Zen, Yoga, Gurdjieff: Lee's Gurdjieff Newsletter

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That's not the Work!
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That's not the Work!

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Lee van Laer
Sep 15, 2023
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Photo: Native bumblebee on mint, Tarrytown Station, NY

A pause on the morning commute reveals a different and more feeding aspect of life on the planet.

I can already hear the naysayers objecting to this reformation.

“That’s not the work,” they’ll say.  “That’s not what the work is.”

As to that. There’s a film of Mme. Being asked, years ago, whether she preferred working with one country or another—for example, the Americans or the French.

“I prefer the Americans,” she replied. When asked why, she said, “The Americans are always trying to learn how to work. The French think they already know how.”

These days, we all seem to think we’re French.

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