#am i right that you could theoretically have...........21 summons?

[danielnelsen]

ok so at this point maybe im deliberately taking the piss with my party size

[torontohypnotherapist]

MAY 16 — GEORGE GURDJIEFF QUOTES

WITHOUT INSTRUCTION OR INVITATION, SOLITA, LOUISE AND I REPORTED TO THE CAFÉ DE LA PAIX IN MIDMORNING, SAT AT A TABLE NEAR TO GURDJIEFF'S AND WAITED FOR HIM TO SUMMON US OR TO IGNORE US

"The next morning, without instruction or invitation, Solita, Louise and I reported to the Café de la Paix in midmorning, sat at a table near to Gurdjieff's and waited for him to summon us or to ignore us. Subsequent events suggested that we were already tied together in his mind as a small group with which he could work; but that thought was as far from our imagination as a space probe was then. We were simply waiting for another crumb from his "idea table," if such might be forthcoming. An invitation for another cray­fish dinner that night was the reward. for our enterprise. And after dinner, said Gurdjieff, we would all go back to my hotel room and read his book.

"This was our group's inception — on on a Monday night, October 21, 1935, in a Left Bank hotel room one flight up from the noisy street, with extra chairs brought down from the higher and better rooms (to which Gurdjieff did not wish to climb) and Perrier water and ashtray set out for him beside the sagging sofa that he occupied completely, like a Buddha on a pedestal, listening to us read aloud in turn the opening chapters of his First Series entitled 'An Objectively Impartial Criticism of the Life of Man' or, 'Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson'."

~ Kathryn Hulme "Undiscovered Country" ...

REMORSE IS THAT WHICH REMOVES THE SALT

Questioner: When I try to work on remorse, there is always some part of me that refuses, that tells me that it is useless, that it will not lead anywhere or to anything. I wish to understand better the use of remorse, its necessity, to enable me to convince myself and struggle against this refusal.

Gurdjieff: It is very simple. Look at this. [He takes a section of a tangerine from his plate.] This is destined to become jam, it has to become jam, it was made for that. But it is full of salt. What should be done? It must be washed, soaked, cleaned to remove the salt. Afterward it can become jam. With the salt it is impossible. Remorse is that which removes the salt. This is what purifies. You understand?

~ George Gurdjieff “Paris/Wartime Meetings” ...

WE MUST ACCUSTOM OURSELVES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT OBJECTIVE MEANS

“The objective feeling of morality is connected with certain general, orderly and immutable moral laws, established over the centuries, in accordance both chemically and physically with human circumstances and nature, established objectively for all and connected with nature (or, as is said, with God). The subjective feeling of morality is when a man, on the basis of his own experience and his own personal qualities, his personal observations, a sense of justice entirely his own, and so on, forms a personal conception of morality, on the basis of which he lives.

“Both the first and the second feeling of 'morality are not only absent in people but people even have no idea of them. What we say about morality relates to everything. We have in our minds a more or less theoretical idea of morality. We have heard and we have read. But we cannot apply it to life. We live as our mechanism allows us. Theoretically we know that we should love N., but in actual fact he may be antipathetic to us—we may not like his nose. I understand with my mind that emotionally also I should have a right attitude to him, but I am unable to. Somewhere far away from N., I can in the course of a year decide to have a good attitude toward him. But if certain mechanical associations have established themselves, it will be just the same as before when I see him again. With us the feeling of morality is automatic. I may have established a rule for myself to think in this way, but "it" does not live like that.

“If we wish to work on ourselves we must not be only subjective; we must accustom ourselves to understand what objective means. Subjective feeling cannot be the same in everyone, since all people are different. One is English, another a Jew; one likes plover, and so on. We are all different, but our differences should be united by objective laws. In certain circumstances small subjective laws are sufficient. But in communal life justice can be attained only through the objective. Objective laws are very limited. If all people had this small number of laws in them, our inner and outer life would be a great deal happier. There would be no loneliness, nor would there be unhappy states.

“From the most ancient times through experience of life and wise statesmanship, life itself gradually evolved fifteen commandments and established them for the good of individuals as well as for all peoples. If these fifteen commandments were actually in us all, we would be able to understand, to love, to hate. We would have levers for the basis of right judgment. All religions, all teachings come from God and speak in the name of God. This does not mean that God actually gave them, but they are connected with one whole and with what we call God.

“For example: God said: Love thy parents and thou wilt love me. And indeed, whoever does not love his parents cannot love God.

“Before we go any further, let us pause and ask ourselves: Did we love our parents, did we love them as they deserved, or was it simply a case of "it loves," and how should we have loved?”

~ George Gurdjieff “Views From the Real World” ...

CONSCIOUSNESS CANNOT EVOLVE UNCONSCIOUSLY

The evolution in which man should be interested before anything else, is his own inner evolution. “The evolution of man”, says Gurdjieff, “can be taken as the development in him of those powers and possibilities which never develop by themselves, that is mechanically.” And on another occasion: “In speaking of evolution it is necessary to understand from the outset that no mechanical evolution is possible. The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness. And ‘consciousness’cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will, and ‘will’ cannot evolve involuntarily. The evolution of man is the evolution of his power of doing, and ‘doing’ cannot be the result of things which ‘happen’.”

