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  • Centering – Bushido

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    By its structure Omega, in its ultimate principle, can only be a distinct Center radiating at the core of a system of centers; a grouping in which the personalization of the All and personalizations of the elements reach their maximum, simultaneously and without merging, under the influence of a supremely autonomous focus of union. – Teilhard de Chardin

    G.I. Gurdjieff described the nature of conscious being as crystalline in form, and as such spoke of the process of self-development as a series of crystallizations, which are, in this respect, identical to Deleuze’s conceptualization of the formation of plateaus of thought (within the individual) through assemblage. These assemblages are in some respects conscious, and in some respects are due to accident. – Mark Pesce – End of Man: A Cybernetic Eschatology

    Image by Bruno Smith

  • Three-Center Beings

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    This photo reminds me that human beings are three-centered beings. Our three centers are: head, heart and belly. Each center is an organ of perception, intelligence and action.

    Many humans live lives dominated by one center. It is the rare individual that has integrated all three into a single functioning center.

    The movie, The Baron Von Münchhausen is a great representation of a split we see a lot in wetern culture. The baron’s head is separated from his body. The body continually tries to reclaim the head, but the head does not want to be tied to the body.

    Many Inner Work schools and disciplines address the subject of the three centers and offer various methods of working toward reintegration. Gurdjieff’s work has a strong focus on the three centers. My friend Andrea Isaacs works with the three centers through her EnneaMotion training which uses the understanding of the Enneagram to address the situation.

    When the three centers are integrated into a synergistic whole, a fourth center, called the Moh (moon center) arises. The Moh in some sense exists on the cusp of the physical dimension. The arising of the Moh brings more intuitive, psychic, and spiritual (boundless, universal) information, intelligence and functioning into the re-membered human being.

    The “unseen” face in this photo would represent the MOH.

  • Dance & Evolution of Consciousness

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    Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music. – Angela Monet

    Dance of Shiva is what scientists call the dance of particles as they arise and disappear out of “quantum” foam.

    Sacred Dance and the Mystery of Presence
    presence in the body–
    –the emergence of sensation,
    appreciation of life itself,
    awareness of form and weight
    and place in space
    presence in the feelings–
    —the emergence of a longing for Being,
    conscience, compassion,
    relation to rather than isolation from others;
    and all of Great Nature
    presence in the mind–
    –the emergence of the nature of awareness,
    seeing, insight, awareness of self,
    awareness of pattern
    and therefore meaning
    Self-remembering and the deep mystery of Being

    Movements, an integral part of George Gurdjieff teachings, are designed to harmonize our thinking, feeling and moving; refine and develop our attention; and deepen our presence.

  • Independence Day

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    In properly organized groups no faith is required; what is required is simply a little trust and even that only for a little while, for the sooner a man begins to verify all he hears the better it is for him. – George Gurdjieff

    There is no absolute up or down, as Aristotle taught; no absolute position in space; but the position of a body is relative to that of other bodies. Everywhere there is incessant relative change in position throughout the universe, and the observer is always at the center of things. – Giordano Bruno, 1584

    It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisitiuon of “culture.” – John Cage

    Image by ArtDream

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