George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, popularly known as G.I. Gurdjieff, a famous
mystic and spiritual teacher, is believed to have born on January 14,
1866. His date of birth is, however, not confirmed till date but the
conjectures range from 1866-1877. Gurdjieff is said to have born to a
Greek father and Armenian mother in Alexandropol. He got his name,
Gurdjieff, on the account of Muslim people around Georgia addressing the
Georgian people as "gurdjis".
He described his discipline "The Work" (signifying "work on oneself") as
per Gurdjieff's principles and instructions, or primarily the "Fourth
Way". He had also described his teachings, at one point, as "esoteric
Christianity". He averred that "Man lives in sleep, and in sleep he
dies." This quote states that, according to Gurdjieff, one cannot see
reality in his current state as he does not have power over
consciousness but to a certain extent lives in a state of hypnotic
"waking sleep". Above and beyond, Gurdjieff had also given many
additional ideas based on his principles.
Gurdjieff believed in self-development teachings and described them as
"esoteric Christianity". He denied the traditional methods of
self-knowledge where knowledge is gained through pain, devotion, and
study via being the "fakir", "monk", and "yogi". According to
Gurdjieff, these, instead, led to varied forms of stagnation and
one-sidedness. Gurdjieff believed in augmenting the conventional ways
of teaching, through his innovative methods, which moved along the
developmental process.
In my opinion he was not so mysterious.He had many ideas and books.However,The most notable ideas and thoughts of Gurdjieff were – the Fourth Way,
Fourth Way Enneagram, Centers, Ray of Creation, and Self-remembering.
Gurdjieff's thoughts have perhaps best acknowledged through his pupils'
published works.
Nuray and Novruz thank you for your comments,but.... 1)He was not armenian his mother was.He accepted Islam, and he was Muslim. 2)He was one of those who was against armenia.He felt ashamed because armenians told so much lies...In his book 'Fourth way' he said that they should pretend telling such stupid ideas...
Good choice! At some points I agree with him. It is difficult to give an opinion about yourself when you are conscious. We have not got such a capacity.
