04-10-2008, 12:00 AM
the book that is always recommend is Ouspensky's "In Search of the Miraculous" as the best exposition of the ideas.
But then that book does not really tell you how to work, or what the Work really is.
The "Food for the Moon" is from Gurdjieff's All and Everything".
That's the book he wrote for beginners.
But understand, the purpose of that book is to strip away all of your concepts.
Gurdjieff wanted people to come to the Work with an empty cup, so to speak. So that book will work away at every idea you've ever held dear, if you can
get through a good bit of it.
It's not an easy read. Well it's very readable, but some passages are pretty dense. In that sense Gurdjieff was very similar to Don Juan.
There are many good practical work books as well however. One of the best is "Toward Awakening" by Jean Vyase.
Since the Food for the Moon chapter was part of "All and Everything" I tend to put it as a key point in the stripping away process, so I don't
take it literally, but allegorically.
Well the whole book is a giant allegory. It's probably one of the greatest works of literature ever produced!
But then that book does not really tell you how to work, or what the Work really is.
The "Food for the Moon" is from Gurdjieff's All and Everything".
That's the book he wrote for beginners.
But understand, the purpose of that book is to strip away all of your concepts.
Gurdjieff wanted people to come to the Work with an empty cup, so to speak. So that book will work away at every idea you've ever held dear, if you can
get through a good bit of it.
It's not an easy read. Well it's very readable, but some passages are pretty dense. In that sense Gurdjieff was very similar to Don Juan.
There are many good practical work books as well however. One of the best is "Toward Awakening" by Jean Vyase.
Since the Food for the Moon chapter was part of "All and Everything" I tend to put it as a key point in the stripping away process, so I don't
take it literally, but allegorically.
Well the whole book is a giant allegory. It's probably one of the greatest works of literature ever produced!