01-23-2007, 12:00 AM
I had posted this response on the Casteneda forum, I thought I would share it ...
In my own system Intent (Intention) is the indeed one of the nine keys to attention.
Intention forms a triad ... the triad is this
1. Intention Wish and Aim
2. Working with Resistance or meeting/facing the opposition
3. Cutting Through or Transformation
this is a Fourth Way Idea of Gurdjieff, who called this:
The Holy Affirming (intention) First Force
The Holy Denying (resistance) Second Force
The Holy Reconciling (transformation) Third Force
In the Fourth Way tradition one would ask, "What is my Wish?" Also one would ask "What do I need?"
Without Intent none of this is possible
But unless one can meet the resistance then nothing happens. The experiment fizzles.
G. also said we humans are "Third Force Blind", meaning that Transformation is invisible to us.
I find this idea intriguing, and have no corollary elsewhere.
In my own system Intent (Intention) is the indeed one of the nine keys to attention.
Intention forms a triad ... the triad is this
1. Intention Wish and Aim
2. Working with Resistance or meeting/facing the opposition
3. Cutting Through or Transformation
this is a Fourth Way Idea of Gurdjieff, who called this:
The Holy Affirming (intention) First Force
The Holy Denying (resistance) Second Force
The Holy Reconciling (transformation) Third Force
In the Fourth Way tradition one would ask, "What is my Wish?" Also one would ask "What do I need?"
Without Intent none of this is possible
But unless one can meet the resistance then nothing happens. The experiment fizzles.
G. also said we humans are "Third Force Blind", meaning that Transformation is invisible to us.
I find this idea intriguing, and have no corollary elsewhere.