Zen, Yoga, Gurdjieff: Lee's Gurdjieff Newsletter

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The Starry World of Our Desire, part II
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The Starry World of Our Desire, part II

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Apr 13, 2018
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March 3

Ego inflation causes me to think mostly of myself and what is important for me. This relates powerfully to two concepts that Gurdjieff brought up: first of all, identification, in which I become the outer parts of myself (I literally become them, my identity is attached to them and not to any other part) and, secondly, desires and non-des…

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