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Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky Maurice Nicoll Volume 4 WEISERBOOKS Boston, MA/York Beach, ME This edition published in 1996 by Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC P.O. Box 612 York Beach, ME 03910-0612 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 1098765432 Copyright © 1980 Isobel Salole All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, includ- ing photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Red Wheel/Weiser. Reviewers may quote brief passages. First published in hardcover in 1952 by Vincent Stuart, Ltd., London. Reissued in 1975 by Watkins, Led., London. First paper edition published in 1984 by Shambhala Publications, Boston. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nicoll, Maurice, 1884-1953. {Psychological commentaries on the teaching of G. I. Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky] Paychological commentaries on the teaching of Gurdjieff & Ouspensky / Maurice Nicoll. cm. Vols. 1-5 originally published: Psychological commentaries on the reaching of G. I. Gurdjieff and P. D. Ouspensky. London: Robinson & Watkins, 1952. Vol. 6 originally published: Index to the Psychologial commen- taries on the teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky by Mautice Nicoll. Washington, D. C. : Gurdjieff Society of Washington D. C., 1987. 1. Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch, 1872-1949. 2. Uspenskii, BD. (Pete Dem’fanovich), 1878-1947, 3. Fourth Way (Occultism) I. Index to the Psychological commentaries on the teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky by Maurice Nicoll. I. Tite. BP605.G9N53 1996 197—de20 96-16548 Volume 4: ISBN 0-87728-902-6 6 Volume Set: ISBN 0-87728-910-7 MV Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1992(R1997). 23.10.48 30.10.48 6.11.48 14.11.48 20.11.48 27.11.48 4.12.48 11.12.48 18.12.48 25.12.48 31.12.48 15. 22, 29. - 2.49 + 2.49 12. 19. » 3-49 19. 26. + 4.49 4-49 23. 30. 14. 21. 28, . 1.49 1.49 1.49 1.49 2.49 2.49 3-49 3-49 449 449 5-49 5-49 5-49 - 6.49 11, 18, 25. 6.49 6.49 6.49 CONTENTS Great Amwell House, 1948 Negative Emotions and the Illusion of Unity Negative and Positive Emotions Commentary on Suffering ... Different Qualities of Consciousness Number 4 Man in Recurrence Commentary on Self-Remembering Further Note on Self-Remembering . Internal and External Attention and Placing of Consciousness... one What is this Work about? Note at Christmas-time 1948 Life as Events and our Mechanical Reactions by Identifying with them ... a ae . Great Amwell House, 1949 The Work-teaching about Man as a Self developing Organism ” A Note on False Personality Commentary on Attitudes Commentary on Real I Another Note on Understanding The Ray of Creation Further Commentary on Different “Ds j in 2 Oneself Commentary on Scale Commentary on the Influences Under Which we can Live .. What it means to Work on Oneself |, Self-Remembering and Self-Observation ... A Note on Interest and Time Commentary on Negative Emotions Law of Accident and Law of Fate ... Transformation of Being... On Making Force in the Work for Yourself Level of Being a” The Work-conception of Man as a Self developing Organism. On Changing one’s Level of ‘Being... Further Note on Effort The External World and the Internal World Some Notes on Practical Work PAGE 1235 1236 1239 1242 1245 1248 1249 1251 1253 1255 1256 1259 1261 1263 1266 1268 1270 1272 1275 1277 1279 1282 1284 1287 1290 1292 1294 1297 1299 1302 1304 1307 1309

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