OBSERVING SPIRIT
Description
Based on the teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff, P.D. Ouspensky, Maurice Nicoll, and Emanuel Swedenborg, Peter Rhodes presents a practical guide to spiritual progress. Stressing personal responsibility for overcoming negative traits, each chapter explains how we can realize our true spiritual potential by cultivating awareness of our baser reactions and by applying the tools of Gurdjieff''s spiritual method, "The Work," to our everyday existence.
Rhodes joins "The Work" with the spiritual philosophy of Emanuel Swedenborg to enhance our understanding of how the world of spirit intersects our lives on the earthly level. At the conclusion of each chapter, tools for measuring the reader''s progress are provided in the form of weekly tasks and meditations. This book can be used in group workshops or by the individual.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface by Jody Perkins
- How to Use This Book
- 1. Where We Are and Where We Want to Go
- 2. Progressing in the Work
- 3. Our Effects on Others
- 4. Working on Different Kinds of Negatives
- 5. Developing Your Aim
- 6. Directing the Natural to Serve the Spiritual
- 7. Freedom from Natural Time
- 8. Space for a Spiritual Life
- 9. "Remembering" Ourselves
- 10. Loving and Understanding the Neighbor
- 11. Removing Barriers
- 12. A Real Sense of Self
- 13. Shock Waves of Truth
- 14. Impressions Given and Received
- 15. Establishing a New Viewpoint
- Additional Reading
