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I've been very careful, and I've worked very hard, and I like to think I've come a long way, but I might just be crazy. I don't think I am, but I can't rule it
by carapace 7y ago
I've been very careful, and I've worked very hard, and I like to think I've come a long way, but I might just be crazy. I don't think I am, but I can't rule it out.
In re: the canary caper, that story comes from Gurdjieff himself, from his book. It's only assumed to be true, and autobiographical. Why did he include it?
If Ouspensky couldn't fully understand Gurdjieff (as I believe) why should we expect to, who haven't the benefit of ever meeting him? I just pulled my copy of "Beelzebub's Tales" and read some passages to double check, and yeah, he's unfathomably intelligent. I actually read Wolfram's tome. The whole damn thing. (He cured me of megalomania!) To me there's no comparison.
I appreciate the chance to discuss this stuff. It almost never comes up IRL. As I said, I got a lot out of Gurdjieff (or think I did), and you have made it plain that you did not. Fair enough.