Gurdjieff, George
c.1877--1949 72 years
c.1877--1949 72 years
aka: Georgi Ivanovich Gurdjieff (Russian),
Gurjian (Armenian),
Georgiades (Greek, probable original surname).
Russian: Георгий Иванович Гюрджиев
20th century mystic, Sufi, spiritual master, etc...
born in the Caucasus area of Georgian Russia
father was Greek, moved to avoid Turkish persecution.
mother was Armenian
Georgios was 1st child, younger siblings
traveled extensively in youth--Central Asian, Tibet,
Middle East, picked up many Sufi and other religious
practices
history very ambiguous, mostly from his own stories.
lived in Russia, then to Constantinople
ended up in Paris, France with a small group of
international students, teaching his methods.
wrote books, in Russian and Armenian--All and
Everything (Tales of Belzebub Told to His Grandson;
Meetings with Remarkable Men; Life is Real only Then,
When "I am")
died in Paris, Russian Orthodox funeral service.
Gurjian (Armenian),
Georgiades (Greek, probable original surname).
Russian: Георгий Иванович Гюрджиев
20th century mystic, Sufi, spiritual master, etc...
born in the Caucasus area of Georgian Russia
father was Greek, moved to avoid Turkish persecution.
mother was Armenian
Georgios was 1st child, younger siblings
traveled extensively in youth--Central Asian, Tibet,
Middle East, picked up many Sufi and other religious
practices
history very ambiguous, mostly from his own stories.
lived in Russia, then to Constantinople
ended up in Paris, France with a small group of
international students, teaching his methods.
wrote books, in Russian and Armenian--All and
Everything (Tales of Belzebub Told to His Grandson;
Meetings with Remarkable Men; Life is Real only Then,
When "I am")
died in Paris, Russian Orthodox funeral service.
| YouTube video on Gurdjieff, film clips 05:30 |
| oshobob The Living Workshop |
| People in Osho's Talks |
| Gurdjieff was a mystic and he was one of the most remarkable men of our times. Whenever a person went to him for spiritual guidance, the first thing that he would do was to make him drunk daily for fifteen days and study him in his drunken state. And unless he studied him in a state of drunkenness he would not initiate him into sadhana or spiritual discipline. He would make him drunk every day so that all his repressed neuroses were uncovered before him and he knew what type of a person he was and what he had repressed in his unconscious. Then only he would suggest the necessary sadhana – what he called Work – for him. If the person refused to drink with him for fifteen days, Gurdjieff would immediately ask him to go home. Perhaps no other Master in the world has used drink in this manner. But he was very intelligent and wise, and his understanding of men was very deep and valuable... --Osho In Search of the Miraculous, Vol. 1, ch. 6 |