

bicarbonate of soda 242, 342

bicycle 251

bidet 166

blame 59, 72, 329

blessed; blessing 34, 47

blood 78, 92

related by 59, 111–112, 163, 168, 214, 314–315, 320

boasting 271

body 33, 54–55, 76, 83, 100, 104–105, 115, 117–118, 139–140, 148, 169, 176, 190, 228, 232, 237, 251, 256, 260–261, 269, 274, 279, 281, 283–285, 290, 297–298, 300, 308, 326, 346

and fear, vanity, laziness 23, 88, 92

and balanced development 56, 198–199, 202, 216, 293–294 see also center of gravity

as reminding factor, resistance 17, 26


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and discipline 27, 47–48, 52, 79–80, 146, 150, 315–317


hot/cold/tears see exercises: three impulses

losing sensation of 82

relaxing, tensing see exercises: relaxing muscles

sensing 73, 179, 192–193

separation from see exercises: separation

bon ton manuals 245

bonbons 121, 248, 340–341

books 12, 99, 245; see also reading

breathing 34, 130, 297, 326–327, 338, 345–348

and ‘I am’ exercise see exercises: ‘i am’

brother 11, 41, 47, 84, 167, 200, 234–235, 250–251, 309, 311, 314, 321, 326–327, 341

called by Gurdjieff 39, 163, 171

busy 114, 186, 200, 211, 272, 284

calm 70, 73–74, 77, 79, 93, 229, 243, 253, 271, 297, 312, 351;see also self-calming

as preparation for working 13, 25, 96, 186, 256, 315, 317–318, 338–339

car see automobile

cat see animal

categorically speaking 334

Catholics 107, 279

centres of gravity 142, 339, 348, 351

in body 146, 202, 216

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in intellect; in head; in thought 169, 192, 202, 232, 289

in emotion 176, 202

in an ideal 153

centres 16–17, 25, 130, 147, 153, 232, 286, 307–308, 324–325, 339, 351

aim with three 78

imbalance between 12

praying with three 8, 279–280

reading with three 24

working with three 52, 57, 149, 158–159, 176–177, 220, 262–263, 274, 290

change 36, 64, 69, 102, 105, 108, 110–111, 167, 174, 190, 192–193, 203, 213, 226, 230, 246–247, 249–250, 255, 260–261, 263, 266, 270–271, 286, 295–296, 299, 317, 326, 341, 343, 352–353

decision to change from recognizing your nothingness

11, 62, 113

from remembering death 41, 71

in habits 51

in personal work 16, 153, 242

in relationships 32, 45, 59–60, 145, 165–166, 228, 276–277, 281, 308, 313–314

inner change from playing a role 125–126, 140, 165–166, 187, 319

laws never change 91

man with ‘disease of tomorrow’ never changes

67

natural with age 9

nothing changes 26–27, 41


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of attitude 211–212

of state 20, 31, 79, 89, 146, 209

of being 37

of centre of gravity 216

of quality of sleep 152

of values 169–170

character 76, 125, 229, 264

chastity 35

cheramouichnick 110; see also parasite

chest 55, 92, 268, 292, 295, 353

chicken’s ass see politics

child; children; childhood 20, 31–32, 35, 64, 121–122, 262, 270, 308, 320

as a reminding factor 5, 28, 203–204

bad upbringing/education 244–245, 248–249

benefitsforchildrenofparentsin the work

60

common aim of parents to sacrificeeverythingfor

228–229, 321

faith 107

how to raise/educate 20–21, 51, 115, 252–254, 336

masturbation 34

memories 90, 102, 111, 204–205

‘never praise children’ 115, 123

childish 307

Christ see Jesus christ

Christian 32, 279

church 106, 187

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cigarettes 88, 114, 183–184, 280, 301, 322, 333, 344

considering others 119–120, 226

‘law of cigarettes’ 28

recommended against by doctor 133

used for self-discipline 145–147, 212, 217–218, 255

circulation 42, 78

circumstances 5, 141; see also conditions; situation

class (education) 9, 253, 284

class (social) 249, 318

coated 220

coffee 216, 238

cold 176, 274, 283–284, 341; see also exercises: three impulses

sensing 42, 55, 232, 263

to describe state of work 13–14

water, washing with 68, 152, 205, 313, 317, 342

collected state 42–43, 73–75, 81–84, 92, 94, 231, 240, 324, 339, 341

common sense 291

communism 264–265

companions (in the work) 59–60, 321–322

compare yourself to others 354–355

compassion 3, 6, 18, 190, 281

complacency 227

compromise 97, 129, 143, 279, 321


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comrades 39, 79, 117, 183, 225, 321; see also companions

concentration 42, 55, 74, 81, 84, 101, 140 –141, 162, 170, 174–180, 187, 219–221, 269, 304; see also attention: concentrated

in the head 130–131, 193, 208, 220, 239, 242

in thought; of thought 82–83, 232–233, 299

on picture that produces remorse 20

with all three centres 8, 23–24, 148–149, 279–280, 346

with whole presence 89, 279–280

conditions 26, 47, 79–80, 124, 139–140, 172–173, 196, 203, 267, 270, 294, 312, 330

confidence 12–13, 94

connection 52–53; see also contact

conscience 198, 271, 321; see also remorse of conscience

conscious; consciousness 7, 27, 17, 42, 47, 53, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77–83, 94–95, 112, 121, 123–124, 126, 136, 138–139, 148, 150–151, 153, 158–159, 161–162, 166–167, 181, 219, 222, 229, 232, 243, 248, 253, 256, 260–261, 268, 271–272, 276, 315, 320, 326–327, 331, 345, 355

love 236–237

lying see playing a role

conscious labour 62, 66, 157–158

consequences 20

considering, external 47, 54, 65, 153, 214–215, 236, 295

considering, inner 16, 31, 45, 68–69, 295, 305

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contact 48, 153, 225, 286

between aim and task 335

between head and body 25, 42–43, 141–142, 192

between ‘I’ and essence 75

telepathic 267

with four ideals 42

with God directly 107–110, 279–280

with impulses 236

with others 28, 129, 161–163, 168–169, 205, 228, 241, 315–316, 319–320, 336

with reservoir of strength 305, 353–354

with yourself 27

control 26, 104, 187, 225, 341

conviction 51, 255

convincing 24, 37, 95, 100, 189, 203, 255, 265

cooking 234

corns 17, 347

cosmicevents;cosmicinfluences;cosmic laws; cosmic time

25, 89–90, 341

cost 121, 126, 178, 209, 342

counting 229, 251, 263, 272, 291, 353, 356

courage 45–46, 91

crazy 88; see also fou-fou

credulity see belief

crisis 10–11, 27, 135, 227, 291, 354

critical mind 32, 64, 99

crude words 8


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crystallized 13, 19–20, 104, 196, 199, 201, 204, 218, 245, 248, 253, 277, 309, 314, 317, 319–320

curiosity 129, 131, 150, 202, 252, 331

data 98–99, 252, 270

death; dead see die

debt 25, 49, 168, 181, 247; see also payment; cost

decisions 7, 10, 37, 39, 66, 146, 158, 256, 317–318, 324, 353

decrystallize see crystallized

defensive 195, 305

degenerate 16, 55, 76

dependency 314–315

dervishes 135

desire 35, 66, 86, 174, 213, 227, 241, 247, 290, 333

to work 10, 27, 260

destructive; destroy 47, 64, 72, 77, 97, 155, 180, 195, 199, 268, 354

detachment see attachment; see also free, identification

development 26, 40, 66, 79, 99, 170, 181, 198–199, 215–216, 233, 265, 275, 293–294

devil 12, 35, 104, 113, 157, 211, 244, 252, 271–272, 279, 338, 344

‘send to the devil’ 63–64, 100, 138, 169, 289, 316, 318, 320, 351

diamond 39

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die 70–71, 98, 111, 171, 264, 286

‘As long as you do not die, you will not be reborn’

