What is the Fourth Way?
The Fourth Way is the path of the balanced man and woman. It was introduced at the beginning of the last century by an enigmatic and charismatic figure named...
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AZTLAN CULTURAL CENTER
of Psychology, Philosophy, and Humanities.
Dir.: León Azulay
Civil Association I.G.J. No. 748
George I. Gurdjieff's Fourth Way
Who was Gurdjieff?
George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff led an extraordinarily rich life. He was born in Armenia on January 13, 1866. His mother was Armenian, and his father, Ioannas Giorgiades, was of Greek origin. Gurdjieff made an extraordinary contribution to humanity, translating knowledge...
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Self Observation and Self-Remembering
In two characteristics, we find today's man enclosed: in overoccupation, alternating with a hunger to indulge in the varied seductions of our time, in relentless overwhelm, and on the other hand, we see him in boredom...
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Our Way of Being Attracts Our Life
It is said in the Fourth Way that we do not know ourselves enough. The idea that our Being attracts our life and that we think we know ourselves—they go hand in hand. In essence, it means that we imagine knowing our Being. But we do not know it. If we knew ourselves well enough...
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Useless Suffering
In this commentary, we will emphasize two seed ideas of the Fourth Way, and therefore of transpersonal psychology, namely: That our Being attracts our life. That we do not know ourselves. The lack of self-knowledge is the rule in human existence...
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