JohnPentland
The Gurdjieff Foundation of Orange County
International Gurdjieff Foundations
Description: The Gurdjieff Foundation of Los Angeles is a non-profit corporation established 1959 under the guidance of John Pentland, then President of the Gurdjieff Foundation of N.Y. It functions within the forms of work created and directly communicated by Gurdjieff to his pupils including regular group meetings, Movements classes, and various practical activities.
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In the midst of perhaps the richest, most materially advanced culture the earth has ever known, more and more people are awakening to a sense of the emptiness of a life without a spiritual dimension. However it is expressed, this awakening is ultimately felt as a deep dissatisfaction with the pursuit of “success” in its usual forms, and leaves in its wake unanswered questions: What is my life for? Is there a purpose beyond the ordinary? Do I sense, perhaps even from some experiences in my life, that answers
In the early part of the twentieth century, after decades spent studying ancient teachings and methods throughout Asia, Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff returned from the East to Western Europe with a unique and powerful response to these fundamental human questions.
Gurdjieff taught that human beings live in a state of waking sleep in which the real possibility of different levels of consciousness and the potential for a change of being are unrealized and mostly unknown. He explained that, as we are, human beings are incomplete and that a fully developed human being has many possibilities unknown to us in our current condition. Gurdjieff demonstrated that the realization of humanity's hidden capacities could be achieved, under appropriate conditions and with conscious
JohnPentland
The Gurdjieff Foundation of Orange County
International Gurdjieff Foundations