The Silence: The Void
Part IV
Belief in the lack of truth, in the lack of absolute truth becomes, for many level 3s, becomes an excuse to avoid returning to the silence, becomes an excuse to avoid the quest, becomes an excuse to avoid the need to know.
Physical sensations, emotional obsessions and mental preoccupations dominate the individual’s life, cause the individual to react. Human existence is one of constantly reacting to stimuli, of being a slave to life, of existing in a state of sleep, of being reactive as opposed to being proactive.
Part IV
Belief in the lack of truth, in the lack of absolute truth becomes, for many level 3s, becomes an excuse to avoid returning to the silence, becomes an excuse to avoid the quest, becomes an excuse to avoid the need to know.
Physical sensations, emotional obsessions and mental preoccupations dominate the individual’s life, cause the individual to react. Human existence is one of constantly reacting to stimuli, of being a slave to life, of existing in a state of sleep, of being reactive as opposed to being proactive.
If the physical, emotional and mental are regions where the true self is not found, the question is: Where is the true self to be found?
The fakirs, monks and yogis require one to dedicate their all to the quest of finding one’s true self, require one dedicate their life’s energy to the journey of mastering the silence. All three understand that esoteric knowledge and understanding comes only after mastering the silence.
All three methods offer the sleeping individual the means of awaking to reality and becoming the master as opposed to being the slave to life.
"Man has the possibility to awaken from this sleep, to awaken to the higher, to be. The means is the attention. In sleep the attention is taken. It must be freed and turned in another direction. This is the separation of “I” and “me.”
The Reality of Being, The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff, Jeanne De Salzmann, Shambhala, 2010, p22.
Level 3 individuals, the individuals reading this book, are capable of entering the region of silence and finding their true selves, finding their true ‘I’ while remaining within the realm of normal life. The fourth way offers Level 3s the opportunity of attaining a level 4 experience while remaining immersed in ordinary life.
The fakirs, monks and yogis require one to dedicate their all to the quest of finding one’s true self, require one dedicate their life’s energy to the journey of mastering the silence. All three understand that esoteric knowledge and understanding comes only after mastering the silence.
All three methods offer the sleeping individual the means of awaking to reality and becoming the master as opposed to being the slave to life.
"Man has the possibility to awaken from this sleep, to awaken to the higher, to be. The means is the attention. In sleep the attention is taken. It must be freed and turned in another direction. This is the separation of “I” and “me.”
The Reality of Being, The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff, Jeanne De Salzmann, Shambhala, 2010, p22.
Level 3 individuals, the individuals reading this book, are capable of entering the region of silence and finding their true selves, finding their true ‘I’ while remaining within the realm of normal life. The fourth way offers Level 3s the opportunity of attaining a level 4 experience while remaining immersed in ordinary life.
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