David Silver and Raghu Markus discover the life and teachings of George Gurdjieff, the Russian-born mystic and thinker of consciousness.
This time on Mindrolling, Raghu and David have a dialogue about:
- How a teenage David Silver was first launched to Gurdjieff’s teachings
- Gurdjieff’s affect on the Sixties counterculture and the evolution of consciousness actions
- The decision to “do solely what’s new and recent” and reside seeking the miraculous
- Doing the work actually and figuratively; supporting oneself and transferring in the direction of clear mentation
- Gurdjieff’s view of people as incomplete sleepwalkers, mechanically reacting to life
- Gradual awakening by means of self-observation, inside wrestle, and aware effort
- Shedding false pretenses to find a unified, genuine self
- How Gurdjieff’s philosophy impressed Ram Dass’s religious imaginative and prescient
- The Seekers of Fact and The Sarmoung Brotherhood
- The transformative and ongoing apply of self-remembering
About George Ivanovich Gurdjieff
Gurdjieff, who was born within the late 1800’s, was a thinker, mystic, religious instructor, composer, and actions instructor. Born within the Russian Empire, he briefly turned a citizen of the First Republic of Armenia after its formation in 1918, however fled the upcoming Pink Military invasion of Armenia in 1920, which rendered him stateless. Gurdjieff taught that individuals are not aware of themselves and thus reside their lives in a state of hypnotic “waking sleep”, however that it’s potential to awaken to the next state of consciousness and serve our function as human beings. Be taught extra about Gurdjieff HERE and decide up a few of Gurdjieff’s most well-known work, Conferences with Outstanding Males.
About David Silver:
David Silver is the previous co-host of the Mindrolling podcast. He’s a filmmaker and director, most lately popping out with Sensible Disguise. Sensible Disguise tells the distinctive story of a bunch of impressed Western religious seekers from the 60s, who in assembly the nice American instructor, Ram Dass, adopted him to India to fulfill his Guru, Neem Karoli Baba, familiarly often known as Maharaj-ji. Two days earlier than he left his physique, Maharaj-ji instructed Okay.C. Tewari to maintain the Westerners, which he did resolutely till the day he died in 1997. Silver’s #1 charting MGM/UA/Warners movie, “The Compleat Beatles,” is the critically acclaimed biopic film about historical past’s most well-known band. The time period ‘rockumentary’ was first utilized to this two-hour film. Rolling Stone lately described the movie as a “masterwork.” Silver’s Warner Bros. function movie, “No Nukes,” additionally began the entire pattern of music/activism function documentaries.
“His father principally mentioned to him, you will need to not do something outdated, you will need to at all times try to do one thing new and recent, you will need to already be sincere, you will need to at all times assist your self, These have been all essential in Gurdjieff’s life. You should be seeking the miraculous, as a result of what else is there?” —David Silver
