George Gurdjieff

Mystic and spiritual teacher.

A spiritual teacher and mystic whose teachings focus on the development of self-awareness, personal transformation, and the attainment of higher consciousness. He emphasized the importance of breaking free from automatic behaviors and unconscious patterns to achieve true freedom and self-mastery. His teachings, often unconventional and challenging, have influenced spiritual seekers and intellectuals seeking a deeper understanding of the self and reality.

George Gurdjieff Quotes about Awakening

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Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.
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Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.
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Awakening is possible only for those who seek it and want it, for those who are ready to struggle with themselves and work on themselves for a very long time and very persistently in order to attain it.
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