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To: koan who wrote (247484)3/15/2014 8:00:23 PM
From: T L Comiskey  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 542213
 
re... Gurdjieff.

Wha.......

All and Everything..???...
Meetings with Remarkable Men...??

Never hoid of da bum



To: koan who wrote (247484)3/15/2014 8:05:17 PM
From: T L Comiskey  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 542213
 
re...Bertrand Russell arguably the most totally educated person of the last century
and who lived to be 96 said: I searched my whole life and I found nothing.

Maybe ...to be read...

I found..No Thing.....
.........................................................

very Quantum.... ...that

A careful analysis of the process of observation in atomic physics has shown that the subatomic particles have no meaning as isolated entities, but can only be understood as interconnections between the preparation of an experiment and the subsequent measurement.

Erwin Schrodinger

Read more at brainyquote.com



To: koan who wrote (247484)3/16/2014 12:40:33 AM
From: freelyhovering  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 542213
 
I am learning most from mindfulness meditation, and various Chi Gong exercises--not religious knowing. It is a way to get high in states that don't have legal weed.



To: koan who wrote (247484)3/16/2014 2:02:12 AM
From: bentway  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 542213
 
I was very excited about Gurdjieff, having followed Ouspensky to him, and then reading his book, "Meetings with Remakable Men".

en.wikipedia.org

But, his other books were disappointments, and I ended up thinking him just another talented charlatan. I think Ouspensky may have reached the same conclusion.