Wish and the Force of Holy Denying, Part IV: Bottoming Out

Capital relief from Serrabone

I’d like to return now to the phrase that was quoted at the beginning of the piece, in order to contemplate its importance:

"The ray of creation ends in the moon. Beyond the moon there is nothing. This also is the Absolute—do.”

When Gurdjieff asks us to come to an understanding of our own nothingness, it is actually a request …