~ Martin Ekker "Gurdjieff: The Man and His Work"

[buvul]

All of em

(I THINK I FORGOT TO DO THIS ONE SO I’LL ASSUME IT’S THIS ONE)

1: is there a boy/girl in your life? yeah

2: think of the last person who hurt you; do you forgive them? i can’t even remember who it was so i guess so

3: what do you think of when you hear the word “meow?” goddamn furries

4: what’s something you really want right now? money

5: are you afraid of falling in love? fuck no

6: do you like the beach? it’s ok

7: have you ever slept on a couch with someone else? HAHAHAHA no

8: what’s the background on your cell? something i found on google images that i thought looked nice enough

9: name the last four beds you were sat on? huh

10: do you like your phone? it screams every night at exactly 3:21 am and summons phone demons to poke my eyes out (it’s ok i guess)

11: honestly, are things going the way you planned? NO

12: who was the last person whose phone number you added to your contacts? do i look like i HAVE friends????

13: would you rather have a poodle or a rottweiler? rottweilers look more fun

14: which hurts the most, physical or emotional pain? both suck

15: would you rather visit a zoo or an art museum? zoo

16: are you tired? all the tiiiime

17: how long have you known your 1st phone contact? i’ve known my mom all my life

18: are they a relative? my MOM

19: would you ever consider getting back together with any of your exes? i don’t have any

20: when did you last talk to the last person you shared a kiss with? i don’t know if i should answer this one

21: if you knew you had the right person, would you marry them today? marrying costs too much money and involves too much legal shit

22: would you kiss the last person you kissed again? i’d kiss anyone tbh (yeah sure)

23: how many bracelets do you have on your wrists right now? 0

24: is there a certain quote you live by? “fuuuuck” -albert einstein

25: what’s on your mind? asudhfiosuahfhsjkfhl

26: do you have any tattoos? no

27: what is your favorite color? green

28: next time you will kiss someone on the lips? fuck if i know, people DISGUST me

29: who are you texting? nobody

30: think to the last person you kissed, have you ever kissed them on a couch? it was close enough to a couch, i guess

31: have you ever had the feeling something bad was going to happen and you were right? countless times (because i’m a paranoid shitbag)

32: do you have a friend of the opposite sex you can talk to? several

33: do you think anyone has feelings for you? one person, i’m not sure how anyone else could honestly

34: has anyone ever told you you have pretty eyes? no

35: say the last person you kissed was kissing someone right in front of you? i’d dieeee

36: were you single on valentines day? i don’t think i’ve ever had a valentine’s day where i wasn’t single, at least physically (if that even makes sense)

37: are you friends with the last person you kissed? yeah

38: what do your friends call you? they call me Slåvøj “Waddle Dee” Zîzîzî

39: has anyone upset you in the last week? i dunno

40: have you ever cried over a text? yeah

41: where’s your last bruise located? my right bicep

42: what is it from? flu shot

43: last time you wanted to be away from somewhere really bad? a couple days ago, i guess

44: who was the last person you were on the phone with? my mom or my sister

45: do you have a favourite pair of shoes? i have like one pair

46: do you wear hats if your having a bad hair day? no

47: would you ever go bald if it was the style? no

48: do you make supper for your family? no

49: does your bedroom have a door? yes

50: top 3 web-pages? youtube, google, hotsingleitalianchefs.com

51: do you know anyone who hates shopping? me kinda

52: does anything on your body hurt? my teeth

53: are goodbyes hard for you? yeah

54: what was the last beverage you spilled on yourself? water

55: how is your hair? clean

56: what do you usually do first in the morning? brush my teeth and then sit my ass in my chair

57: do you think two people can last forever? who the FUCK knows

58: think back to january 2007, were you single? definitely

59: green or purple grapes? green

60: when’s the next time you will give someone a big hug? i dunno

61: do you wish you were somewhere else right now? kinda

62: when will be the next time you text someone? if messaging counts, probably within the hour

63: where will you be 5 hours from now? in bed

64: what were you doing at 8 this morning. in bed

65: this time last year, can you remember who you liked? yeah

66: is there one person in your life that can always make you smile? my face doesn’t like making emotions

67: did you kiss or hug anyone today? no

68: what was your last thought before you went to bed last night? “ay caramba”

69: have you ever tried your hardest and then gotten disappointed in the end? lots of times

70: how many windows are open on your computer? too many

71: how many fingers do you have? what the fuck kinda question is this

72: what is your ringtone? vibration

73: how old will you be in 5 months? 22

74: where is your mum right now? across the street

75: why aren’t you with the person you were first in love with or almost in love? because i’m an idiot and i’m putrid

76: have you held hands with somebody in the past three days? no

77: are you friends with the people you were friends with two years ago? i think i ended up losing friends

78: do you remember who you had a crush on in year 7? yeah

79: is there anyone you know with the name mike? i know a michael in my course

80: have you ever fallen asleep in someones arms? nope

81: how many people have you liked in the past three months? 3

82: has anyone seen you in your underwear in the last 3 days? no

83: will you talk to the person you like tonight? maybe

84: you’re drunk and yelling at hot guys/girls out of your car window, you’re with? no one is in that theoretical car because i don’t yell at strangers

85: if your bf/gf was into drugs would you care? yeah

86: what was the most eventful thing that happened last time you went to see a movie? how the fuuuuck should i know

87: who was your last received call from? my mom probably

88: if someone gave you $1,000 to burn a butterfly over a candle, would you? who made these questions

89: what is something you wish you had more of? physical contact

90: have you ever trusted someone too much? yeah

91: do you sleep with your window open? in the summer and spring, yeah

92: do you get along with girls? i guess so?

93: are you keeping a secret from someone who needs to know the truth? no

94: does sex mean love? sex is sex, making love is making love

95: you’re locked in a room with the last person you kissed, is that a problem? no

96: have you ever kissed anyone with a lip ring? no

97: did you sleep alone this week? i sleep alone every night

98: everybody has somebody that makes them happy, do you? yeah

99: do you believe in love at first sight? buh

100: who was the last person that you pinky promise? who the fuck does that

101: post a picture of the most HANDSOME DUCK you have ever SEEN.