4, 100, 174

die like a dog 38, 109, 113–114, 302

die like a man 38

die to yourself 4

head and body can die separately

176

death of parents/family 41, 111, 152, 168–169, 307, 328, 335

difference see equality

digestion 34, 78, 117–118, 326

direct 71, 81, 83, 126, 135–136, 174, 177, 193, 245, 264, 315, 351; see also control

director 105–106, 177, 205–206, 244, 265

discipline 150, 264, 291

discomfort see uneasiness

discontent 159, 290

disease 35, 69

‘disease of tomorrow’ 67, 89

‘hope of the body is disease’ 237

disgust 3, 19, 185, 211, 290

disharmony 79, 198–199, 213–214, 293–294; see also harmony

dishes 105, 223

disillusion 10, 185, 194, 303, 325

dissatisfaction 137–138

‘for each satisfaction, you have to pay with a dissatisfaction’

91


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distance 13, 307

distraction 20, 70, 254

divided attention see attention

doctors 151

as students 6, 10, 69, 72–73, 75, 87, 97, 120–133, 139, 148–149, 152, 155, 162–167, 201–202, 206, 213, 220, 223–226, 245, 260, 298, 305–306, 323, 333, 342, 347

Gurdjieff as a doctor 10, 263, 296, 334

oath taken by doctors 33

seek help from a doctor 5–6, 205, 235, 293–296, 339

dog 58, 122, 171, 217, 232, 271, 274, 349, 350, 354; see also die like a dog

‘dogs’ as features 10, 12, 19, 65–66, 104, 148, 212, 245–246, 250, 291, 318

‘tail of a dog’ 111, 206, 333

doing 4, 6, 12, 15–16, 18, 21, 48, 66–67, 74, 114, 129, 174, 198, 331–332, 337

doing good for others 121, 124; see also altruism

‘don't complicate things’ 109, 262

donkey 75, 119, 145, 188, 224, 226, 271

doorbell 249; see also automatic; mechanical

dreaming 10, 31, 35, 39, 45, 47, 95, 142, 150, 152, 172–173

driving a car 56

dry (state) 11, 17, 24, 316, 336

duty 41, 308

Earth 34, 98, 111–112, 165, 251, 266

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eating 76, 96, 104–105, 146, 147, 148, 206, 217, 236, 255, 272, 282, 301, 354

ecstatic 355

education; educated 12, 16, 61, 79, 80, 84, 88, 123, 125, 134, 164, 251–254, 264, 296, 301, 345

effort 17, 40, 63, 74, 83, 92, 95, 115–117, 128, 137, 171, 174, 182, 185–186, 188, 193, 196–197, 217, 220, 227, 239, 243, 246, 253, 263–264, 266, 281, 298–299, 308, 332, 339, 341, 352–354

demanded from body 47

must be inner 126

must be intentional 169, 219

of attention 54

produces a substance helps us to work

268–269

quality of effort 36–37, 73–74, 78, 159–160, 191, 271

super-effort 70, 74

theoretical; intellectual only 25

to acquire unchangeable ‘I’ 39

to remember yourself 71, 273, 317

useful regardless of success or failure

41

uses energy 148–149, 326–327

egoism; egotist 7, 18, 25, 29, 51, 57, 111, 121, 123, 163, 195, 197–198, 204, 227, 231, 254, 314, 330, 338

electricity 22, 148, 227–228

‘elephantoutofafly’ 107, 323


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emanations 45, 49, 58, 155, 163, 248, 253

emotion see feeling

enema 119

enemy 13, 124, 135, 206, 245, 251, 277, 289, 320, 327, 338

energy 10, 42, 82–84, 96, 149, 161, 218, 283, 297, 305, 346, 354

accumulating 44, 81, 148, 162, 345

losing; using up 45, 47, 70, 92, 118, 148, 155, 207–208, 231, 326–327

English 10, 120, 333

entitlement 290

equality 65, 264

escape 19, 99, 189, 266, 290

esoteric 84, 314

essence 38, 75, 291, 300, 311, 331

evening 78, 134, 147–152, 204, 211, 238, 302, 331–332, 342

evolution 27

exercises 7, 9–10, 41, 57, 62, 77, 99, 135, 137, 140, 144–145, 180, 185, 189–190, 191, 200, 217, 244–245, 247, 252, 256, 259–260, 263, 269–270, 274, 276–278, 281–282, 284–286, 289, 317, 327, 332, 342–343, 347, 357

and acquiring real ‘I’ 146

and aim 78, 104, 152

arms outstretched 44, 182–183, 243, 340, 356

counting 251, 291, 353

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divided attention 159, 169–171, 173, 175, 186, 268

egoism 198

Faith, Hope, and Charity 3–4

feel what you think 18

filling;flowingintolimbs 6, 42–43

followingflowofassociations 37–38

three impulses (hot/cold/tears) 101–102, 130

‘I am’ 17, 44, 46, 52, 75, 86–87, 138–139, 161–162, 172, 290, 334

in calm, relaxed state 96

indifficultconditions 33

inwardly not identify, outwardly playing a role

136, 187, 197, 308

maintain collected state after to assimilate results

42–43

not to emanate 45

praying 8, 279–280

quality over quantity 131

reading 24

relaxing 141, 143, 222–225, 267, 269, 272, 283, 292, 297–299, 324, 338, 339

self-remembering 273, 275, 292, 326, 328, 336, 353, 356

sending a certain energy to the sick 297

sensing 16, 179, 285, 275, 291

sensing and feeling differentiation

53–56

separation 42–44, 80–85, 92–95, 130, 115–117, 130, 171–172, 174–175, 193, 207–212, 218–221, 238–243, 246, 271, 291, 299


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visualizing 46, 100, 168–169, 234–235, 251, 266–267, 300

with all three centers 8, 24, 53, 177, 199, 262

experience, shared 55

experiments 248–249, 277

expressing 59, 63, 87

external considering see considering, external

face 69, 201, 211, 252, 270, 286, 305, 329

failure 140, 186, 195, 244, 256, 337

faith 4, 32, 107, 237, 314, 329

fakir 225, 357

family 44, 46, 111–112, 145, 197, 214–215, 234, 277, 314–315, 320, 322

fantasy 6, 63, 114, 151, 175, 279, 296, 348, 351

fasting 119

fat 35, 167

fate 67

father 59, 62, 65, 87–88, 107–108, 111–112, 135, 164–165, 168, 174, 197, 203, 211, 214, 234–235, 248–249, 308, 311, 314, 320–321, 328, 335–336, 353

Father Giovanni 55

fear 23, 38, 43–44, 53–54, 76, 81, 88, 91, 113–114, 172, 195, 196, 204, 242, 259, 293

feeling 6, 18, 24, 36–37, 42, 48, 82, 89, 92, 96, 99, 109, 118, 121–122, 130–131, 142, 145, 149, 153–154, 165, 167, 169, 172–177, 180, 183, 185, 190–192, 196, 198–199, 201–203,

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feeling (continued) 206, 208, 210–211, 214, 218, 225, 234–235, 239, 248, 259–262, 265, 270, 275–276, 281–283, 285, 291, 297–299, 303, 305, 307–309, 314, 322, 326–330, 339, 341, 343, 347–353

anxiety 44, 242

‘artistic’ 295–296

calm 74

compassion 3

confidence 12–13

difficultyexpressing 87

diminished 57

disgust 3, 19

distinct from sensing or thinking 53–54, 56, 232, 274

fear see fear

‘I am’; ‘I’ 15–17, 40, 46, 92–93, 115–117, 179, 209, 246, 290, 356

identification 135

in Beelzebub’s Tales 237

inferiority 287

irritation 58–59

laziness 25, 48

like a fraud 46

love 86

must be connected to thinking and sensing

8, 12, 52, 193, 220, 222, 227–228, 279–280, 290, 304, 336–337

need 83–84, 95

negative emotions 45, 57, 59, 71–72, 74–78, 86, 97, 113, 137, 157, 253


21

nothingness 28, 46, 56, 63, 288

not mix sex with 34, 236

pity 195

powerlessness 45, 57, 67–68

pressure 76

pride 47

remorse 19–20, 52, 58, 111, 136–137, 142, 159, 215–216, 278

responsibility 20, 41

satisfaction 158

self-love 70; see also self-love

self-pity 111

separation from others; isolation; loneliness

5, 23, 32, 241, 316

strong 69

struggle 158

superiority 155

tired 83

true; real 39, 71

uneasy; uncomfortable 85, 189

value 76

wish 4, 43

feet; foot 106, 142, 194, 357

own two feet 61, 99, 143, 164

firmfooting;solidfooting 7, 51, 254

used in exercises or tasks 17, 93, 112, 164, 292, 297

‘Fiancé’ 58, 171, 332, 345

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fingers 223, 292, 354, 356

firststep 194, 213

flattery 115, 316

flow 42, 92, 128, 140–141, 266, 284

of air into solar plexus 138–139

of associations 37–38, 154

of remorse of conscience 181

of time 89–90

food 34, 104, 118–119, 152, 170, 218, 280–281, 284, 339

forbid 20, 35

force 28, 43, 68–69, 73–75, 77, 89, 92, 97, 128, 148, 155–156, 174, 180, 182, 187, 195, 201, 281, 289, 297, 317, 338–339, 342–343, 353–354

