Monthly Archives: September 2009

objective / subjective / intelligence (3)

In a previous commentary, I closed with Gurdjieff’s report of Father Evlissi’s teaching on conscience, the foundation of objective morality. Father Evlissi (Bogachevsky) is clear that objective morality, as it comes to be understood within the mature human conscience, does … Continue reading

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a mystery of embodiment

There is body. Body arises from body. There is spirit. Spirit arises from spirit. In body there is limitation. There is surface. There is inside. There is outside. There is number and there is one bigger than that number. Always, … Continue reading

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taksim number 1

The taksim is an improvisational musical utterance. The word comes from the rich lexicon of Turkish music. Though we are not experts in the world of the ajna and makam that comprise this music, yet we are deeply moved and … Continue reading

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objective/ subjective/ intelligence (2)

One basis for an approach to the question of objectivity is in the question: Can I be objective about myself? Can I see myself for what I am? More to the point, can I see that there may be a … Continue reading

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objective/ subjective/ intelligence (1)

There must be more than a few people who are creative or artistic for whom “objectivity” is something of a bad word. I was one such person so it could be that I’m projecting. Somehow I got the fuzzy idea … Continue reading

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