A Bridge to Reality - An Introduction to the Gurdjieff Teachings by George Jeffery A book for the 21 st Century.
Subjects covered include: Knowledge, Being and Understanding, the concept of Truth Essence, Conditioning, Personality, False Personality The Seven Centres: our different centres of intelligence Multiplicity of I\'s The Idea of Conscience and the Four Levels of Consciousness The Laws of Three and Seven The Ray of Creation The Food Octaves within the human system Cause and Effect Detrimental Functions The Four Bodies.
This is a book that the reader will turn to again and again should they choose to pursue the Fourth Way.
Covering all key topics, it serves both as introduction and an invaluable reference for the experienced.
Indeed it could be said that active questioning is central to the practice.
It is certainly not presented as a \'doctrine\' to be followed without question.
A central tenet of the teaching is highlighted - that it is for each person to confirm the fundamental truth of the teaching for themselves.
At the end of each chapter questions and answers selected from various meetings cover common queries about the teaching and its practice.
A Bridge to Reality not only explains Gurdjieff\'s ideas, it also gives an idea of what it entails to be in a Gurdjieff group and what is required to follow the teaching.
Many regard it as the clearest introduction to what is referred to as the \'Work\' or the \'Fourth Way\'.
Refreshingly contemporary commentaries distilled from talks given by George Jeffery as an introduction to the fundamental ideas of the Gurdjieff teaching.
A Bridge to Reality - An Introduction to the Gurdjieff Teachings by George Jeffery A book for the 21 st Century