active;affirming 17, 25, 70

of inertia 7

sending of 283–285

to impel 26, 58, 66, 140, 189–190, 204, 219, 227, 357

forgetfulness 3, 17, 29, 35, 43, 65, 67, 70, 74, 81, 87, 99, 122, 135, 145–146, 148, 156, 160, 164, 181, 198–199, 204, 217, 226, 254, 256, 265–266, 275, 294, 298, 335, 337

forms 55, 76, 115, 117

formulate 58, 78, 112, 161, 164, 199, 216, 275, 303, 307–308, 325, 351–352

fou-fou 52, 55, 76, 113, 196, 248, 346


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four ideals 42

fraud 46

free 48, 71, 87, 116, 143, 175, 183, 186–187, 315–316, 330

‘faith of consciousness is freedom’

237

from ‘dogs’; from features 20, 36

fromidentificationwithsex 35

from political doctrines 264

from body and emotion; from ‘it’; from functions

54–55, 118, 341

fromoutsideinfluences;fromidentification;inwardly

37, 65, 68–69, 135, 140, 155, 194–195, 249, 313–314, 318, 322, 341

to think 81

to travel within oneself 179

without payment 110

French 312, 324

disease of vacations 69

language 110, 127, 139, 162, 234, 248, 306, 323, 326, 330, 332–333

songs 134

friends 23, 47, 56, 58, 99, 110, 114, 148, 167, 171, 183, 202, 213, 237, 244–245, 264, 267, 276–277, 306, 308, 312, 319, 325, 329, 347, 350

functions 19, 26, 32, 34–35, 53–54, 77–78, 117–118, 176, 184, 196, 213–214, 222, 227, 232, 236, 245–246, 248–249, 256, 291, 308, 338, 347–351, 353;see also thinking; feeling; sensing

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future 8, 10, 13, 27, 36, 44, 48–49, 56, 58, 66, 68, 76, 104, 112, 123–124, 131, 134, 140, 142, 145, 148, 150, 167, 171, 181, 183–184, 195, 197–198, 204, 225, 247–250, 252–253, 256, 265, 275–279, 282, 288, 291, 296, 306, 343

galosh 106, 128, 165, 200, 302, 303

generation 20, 123

gestures 89, 109, 167, 224, 321, 342

“Glimpses of Truth” 128

glutton 76

goats 349–350

God 18, 26, 49, 51, 59, 69, 80, 87, 95, 98, 106–109, 112, 156–157, 164, 168–169, 206, 226, 231, 252, 269, 272, 277, 279, 316, 318, 335, 353

gold 235, 237, 333

good/bad 122, 261

goodwill 124, 249

grandfather 58, 62, 88, 111, 214, 236

grandmother 20, 135, 249

grandson 127

gratitude 300

greed 7, 24

grievances 59

group 60, 64, 76, 147, 174, 176, 183–184, 210, 220–221, 233, 269, 282, 286, 303, 311, 325, 337

growth 40, 67, 136, 156, 170, 308

guinea pig 58


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Gurdjieff doesn't answer 46

Gurdjieff jokes 106, 178, 184, 207, 218, 226, 234, 236, 257, 272, 282, 301, 311, 333, 340, 343

Gurdjieff unwell 296

gymnastics 313, 356–357; see also workout

habits 11, 26–27, 47, 51, 75, 89, 137–138, 145, 147, 151–152, 174, 217, 228, 256, 263, 268, 279, 290

hammam see turkish bath

hands 16, 224, 263, 275, 292

hand washes hand 206, 321

happy 15, 27, 31, 79, 122, 153, 159, 167, 170–171, 181, 214, 230, 243–244, 274, 312, 337

harmony 149, 196; see also disharmony

hate; hatred 69, 174, 208, 281, 308, 314, 320

head 19, 23, 43, 89, 98–99, 127, 130, 169, 172, 190, 192–193, 203, 208, 215, 220, 223, 226, 238–239, 242–243, 254, 264–265, 272, 281, 284, 291–292, 297–298, 304–305, 307–308, 312, 316, 319, 347–348, 350–351, 353; see also thinking

always in your head 17–18

and imbalanced development 12, 198–200

and organic impulses 53–55

and separation exercise see exercise: separation

and theoretical effort or understanding only

25, 28, 180, 183–184, 189, 210, 231–232, 262–263, 268–269, 273–275, 290, 313, 345

in need of education 12, 90

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must be connected to feeling and sensing

12, 52, 77, 100, 158, 324–325

must educate the body 79–84, 317

reading only with the head 24

sensing the head 92–93

struggle between head and body 227, 229

thinking different than sensing or feeling

175–180, 232, 273–275

health; healing 34, 83, 293–294

heart 78, 326, 345–346

heaven 217; see also paradise

help 7, 10, 15, 19–20, 24, 26–27, 32, 42, 44–45, 52, 56, 68–69, 71–72, 84, 86, 89, 95, 100–101, 117, 122, 124, 132–133, 136, 139, 141, 144, 147–148, 153, 159, 166, 169, 174, 177, 179–180, 191, 198, 200, 204, 206, 209–211, 213, 217–218, 226, 245–246, 251, 256, 259–261, 297, 306, 338

help from others; helping each other

3, 47, 55, 57, 215, 276, 287, 312–313, 314, 317, 321, 325, 340

helping Gurdjieff 12, 107, 178, 326, 351–352

helping others 4, 6, 38, 51, 55, 112, 114, 163–164, 184, 220, 229, 281, 283, 298, 306

praying for help 8, 278–279, 353–354

herd 265

heredity 18, 20, 88, 271, 296

home 60, 128, 230, 255–256, 267, 331, 357

hope 4, 6, 138, 237, 290, 314, 326, 329

hopelessness 4


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horseradish 67, 72

hundred others 28

hungry 19, 103–104, 118, 186–187, 198, 236, 241, 280, 339, 341

husband 47, 60, 125, 128, 167, 231, 294, 320–321, 352; see also wife

hypnotism 263

hypocrisy 61

hysterical 202, 293–294

‘I’ 17, 39, 71, 75, 81, 82, 94, 96, 115, 116, 117, 130, 131, 157, 170, 171, 173, 174, 177, 178, 187, 190, 191, 192, 193, 210, 233, 240, 244, 245, 246, 260, 289, 290, 297, 324, 329, 348, 351

‘I am’ 15–17, 32, 40, 44, 46, 49, 52, 57, 69, 73, 75, 81–83, 86–87, 89–90, 92–93, 117, 138–139, 161–162, 168, 170, 172, 179, 192–193, 198, 200, 207–209, 217, 229, 230, 233, 235, 245, 248, 268, 281, 283, 289–290, 298, 327, 331, 334, 347, 349, 350, 356–357

‘I am collected... present’ 75

‘I am free’ 69

‘I am, I can be, I can be that’ 198, 229, 278

‘I am, I wish to be, I can be’ 49, 229–230, 235, 278, 281, 342, 357

‘I am you; you are me’ 163, 168

‘I have eaten dog’ 354

‘I wish this force to become mine’ 69

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idea 6, 37, 47, 63, 67, 87, 104, 111, 116, 154–156, 190, 204, 230, 245, 255–256, 264–265, 268, 271, 284, 287, 289, 303, 312, 317, 330–331, 334, 350

ideal 16, 42, 57, 60, 107–109, 125, 153, 249, 280, 353–354

idées fixés 102, 129, 166, 219, 221, 235, 268, 270–271, 290, 295, 316, 343, 346, 357

identification 8–9, 17–18, 37, 52, 61, 70, 86, 121, 135–136, 155, 162, 165, 169, 176, 187–188, 191–192, 194, 196–197, 210, 217, 249, 313–314, 319, 322

idiots see science of idiotism

idiocy 63, 79, 99, 112, 123, 166, 206, 214, 235, 248, 265, 317, 334

illness 133, 213, 232, 283, 297, 302, 353

illusions 4, 10, 194, 303

imagination 10, 33, 37, 47, 71, 74, 76, 82, 87, 94, 101, 109, 114, 135, 156, 170, 229, 234, 271, 313, 334, 341, 351, 356

imbalance 12; see also balance

impartial 9–10, 34, 54, 62, 78, 87–88, 155, 164, 194, 236, 247, 265, 291, 318, 320, 330

impossible 4–6, 9, 28, 36, 38, 46, 82, 86, 90, 95, 104, 108, 112, 130, 132, 141, 143, 153, 157, 161, 170, 172, 187–188, 190–191, 225, 245, 264, 266–267, 269, 277, 297–298, 312, 326, 339, 346


