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Man’s Use of Electricity
For anyone with the time, patience and endurance there are few pursuits more likely to change your view of the world and it’s history than a deep examination of the writings of George Gurdjieff, or Mr. G or just G. … Continue reading
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Tagged electricity, Electromagnetism, Gurdjieff
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The Theft of Cosmic Essence
An interactive analysis exploring G.I. Gurdjieff’s warning on electricity An interactive analysis exploring G.I. Gurdjieff’s warning on electricity, its parallel in the modern rise of Artificial Intelligence, and its reflection in Daoist cosmology. This report synthesizes a deep, multi-decade inquiry … Continue reading
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Tagged Higher Bodies, Inner Alchemy, Taoism, Will
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Further on the Chicago Retreat (24 months later)
It’s now mid June, with an early summer solstice and a rare accompanying solar annular eclipse, unfortunately not visible from my current location. Nine months since the Chicago Wang Li Ping retreat. If you have not read Part 1 of … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Cruise, Practice, Sailing, Study, Vancouver Island
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AutoEgoCrat vs TrogoAutoEgoCrat
Serious students of George Gurdjieff understand the central nature of this issue. In his masterwork All and Everything, Gurdjieff or simply G. offers not only a detailed description of how the world (universe) was created and is maintained but why. … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing and Non-Doing, Effortlessness, George Gurdjieff, Immortality
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Pandemic Practice and the I Ching
OK, so it’s now late October 2021, yes, 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic is waning, sort of, depending on where you are, if it’s not Russia or Ukraine. I’m where I’ve been since March 2020, aboard Santorini, 10 miles up the … Continue reading
Thoughts on the Chicago Retreat, Part 1
It’s already more than 6 months since the Chicago retreat with Master Wang Li Ping. I’m writing this during the COVID-19 pandemic, self-isolating aboard my live-aboard sailboat Santorini in Vancouver on Canada’s West Coast. The retreat was a huge event … Continue reading
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Tagged Alchemy, Chicago, Daoism, immortal, Taoism, Wang Li Ping
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Inspiration from Wang Chongyang ( Wang Zhe )
I’ve been re-reading “The Teachings and Practices of the Early Quanzhen Taoist Masters” by Steven Eskildsen, available from Google Books as an ebook. I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how many useful and inspiring quotes from Wang Zhe and his students. … Continue reading
Jin Hua Retreat, October 21 – 31 2012 — Dreaming about the ‘Immortal Realm’
On the third morning of the retreat I had a ‘vision’. This would be similar to what is referred to in the west as a vivid dreaming state. You are in a dream-like state but you are awake. You are … Continue reading
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Tagged 9x9, Inner Alchemy, Jin Hua, Taoism, Wang Li Ping
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On Time and the importance of Timing for Self Cultivation and Nei Gong or Internal Alchemy
Chapter 5 of the Chung-Lu ch’uan-tao chi is devoted to Time and timing in Cultivation. This chapter follows up on the previous two, Chapter 3 covering Heaven and Earth and Chapter 4 the Sun and Moon. These preceding chapters emphasize … Continue reading
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Tagged Inner Alchemy, Living Hour, Nei Gong, Taoism, Wang Li Ping
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Thoughts and Reflections on the Daoist Classics
Partly as an experiment in WordPress and also as a way to consolidate my ongoing work with the classics of Daoism (also spelled Taoism), I decided to utilize this domain I have held in reserve for a number of years … Continue reading