Continuing with Gurdjieff's quote regarding level 4:
“Man number four is not born ready-made. He is born one, two, or three, and becomes four only as a result of efforts of a definite character …
… Man number four already stands on a different level to man number one, two, and three; he has a permanent center of gravity which consists in his ideas, in his valuation of the work, and in his relation to the school. In addition, his psychic centers have already begun to be balanced; one center in him cannot have such preponderance over others as is the case with people of the first three categories. He already begins to know himself and begins to know whither he is going. [Author’s emphasis]”
Gurdjieff quote
In Search of the Miraculous, The Teachings of Gurdjieff, P. D. Ouspensky, Harcourt, Inc., 1949, 1977, p72.
There are more level 4s in society than recognized. The term ‘level 4’ is a term most familiar to Fourth Way members and thus not readily familiar to the general public.
There are as many degrees of level 4 as there are degrees of mathematical ability.
But why attach the label of level 4 so conspicuously to myself?
I am not professing to be a high level 4. Quite the contrary, I am a lower tier novice level 4, but a level 4 nevertheless.
I categorize myself because I am not about to present this book as some ramblings of an old fool. This book emerges through a particular type of person who has experienced in a particular manner and who has experienced uniquely after much effort, persistence, and dedication.
Part of the experiencing involved committing to pass unique knowledge and unique understanding to you in order to access additional knowledge and understanding.
This is not a first time writing. This is not a first time collection of thoughts. This book represents a culmination of forty years of seeking followed by twenty years of work all of which, with the exception of this third trilogy of which this book is number two in the series, is found on the website: www.panentheism.com.
All the work of the past twenty years came through me not from me.
Which brings us to the concept of H1s.
“Man number four is not born ready-made. He is born one, two, or three, and becomes four only as a result of efforts of a definite character …
… Man number four already stands on a different level to man number one, two, and three; he has a permanent center of gravity which consists in his ideas, in his valuation of the work, and in his relation to the school. In addition, his psychic centers have already begun to be balanced; one center in him cannot have such preponderance over others as is the case with people of the first three categories. He already begins to know himself and begins to know whither he is going. [Author’s emphasis]”
Gurdjieff quote
In Search of the Miraculous, The Teachings of Gurdjieff, P. D. Ouspensky, Harcourt, Inc., 1949, 1977, p72.
There are more level 4s in society than recognized. The term ‘level 4’ is a term most familiar to Fourth Way members and thus not readily familiar to the general public.
There are as many degrees of level 4 as there are degrees of mathematical ability.
But why attach the label of level 4 so conspicuously to myself?
I am not professing to be a high level 4. Quite the contrary, I am a lower tier novice level 4, but a level 4 nevertheless.
I categorize myself because I am not about to present this book as some ramblings of an old fool. This book emerges through a particular type of person who has experienced in a particular manner and who has experienced uniquely after much effort, persistence, and dedication.
Part of the experiencing involved committing to pass unique knowledge and unique understanding to you in order to access additional knowledge and understanding.
This is not a first time writing. This is not a first time collection of thoughts. This book represents a culmination of forty years of seeking followed by twenty years of work all of which, with the exception of this third trilogy of which this book is number two in the series, is found on the website: www.panentheism.com.
All the work of the past twenty years came through me not from me.
Which brings us to the concept of H1s.
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