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impressions 39, 42, 80–81, 83, 93, 101–102, 128, 130, 152, 155, 166, 159, 172–173, 175, 188–191, 194–196, 200, 208, 210, 218–221, 239, 241, 262–263, 269–271, 278, 342, 344, 352

as food 34

impulses 19, 81, 116, 123–124, 130, 137, 142, 197, 213, 236, 242–243, 245, 248–249, 281, 287, 299, 303, 314, 316, 353

of Faith, Hope, and Charity 4, 173–174

of affection 58

of respect 20

of self-love, jealousy, vanity, fear, laziness

20, 125, 259

negative 77

organic and psychic 53–55, 259

to work 48–49, 68, 73, 84, 157, 174–175, 180, 188–189, 211, 317–318

to cry 102

in one ear, out the other 20, 144, 200

in the moment; at that moment 13, 18–20, 47–48, 70–73, 80, 82, 87, 92, 106, 118, 130, 137, 139–140, 146, 148, 150, 166, 172–174, 186, 189, 192, 208, 217, 221, 246, 249, 253, 255, 264, 268, 270–271, 280, 282, 296, 298, 324, 327, 339, 343, 346–347, 353

independent 28, 32, 54, 116–117, 140, 174, 194, 232, 256, 259, 274, 291, 314

indifference 31, 36, 38, 48, 57, 79, 135, 194–195, 240, 306, 314, 316, 335, 348–349

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individuality 20, 54, 80, 114, 146, 169, 171, 175, 199, 202, 223, 227–228, 232, 245–246, 291, 303, 308, 315, 324

inertia 3, 7, 70, 75, 203, 338, 342

inferiority 287

influence 54–55, 107, 266, 281, 314–316, 318, 340–341

initiates 28, 134, 171

initiation 97–98, 171

initiative 54, 80, 154, 232, 248, 289, 350–351

inner considering see considering, inner

inner organization 106

inner sight 54

insolent 88

instinct 12, 59, 62–63, 77, 236, 263, 270

instincts, animal 58

Institute 178

intellect; intelligence see head

intention 11, 53–54, 71, 82, 143, 161, 168–169, 178, 187, 192, 263, 316, 326, 343

intentional suffering 33, 62–63, 66, 157–158, 246, 261

interest; interesting 8, 15, 36, 47, 52, 69, 77, 79, 103–104, 112–114, 147, 154–155, 162, 171, 194, 200, 202, 228, 233–234, 242, 244–245, 249, 252, 263, 282, 297, 303, 312, 318, 349, 352–353

intonation 142

invisible 66

irritation 15, 47, 58, 128, 162, 181, 327

jealousy 125, 226, 308


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Jesus Christ 107, 190, 192, 226

Joan of Arc 280

jokes 77; see also gurdJieff Jokes

joy 58

judgement 61, 125, 264, 336, 352

justice 54, 59, 66–67, 100, 111–112, 114, 121, 125, 214, 302–303

justifying 67, 71, 111, 203

‘Keschapmartnian beings’ 28

kill 7, 32, 65, 114–115, 125, 174, 236, 245, 248–249, 306, 315–316, 320–321, 348, 354–355, 357

kitchen 105, 178, 345

knot 55

knowledge 12, 35, 54–55, 91, 97, 134, 206

kundalini 52

Kurd 172

labour, conscious see conscious labour

labour, manual 44

ladder 109

language 110, 234, 248, 323, 326, 330

laughing 8, 11, 64, 128, 166, 202, 206, 235, 301, 306, 312

law of seven 133

lawful inexactitudes 133

laws 16, 28, 65–66, 89, 91, 109, 111, 117, 120, 125, 133, 149, 155, 167–168, 237, 266, 277, 279, 281, 286, 302–303, 308–309, 338

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laziness 25–27, 48–49, 99, 259

learned beings of Babylon 147

leeks 72

legs 42, 138–142, 172, 223–224, 292

lethargy 70, 356, 357

life 32, 59, 65, 76, 83, 91–92, 106–107, 111, 142, 165, 215, 277, 305, 340, 343, 352–354

‘after that, life is a bed of roses’ 249, 345

applying work in life 38, 45, 74, 88, 97, 138, 140, 146, 148, 164, 172–173, 196, 198, 203, 213, 217, 222–223, 226, 234, 240–242, 251, 255–256, 271, 308, 316–318

ease the life of others 47, 214, 296; see also considering, external

equality impossible in life 264

empty, sterile, unreal, useless, going nowhere

25–26, 39, 128, 190, 210, 212, 250, 288

everything is accidental 62, 270; see also accident

ignorant, miseducated, naive about life

99, 245, 250, 296, 301

ideal for ordinary life for husband and wife to be companions in the work

60

inner life 190, 246, 276, 341

normal life 44

not use result of work in outer life; not mixing work and life

8, 63–64, 153, 155, 164, 186, 230–231, 319

obligedinlifetosacrificeforchildren

204, 228, 321

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owe your life to father and mother 168, 180–181, 335

playing a role in life 67–68, 187–188, 207, 246, 308; see also playing a role

sex life 339; see also sex

Life Is Real Only Then, When 'I Am' 139, 156, 169

likes and dislikes 5, 23, 48, 65, 69, 79–80, 97, 228, 232, 236, 308–309, 314, 327, 335

limbs 16, 42–43, 130, 266–267

limits 81–82, 84, 97, 157, 226, 298

lion 70, 110

localized 54

logic 12, 107, 109–110, 112, 177, 180, 229, 254, 295, 317, 324–325, 337

loneliness 241; see also alone

lopsided 198; see also balance; imbalance

“Lord have mercy” 48, 51

lottery 122, 203, 281, 327

love 26, 35, 40–41, 65, 86, 122, 125, 165–166, 228, 249, 254, 280–281, 309, 314, 316, 320, 323; see also self-love

impartial 34

of family 59, 335

of money 55

religion does not give means to 6

real love; conscious love 34, 173–174, 236–237

sacred or great impulse of 3–4

loyalty 121

luck 178, 251, 269, 323

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lying 4–5

lying down 222–224

machine 70, 107, 193, 262, 291, 324

‘Madame President’ 99, 183–184

madhouse 221

‘makingelephantfromfly’ 107, 323

‘Malentendu’ 134, 179, 184, 200, 216, 326, 329, 331

man 28, 34–35, 37, 65, 67, 72, 76, 80, 89, 91, 98, 116, 142, 156, 171, 174, 177, 180, 216, 224, 233, 246, 266, 281, 290, 296, 302–303, 307, 314; see also ‘die like a man’

awakened 47

higher 95, 98, 194

independent; free 194, 232, 330

in quotation marks 341

made of three persons 198–199

ordinary 66, 90, 95, 288, 331

real 26, 66, 72, 95, 129, 194, 204, 231, 274, 324, 331, 341

superior 16

without quotation marks 6, 100, 136, 341

manifestations 9, 20, 54, 79, 88, 109, 135, 174, 184, 210, 215, 223, 248, 256, 264, 276, 302, 307, 328, 336

manipulate 87, 109, 129, 138, 202, 292, 330, 348

Maralpleicie 107

Mars 251


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mask 61–62, 124

master 27, 47, 57, 68, 77, 108, 122, 134

masturbation 8, 34, 74, 97, 99, 280, 289–290

material 24, 37, 40, 44, 55, 75, 84, 100, 102, 129, 136, 174, 177, 198–200, 248, 256, 306, 324–325, 328–329, 337

for consciousness 124

for remorse of conscience 37, 73, 204, 315

for thinking 12, 90

for understanding 99

material things 23, 153, 214–215, 300

meal 87, 104–106, 147–148, 217, 235, 255, 282

dinner with students 105, 115, 119, 128, 132–133, 144, 160, 169, 175, 180, 194, 205, 213–214, 226, 244, 259, 272, 287, 301, 311, 322, 332–333, 340, 344

lunch with students 139, 160, 172, 209, 211, 221, 287, 339–340, 344

mechanical 5, 23, 35, 53, 79, 153, 213, 230, 235, 263, 271, 303, 324; see also automatic

medicine 10, 11, 34, 117, 166–167, 182–184, 205, 209, 236, 294, 313, 316–317, 339

