Yes, any true spiritual teacher is really only concerned with the state in which his students exist. It does not matter whether they have any scientific knowledge at all. I refer to Ramana Maharishi, who was a very simple man yet had awakened. Some teachers have more of an ability to transfer...
And I as responded earlier to give a clear answer would take too much time. It's very hard to just pick out something here or there in Gurdjieff's teachings because much of it addresses multiple topics. Some of it appears metaphorical, some literal and it is still discussed in modern times as...
I'd like to make a prediciton as to how Mickiel will answer this.
"Because cavemen don't have consciousness. How could something unconscious have this much talent? Use your common sense man."
Lets get into that.
Peace
Through my research I have come to the conclusion that cavemen still exist today and may be living in an underground city. One was actually on TV a while ago, Here's the proof.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=148dowDhkVY
Mickiel, could you please get into how this is possible?
And all I'm asking you to do is not attack ideas because science can't/hasn't proved them. When has anyone on here asked you to believe anything, we are simply discussing possibilities. You attack Gurdjieff after reading a few words on Wikipedia even though you don't have a clue about the...
First of all I support the scientific method, if by that you mean being objective and never assuming. It's one thing to say that since our tools can't measure something, science as it is, cannot gain a higher understanding of or address the subject at hand. It's a completely different...
This site is about an artifact uncovered that appears to have been used as a mathematical device dating back approx. 35000 BC. If it was indeed a mathematical device would you conclude that this person/group had consciousness by your definition?
What’s the Oldest Mathematical Artifact...
Once again I think you're putting too much faith in the modern scientific method. Just because something cannot be tested by our scientific instruments, which in the grand scheme of existence, may actually be quite crude, does not mean that it isn't so. Since you seem to be up to date on...
I would try to go a little more into his system, but honestly it would take a lot of typing. If you really would like to know a little more about it I suggest you read "In Search of the Miraculous" by PD Ouspensky. Lets face it though, if you were to present many ideas found in quantum physics...
Here's a relevant article about Gurdjieff's teachings of vibrations and existences as they relate to different levels of being and the Law of Octaves. Zenzero you might already be familiar with this.
Ray of Creation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I get the feeling that Jesus was much closer to a Heraclitus or a Diogenes than he was to the general perception of him. It's just that Christians and even some atheists are told from such an early age that Jesus was a certain way that it's hard to shake away that image of him. If you can read...
Good point about the pyramids, frubals. As far as I know scientists today still have a hard time explaining how humans were capable of building the pyramids with the technology believed to be available at the time. This implies that in some regards, humans of that time may have actually had a...