Zen, Yoga, Gurdjieff: Lee's Gurdjieff Newsletter

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There is no Freedom

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Lee van Laer
Feb 13, 2021
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The world sets a false promise in front of us; and we take that false promise into ourselves.

There is a belief that I can become free of what I am; that there’s some form of liberation available, that I can “be free,” and so on. 

To be free is the shining light that starry-eyed I seek. They write songs about it. This should at once make us suspicious; bu…

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