Meetings with Remarkable Men 55, 103, 185, 205, 218, 238, 253, 266

memory 39, 43–44, 58, 90, 112, 178, 227, 246

merciless 20, 26, 196, 291

merde see shit

methods 20, 151, 231

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‘mi’ 24

mice 249

million 45, 106, 115, 178, 187, 203, 281, 327, 330

millionaire 62, 106

mirror 5, 171

misfortune 111

mistakes 91, 125–126, 140, 176, 199, 201, 227, 275, 315, 334

misunderstanding 197, 214, 246, 303, 334

mix; mixed up; mixing 34, 63–64, 186–187, 197, 230–231, 246, 259, 261, 265–266, 320

mocking 60, 159

monarchy 265

money 7, 51, 55, 64, 76, 132, 138, 167, 211–212, 214, 218, 222, 231, 235, 237, 281, 333, 340

monks 35, 109, 196

monument 275

mood 335, 340–341

moon 122

morality 28–29

morning 138–139, 145, 148–151, 166, 209, 211, 217, 234, 284, 313, 331–332

mortify 291

mother 59, 65, 87, 107–108, 111–112, 120, 122–123, 135, 168, 170, 181–183, 191, 197, 211, 226, 234–237, 248–250, 252, 286, 300, 308, 314, 320–321, 328, 335–336, 344, 353


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Mullah Nassr Eddin 164–165

muscles 74, 222–225, 239, 242–243, 263, 267–268, 271, 283, 286, 292–293, 297–298, 318, 324

naïve 99, 301–302

Napoleon 110

natural 9, 26, 34, 294, 316, 341

nature (inherent tendencies) 19–20, 26, 33, 42, 51, 53, 121–122, 144, 192, 197, 207, 220, 231–232, 290, 338

nature (world) 11, 26, 57, 88, 144, 197, 317–318, 347

neck 82, 130, 355

negative emotion 57, 59, 71–72, 74–78, 86, 97, 113, 137, 157, 253

neglect 29, 106, 198, 240, 254–255

neighbor 33, 35, 46, 51, 99, 114, 122, 167, 215, 229, 278, 281, 296, 341

nerves 74, 128, 162, 181, 293; see also irritation

‘never praise children’ 115, 123

new people; newcomer 74, 161, 244, 312, 333, 344

nitchevo 73

nonentity see nothingness

normal 34, 42, 44, 56, 58, 74, 76, 78–79, 88, 119, 121, 123, 175, 194, 198, 234, 246–247, 269, 286, 298, 302, 312, 328, 339, 353; see also abnormal

nose 236, 295

not believing in yourself 67

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not doing; see also doing 31

nothingness 4, 10, 23, 25, 28, 39, 46, 48, 56–57, 61–65, 67, 71, 79–80, 91, 99, 108, 113–114, 123, 134–135, 156, 159, 174, 180, 182, 189, 199, 200, 206, 210, 217, 231, 264, 287–288, 295, 302, 304, 308, 317, 329, 336, 342–343, 352, 355

noticing 12, 17, 32, 44, 45, 48, 53, 55, 57, 62–63, 73, 78, 89, 103, 113, 120–121, 131, 146, 149, 155, 157, 176, 184–185, 225, 228, 235, 240, 247, 253, 255, 262, 264, 284, 286, 291, 296–299, 302, 305, 316, 337, 340–341

Gurdjieff notices 167, 194, 240, 248, 307

not be noticed while playing role 9, 125, 165–166, 188, 319, 356–357

nourish 32, 40, 52, 170, 198

novels 205

nullity see nothingness

number of students 241

objective 63, 65, 79, 111, 114, 125, 131, 168, 174, 228–229, 233, 245, 249, 252, 279, 280, 323, 327, 346, 352

good; qualities; value 12, 27, 39, 181

justice; law 67, 91

love 236–237, 280

morality 28–29

necessity 204

reason 98

religion 59

taste 97, 166

time 90


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obligation 62, 72, 87, 105–106, 111–112, 127, 138, 158, 180–181, 188, 190, 204, 228, 289, 294, 309, 321, 325, 329, 343

observation 55, 75, 83, 97, 158, 162, 176–177, 179–180, 183, 186, 192, 201, 235–236, 245, 253–254, 266, 271, 277, 280–282, 297, 306, 337, 345, 348–350

of Gurdjieff with students 198–199

of ‘I’ and ‘it’ 94, 171, 190

ofidentification 187

of indifference 31

of one’s nothingness 288

of organic impulses 47, 54

of others 5–6, 276

of sense of time 39

of separation exercise 218–219

of thinking 273–274

superficial 13

verify statistically 62, 167

with three centers 159

obsession 313, 315, 354

obstacles 26, 57, 63, 104, 135, 149, 156, 175, 189, 219, 228, 237, 243, 305, 317–318, 323, 354

offended 320, 345

omelet see BeelzeBuB’s Tales

‘One cannot enter heaven with one's boots on’

78, 217, 303

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open 60, 71, 99, 103, 126, 161, 175, 208, 215, 225, 309, 338

opinion 113–114, 223, 225, 247, 352, 354–355

opportunity 136, 146, 200, 217, 250

ordinary 34, 59, 79, 106, 115, 121, 137, 229, 234, 256, 305

effort; fatigue 70, 74, 149

life 18, 60, 63, 106, 128, 148, 172–173, 188, 212, 217, 230–231, 241–242

man; person 66, 90, 135–136, 157, 271, 288, 293, 296, 324, 331

state 62, 65, 67, 89, 95

time 89–90

‘Ordinary Idiots’ 205

organic 23, 53–55, 76, 78, 95, 121, 170, 189, 220, 241, 245, 246, 293, 294, 343

Orthodox 107

out-of-body experience 80–81, 92, 130

overeating 235

pain; painful 17, 20, 27, 55, 151, 157–158, 176, 209, 219, 225, 241, 250, 263, 293–294

paradise 12, 78, 279, 303

paralysis 63, 84, 87

parasite 110, 145, 164, 208, 214, 291, 344

parents 16, 58–59, 72, 111, 137, 142, 168, 170, 197, 228, 245, 277, 300, 307–308, 328; see also mother; father


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partial 10, 35; see also impartial

passion 236

passive 26, 75, 174, 207–208, 212, 223, 242

past 9, 13–14, 19–20, 73, 78, 81, 89, 125, 135, 188, 191, 215, 261, 284, 291, 315, 347; see also repair the past

path 40, 57, 109, 227–229, 246, 304, 307, 317–318, 329, 337–338

patience 16, 309

payment 25, 49, 72, 91, 110, 123, 127, 138, 159, 178, 181, 209, 216, 247, 250, 300, 309, 333, 340

peasant 80

perfecting 125, 206, 308, 336

permanent 196, 198

perseverance 309

Persia 134–135, 275

personality 61–62, 135, 166

‘Petit’ 200, 216, 244

pettiness 51

philological 114, 323

philosopher 47, 275

philosophizing; philosophical 9, 19, 75, 87, 138, 146, 148–149, 153, 292, 323

photograph 211, 251, 263, 311, 328

piece of meat 54, 58, 94, 171

pif, paf 127

pig 35, 76

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pity 53–54, 69, 77, 88, 195, 197–198, 236, 280–281, 291, 329; see also self-pity

Place de l'Étoile 110, 207, 228

playing a role 5, 8–9, 40, 46, 54, 61, 64–65, 67–69, 123, 125–126, 135–136, 165–166, 170–171, 173–174, 187–188, 191–192, 194–197, 207, 246, 247, 249, 295–296, 307–308, 314, 319, 327

pleasure 33–34, 120–123, 214–216, 249, 284, 342–343

poison 114, 144, 245, 302

polarity 236–237, 266, 308, 315, 341

politics; political parties 263–265

positive emotions 97

posture 17, 93, 101, 177, 267, 282

power 7, 66, 180, 216

powerless 45, 57, 63, 67, 68, 278, 339, 354

practical 37, 91, 98, 132, 202, 324

practice 68, 85, 135, 145, 202, 324

prayer 8, 19, 48–49, 57, 107–109, 119, 152, 168, 184, 186–187, 211, 277–281, 353–354; see also “lord have mercy”

preparation 21, 27, 59, 67, 74, 86, 96–102, 106, 123, 128, 142–144, 160–165, 231, 244, 249, 325, 330, 344–345

for exercises; for work 3, 24, 44, 82, 154, 169, 198, 203, 221, 240, 267, 283, 297, 338

for sleep 152

for the future; for tomorrow 37, 56, 68, 72, 123, 152, 248, 250, 275–276, 278, 288, 296


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to be candidates to become future followers of Ashiata Shiemash

265

to see reality 61

presence 17, 42, 48, 54, 66, 78, 83–84, 89, 93, 98, 100, 106, 158, 170, 175–176, 179, 192, 200–201, 208, 218, 231–232, 235, 242, 262–263, 269, 275–276, 279, 281, 289–290, 297, 322, 325, 328–329, 345–346, 349, 350–351

present 75, 116, 193, 275–277, 283, 351; see also repair the past; see also preparation for the future

pressure 76, 208, 283

pride 45, 47, 247

priests 35, 279

process 13, 53, 68, 81, 151, 157, 163, 227–228, 329, 349

profession 35, 137, 143, 164, 200

profit 36, 47, 106, 138, 186, 196, 201

programme see schedule

Programme of the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man

332

progress 19, 42, 53, 79, 83, 100, 207, 227, 285, 297, 326, 329, 333, 352

‘Prosecutor’ 114, 127, 133, 144–147, 160–164, 166–167, 180–182, 184, 200–201, 237, 243–244, 249, 306, 325, 339–340, 344, 347

psyche 26, 53, 56, 94, 215, 245, 271, 283, 293–294

psychic 53–55

psychological; psychology 242, 245, 313, 334

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psychopathy 63–64, 109, 129, 174, 193, 231, 270–271, 346

pulsation 53; see also vibration

punishment 145, 148, 183, 212, 217, 256, 284, 291

pupil 36, 40, 48, 330, 351; see also student

quality over quantity 24, 118–119, 131, 150, 231, 330

question found on 139 pages, not shown

quiet 6, 32, 37, 67, 74, 168, 250, 253, 256, 317, 324

radish 67, 72

reactions 52, 124, 195, 264, 276, 283–284, 321

‘reader’ 105

reading 12, 24, 38, 55, 80, 84, 90, 99, 120, 154, 205, 226, 234, 302–303, 331

real ‘I’ 26, 71, 75, 87, 146, 350

reality 71, 174–175; see also unreality

reaping what you’ve sown 62, 67, 72–73, 91, 111, 123, 125, 149, 182,

reason 10, 54, 98, 107, 247, 254, 295

rebellion 300, 328

rebirth 4, 100, 171, 246

recapitulation 200–201

regrets 27

relationships 4–5, 17, 23, 28, 31–32, 59–60, 69, 78, 87, 108, 124–125, 135, 145, 162, 165–166, 173–174, 191, 195–196, 215–216, 228–229, 276–277, 281, 307–308, 314, 316, 318, 320, 328, 335–336


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relatives 11, 215, 330; see also brother; family; father; grandfather; grandmother; mother; sister

relaxation 36, 48, 67, 96, 138–142, 148, 150–151, 173, 187, 222–226, 229, 231, 238–239, 242–243, 250, 256, 268, 271–272, 283, 285–286, 292, 297–299, 315, 318, 324, 338–339, 343, 356; see also tension

religion 6, 32, 35, 59, 107, 157

reminding factor 5, 15–17, 26–28, 41, 48, 73, 89, 91, 163, 201, 204, 212, 263, 278, 290, 335–336

remorse 5, 19–20, 37, 52, 56, 58, 66, 71–73, 77, 96–97, 111–112, 125, 131, 136–137, 142, 159, 180–181, 183, 190, 197, 203–204, 210–211, 215–216, 250, 260–261, 277–278, 287, 290, 315, 329, 336

repair the past 13, 37, 56, 72–73, 76, 103, 111–112, 181, 199, 204, 248, 250, 275–277, 278, 296, 315, 328, 336

repetition 17, 46, 68, 75, 150, 353

report 160, 169, 194–195, 217, 244, 255

reproach 29, 105, 244

reproduction 34–35

reservations 334

resignation 95–96, 104, 185, 190

resistance 43, 294, 342

resonate 17, 40, 192–193, 200, 298

respect 20, 59, 86, 166, 314, 335

responsible 20–21, 25–26, 28, 35, 41, 72, 97, 106, 111–112, 184, 214, 247, 307

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rest 69, 96, 132, 143–144, 149, 198, 221–222, 282, 313, 326, 343

results (life) 19, 25, 111–112, 125–126, 168, 215–216, 250, 256

results (work) 38, 92, 129, 135, 137, 169, 154, 171, 190, 195, 199, 207, 220, 239–240, 249–250, 262, 271, 276, 283, 300, 316, 323, 329, 331–332, 345, 352–353, 355

assimilating results after exercises; accumulating results

41–42, 81, 148, 182, 184, 187, 201, 227, 242, 256, 306–307,

not expect results 5–6, 10, 13, 68, 85–87, 103–104, 227, 303, 319

not use results for outer life 8–9

poor results from wrong work 52–53, 73, 106, 144, 149, 193, 212, 281–282, 299, 346

reward 256; see also punishment

rhythm 44, 297, 326

risk 7, 32, 91, 129

rogue 324, 330

roles see playing a role

roses 62, 211, 249, 257, 345

routine 196

rue des Colonels Renard 13, 89–90

rules 9, 33, 119, 161, 222–223, 249, 255, 273

sacred 34–35, 43–44, 48, 277, 316

sacrifice 69, 106, 146–147, 154, 186, 214, 228–230, 321, 338

‘sacrificeyoursuffering’ 33

sadness 159, 166, 235


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saint 279, 316, 353

salvation 48

satisfaction 15, 66, 68, 86, 91, 108, 112, 121–123, 126, 158–159, 165, 180–181, 185, 203–204, 213, 227–228, 240–241, 252, 282, 294, 304, 321, 329, 340, 344

Saturday 55, 183–184, 227, 242, 246, 261, 282, 342, 344, 352

say 'me' and not 'we' 202

scale 9, 302, 303

scattered 339, 341

schedule (following, making) 66–67, 73, 77, 80, 108, 112, 125, 145, 151, 223, 230, 256, 317–318, 339, 352

school 64, 262, 314

science 12, 114, 216, 241, 296

of art 134

of idiotism 18, 205–207

of vampirism 167

search 38, 55, 107, 112, 131, 189, 251, 306, 317

seated see sitting

second body 34

secret 25, 64, 74, 104, 155, 179, 233–234, 301, 306, 328, 338

Seine 68

self-calming 74, 278–280, 350

self-love 16, 19–20, 47, 70–71, 79, 125, 265, 301, 320, 354–355

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self-observation 6, 13, 30–31, 54–55, 75, 94, 159, 171, 180, 190, 192, 245, 297, 306, 337; see also observation

self-perfection 125, 206, 308, 336

self-pity 46, 111, 196, 303; see also pity

self-remembering 57, 91, 112, 141, 167, 201, 269, 273, 317, 326, 331, 334, 338, 345, 348, 353

and attention 216–217, 233

and decisions 39

and fear of ‘dying like a dog’ 38

and ‘I am’ 17, 73, 82, 172, 198, 200

and observation 12, 71, 75–76, 291

and others 5, 11, 145, 228, 253, 335

and playing a role 64, 166, 191

and reminding factors 17, 28, 145–148, 163, 168, 217–218

and remorse of conscience 204, 328–329, 336

and separation exercise 82–83, 92–93

and time 89–90

and understanding 3, 6, 80

and wishing 275

difficulties 10, 15, 27, 33, 46, 48, 86, 169, 191, 230–231, 250, 263, 289, 292, 294–295, 352, 355–356

self-satisfaction 123; see also satisfaction

self-sincerity 287; see also sincerity

self-sufficiency see feet: own two feet

self-worth; self-opinion 50, 113–114


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selfishly 65–66

sensing 55, 90, 105, 170, 172, 180, 195, 219, 239, 260, 263, 272, 289, 291, 299, 346–347, 349, 351, 353, 356

and reminding factors 17

as often as possible 198, 200

difficulties 25, 33, 42, 82

distinct from feeling and thinking 53, 56, 177, 232, 275

facial expression 329

gestures 89

hot/cold/tears see exercises: three impulses

must be connected to thinking and feeling

8, 16, 52, 53, 73, 176, 177, 179, 193, 220, 262, 274, 279–280, 290

of digestion 78

of second body 220

of three kinds of muscles 271, 298

of whole presence 89, 93, 200, 235, 262

parts of the body 16, 42, 92–93, 138–139, 141, 179, 192, 285

posture 93, 101, 177

uneasiness 196

sensitivity 253, 293–294

sentimental 232

separation see exercises: separation

service 67, 72, 85, 87, 103–104, 138, 155, 174, 219, 221, 223, 252

seven 44, 60, 133, 150, 162, 214, 229, 292, 312, 330

aspects see aspects

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sex 33–35, 50, 54, 212, 236, 339, 343

sheep 58, 271

shit; merde 8, 34, 45, 54, 61–62, 65–67, 79, 91, 99–100, 113–116, 125, 181, 232, 236, 248–249, 254, 265–266, 290, 302–303, 317, 345, 349

shock 25, 219, 238, 284, 287, 341, 356

shoemaker 47

shortcomings 12

sigh 131

silence 8, 84, 87, 162, 196, 330, 352

silver 235, 333

sincerity 11, 20, 47, 71, 104, 135, 159, 168, 172, 287, 330–331, 354

singer 134

sins 72, 88, 211

sister 11, 41, 52, 160, 167, 171, 234–235, 251, 295, 314, 320–322

‘Sister of Charity’ 166

sitting 74, 101–102, 138–139, 146, 172, 176, 193, 218, 223, 239, 315, 317–318, 338, 351, 355

situation 4, 53, 62, 74, 80, 99, 104, 112, 122, 135, 139–140, 153–154, 165, 177, 180, 196, 227, 236, 302, 324, 336; see also circumstances; conditions

skeptical 60

slave 35, 47, 65, 67, 80, 124, 135, 153, 207, 222–223, 237, 302, 313–315, 322, 341

sleep (ordinary) 33, 87, 99, 141, 149–152, 222, 238, 275, 355–357, 338, 355–357


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sleep (state) 26–27, 47, 52, 70, 89, 95, 147, 216, 272, 297

sleeplessness 152, 238

smell 14, 57, 62, 144, 212, 265–266, 283, 345

society 249

‘socks full of holes’ 254

solar plexus 17, 43, 138–139, 172, 176, 179, 268

son 72, 123, 134, 165, 174, 181, 183, 226, 231, 249–250, 320, 326, 329

sperm 34

spine 52, 204

spineless 240

spiritualists 271, 325

spoiled 51, 88, 144, 153, 178

spontaneity 11, 120–124, 128, 137, 166, 169

St. Michael 280

standing 102, 138, 172, 223–224, 239

states 26, 38, 58, 70, 75, 77, 79, 80–81, 149, 159, 196, 209, 256, 274, 290, 336, 342–343, 346–349, 352

andtheflowoftime 90, 92–93

anxiety; agitation; nervousness 73

awakened 95

calm 271, 317–318

change of state following remorse 20, 287

collected; concentrated 42–43, 82, 94, 140

disillusionment 10, 15, 27

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ecstatic 355

findingagainhelpedbyfindingsame circumstances

5, 101, 270

findingagainhelpedbytasteofit 4, 173, 189, 193, 304

of being a real man 128–129, 135–136

of indifference 31, 240

of self-remembering 89, 355

sleep, ordinary 151, 356

understanding depends on 3, 6, 206

waking (active) 230–231

waking (ordinary, passive) 63–67, 89, 138, 151, 217, 283

where one is able to do 47–48

statistics 62–63, 122, 150, 155, 249, 250

stealing 277–278, 321

stomach 76, 241–242

stop 20, 49, 55, 69, 81–83, 118, 123–124, 174, 220, 258, 261, 281, 327, 351, 353

associations see associations: stopping

instructed to not stop 227–228, 274, 305

instructed to stop exercises 130, 138, 143, 186, 222, 283–284, 300, 343

weakness stopping one’s work 302, 329, 355

storytelling 20

stranger 21, 163, 171, 315, 322

strength 16, 24, 32, 37, 46, 54, 80, 96–97, 121, 131, 149, 161, 182, 204, 212, 219, 237, 245, 256, 290, 293, 302, 305, 327, 334, 337, 347, 353–354


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striving 18, 38, 139, 158, 314, 332

struggle 66, 69, 74, 76, 79, 95, 157–158, 160, 174, 183, 217, 256, 260, 269, 285, 295, 312, 314, 331

against bad tendencies 16

against automatic thinking 289, 305, 338, 350

against body 80, 96, 104, 147, 227–229, 242, 251, 281, 292, 294, 357

against carelessness 255

against credulity 32, 41

against dependency on others 315

against fear 112, 195, 242

against forgetting 337

against small habits 137–138, 147

against inertia 3, 70, 183, 242

against laziness 26–27

against lying 4

against negative emotions 253, 327

against self-love 354

against skepticism 301

against vanity 245

cannot struggle alone 3

Struggle of the Magicians 115

stuck 77, 83, 117, 190–191, 295, 302, 318

student 48, 134; see also pupil

subconscious 42, 315

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subjective 63, 68–69, 88, 97, 149, 161, 170, 184, 251–252, 273, 298, 300, 335, 346

morality 28–29

prayer 211

questions; curiosity 34, 124, 131

time 90

understanding 38, 223, 226

substance 26, 35, 38, 44, 115, 148, 206, 227–228, 239, 256, 269, 283

suffering 34, 71, 118, 120, 159, 189, 215–216, 240, 247, 287, 288–289, 292, 294, 303, 305

intentional suffering 62–63, 66, 157–159, 246, 261

‘sacrificeyoursuffering’ 33

sugar 80, 122

suggestion 55, 63, 145, 150–151, 253, 281, 314–316, 336

sulfur 283

Sunday 64, 184, 214, 220–221, 282, 300, 303, 345

super-effort 70, 74

superiority 155–156

surprise 25, 43, 86–87, 98, 171, 198, 214, 270, 301, 317

suspicions 334

sweat 154, 357

sympathy 120, 308–309

symptom 216, 232, 235, 346

‘tail of a dog’ 111, 333


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talk 107, 132, 142, 148, 154–155, 206, 274, 349

tasks 7, 35–36, 40, 86, 138, 143, 154, 177, 182, 211, 227, 230–231, 234–235, 252, 300, 312–313, 337, 352

and aim 335–336, 348

filfilledwiththreecenters 159

no struggle without a task 158, 189

to be patient 309

to confront someone who is stealing from them

277–278

to divide attention 44–45

to help others in the work 163–164

to make a programme 67

to not eat last bite of food 96

to not express negative emotions 327

to not pity others 197

to observe others 5

to place real attention on Beelzebub’s Tales

233

to play a role 46, 65, 68, 125, 135, 165, 187, 192, 319–320

to pray 279–280

to relate to children 32

to relate to others 161–162, 215, 228, 276, 306

to relax legs 141

to remember oneself 144, 147–148, 198, 217, 228

to repair the past 37

to struggle with carelessness 255

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to teach 78, 329

to think about nothingness around others

156

toworkindifficultconditions 33

taste found on 60 pages, not shown

taxi; taxi drivers 39, 234

tchick 77, 245

teach; teacher; teaching 9, 35, 55, 80, 99, 107–108, 127, 139, 223, 253–254, 262, 265, 329, 333, 347

tears 101–102, 130, 142

telepathy 59, 267

temperament 264, 318

tempo 143, 196, 323, 347

temptation 40, 46

tendencies 16, 25–26, 32, 107, 277

tension 48, 54, 66, 138, 150, 187, 208, 220, 223–226, 239–240, 242–243, 267–268, 271, 285, 292, 298, 305, 329, 342, 356–357; see also relaxation

theatre 296

theoretical; theory 6, 19, 25, 65, 84, 89, 90, 95, 98, 124, 132, 163, 169–170, 202, 218, 233, 237, 290, 345, 348

theosophists 270, 325

thinking; thoughts 9, 33, 35, 48, 63, 73, 87, 90, 110, 114, 122, 144, 166, 213–214, 236, 241, 268, 283–284, 299, 312–313, 316, 355; see also head

and aim 152, 212; see also aim


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and books 99; see also books

and God, ideal 98, 107–108, 112, 153, 157

and ‘I am’ exercise 44, 46, 139, 162–163, 172, 178–179, 235; see also exercises: ‘i am’

and individuality 324–325; see also individuality

andinfluences 341

and lack of a critical mind 32; see also critical mind

and psychopathy 174, 193; see also psychopathy

and relaxing muscles 222–224, 226

and remorse of conscience 58, 66, 111, 124–125, 131, 142, 204, 215–216, 278

and self-remembering; state 67, 74–76, 81–83, 91, 145, 151, 163, 217, 250, 295, 317, 335, 345–346, 348

and sleep 152

as a function 32, 176, 222, 232, 347–351

automatic 289; see also associations

consciously directed 71, 351

distinct from feeling and sensing 232–233, 275

egotistically 254

imbalanced 12, 199, 202; see also balance

impartially 78, 247, 265, 318

inability to think 37

in struggle with body 26, 53–54, 69–70, 94, 118, 183–184, 227–228, 251, 259–260, 314

in struggle with will 41

must also be connected to sensing and feeling

8, 18, 42, 139, 193, 220, 227–228, 273–274, 279–280, 290, 329, 336–337

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of one’s nothingness 156, 182

of others 205–206, 264–267, 272, 276–277, 281–282, 314, 322, 328

of the future 10, 13, 106; see also future

of the work 27, 154, 203, 230, 317

of your children 28, 203–204

of yourself differently 71

real thought 56–57

sending thoughts to the devil 64, 289

stream of thought 350

wishful thinking 55

thirst 114, 341

thirty-three qualities of liquid 172

three persons in man 198–199

threshold 170

throat 114, 225

thunderstorm 283

Thursday 4, 53, 148, 152, 233, 261–262, 282, 303, 312, 331, 344

Tiflis 357

time 88–90; also found on additional 195 pages, not shown

tired 10, 24, 33, 42, 44–45, 56, 83, 85, 92, 96, 148–149, 159, 240, 271, 284, 313, 351

titillation 49, 154, 170, 288, 291; see also masturbation

‘toast to idiots’ 18, 205–207

toes 220


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toilet 106, 119, 186–187

tomorrow 19, 24, 37, 67, 72, 89, 276, 322

‘To the health of all super idiots and to mine as well’

18

touchiness 70

train 191, 219, 356

transformation 42, 45, 75, 77, 85, 148, 193, 241, 248, 280

of air 138

of Exioèhary 34–35

of food 118

of nullity into something real 61, 65–66, 113, 290

transmit 155, 336

travel within yourself freely 179

trust 11, 94, 108, 110, 301, 317

truth 55, 128, 153, 204, 250, 277, 302

Tuesday 191, 213, 282, 284, 340

Turkish bath 33, 178

type 121, 237, 308–309, 315

typewriter 176, 193

unconscious 29, 66, 112, 123, 167, 181, 232, 253, 260–261, 320, 327; see also conscious

understanding 6, 26, 38, 60, 84, 142, 164, 169–170, 190–191, 199–200, 223, 226, 229, 233, 252, 254, 260, 325, 327, 330, 332, 333, 347, 351–352

depends on one’s state 3, 89

only theoretically 98

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too narrow 99

with body versus individuality 175

uneasiness 85, 177, 189, 196, 280, 342

unintentional 53

unity 89, 199, 337

universe 156, 227

unreality 39, 128, 173, 191, 270

upbringing 16, 18–19, 50, 59, 61, 72, 88, 115, 121, 244–245, 248, 256, 336

upset see agitation

useful 8, 28, 32, 41, 45, 61, 131, 160, 195, 199, 206, 217, 223, 306, 324

using others 66

vacation 44, 69, 86, 99, 101, 132, 143, 169–170, 182, 194–201, 207, 210–211, 218, 222, 225, 299

value 32, 37, 39, 50, 55, 62, 79, 124, 129, 138, 153, 169–171, 174–175, 181–182, 187, 226, 231, 265, 274, 278–279, 320, 340, 350–351, 354

vampire 167, 198

vanity 16, 45, 63, 71, 244–248, 258, 265, 288, 303

vegatables 72, 119

verify 62, 81, 90, 129, 138, 217, 235–236, 276, 310, 335

vertigo 42

vibration 77, 115–117, 144, 190, 221, 284, 328

violent 45, 74–75, 78, 219, 327

Virgin Mary 316


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visit each other 267, 282

visualize 46, 51–52, 54, 100, 162, 168, 235, 251, 266–267, 282, 285–286, 297–298, 300, 326, 328–329, 336

voice 62–64, 92, 341

wakefulness 149

waking state 63, 66–67, 95, 138, 217, 230–231

waking up 151

walking 138, 223–224, 284

wasting time 24, 89, 106, 109, 217, 319, 350

watchman; watchfulness 54, 77, 83, 176, 193, 223

waves 53–54

weakness 24, 32, 35, 40, 42, 48, 75, 97, 156, 208–209, 256, 264, 277, 281, 287, 331, 354, 357

‘Hope of feeling is weakness’ 237

killing weakness that gets in the way of work

7, 97, 155

of credulity 155

offixedideas 295

of imagination 170

of love based on polarity, sex 236

of naiveté 301–302

of nerves 292–293

of partiality 10

of self-love 320

of thinking with feeling 232

of vanity 45, 245

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wet cloth to assist with sensing 42, 52, 275

whole 74, 81, 92

being 17, 325

body 73, 193, 285, 290

presence 54, 66, 78, 83–84, 89, 93, 100, 158, 175, 193, 200–201, 231, 235, 263, 279, 281, 289–290, 325, 346

self 18

wife 100, 128, 167, 216, 236, 320–321, 343

help from wife in the work 3, 5, 29, 47–48, 52, 57, 59–60, 228–229

wife is never guilty 124–125

will 41–42, 168, 256, 317, 324, 329, 334–335, 336, 342–343

wiseacring 87, 107

wish 19, 25, 82, 138, 155, 206, 215, 248, 251–252, 264, 282, 309, 312, 336, 341, 349–352

and aim 78, 213, 328, 335

‘he who wishes to be a true altruist in the future must be an absolute egotist in the present’

197, 254

‘I wish...’ 49, 69, 75, 86–87, 229–230, 235, 254, 275, 278, 280–281, 342–343, 357

to be free; to escape; to no longer be nothing; to change

4, 10, 68, 71, 79, 91, 99, 113, 116, 118, 126, 290, 316,

to overcome fear 204–205

to work 15, 17, 27, 43–44, 83–85, 100, 157, 189, 211, 213, 222, 240, 268, 288–289


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wishful thinking 55

woman 6, 28, 134, 175, 190–191, 202, 211, 282, 285–286, 293, 297, 301, 307, 318, 326, 343

words 76, 93, 110, 127, 142, 155, 163, 217, 275, 300, 323, 326, 330–331, 345, 349; see also language

empty words 38–39, 57, 116, 166, 190–191, 210, 241–242, 273, 295, 297

using crude words 8; see also masturbation; shit

using Gurdjieff’s words 201

work found on 211 pages, not shown

work for others; work for self 27

workout 284; see also gymnastics

world 18, 67, 87–88, 92, 98, 111, 164, 180–181, 190, 233, 300

inner 47, 156–157, 197

outer 7, 156–157

worry 19, 57–58, 74, 88–89, 92–93, 137, 316, 343

worthy 86–87, 96, 142, 278, 290, 303

writer; writing 36, 39, 55–56, 62–63, 91, 97, 99, 114, 127, 133, 144, 160–161, 166, 200, 208–209, 221–222, 271, 306, 333, 339–340

yellow 248

youth 72, 84, 88, 111, 118, 162, 170, 194, 206, 211, 228, 250, 265, 308, 313, 317, 325–326, 345, 347, 350

zeroes 11, 91, 333

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