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Fifty years ago, Gurdjieff came to the West with his message of transformation, saying that man is a machine with no will, no ‘I’, no consciousness and that ‘he cannot do’. The truth of this is becoming so obvious that even professional optimists are beginning to see

We need no longer distress ourselves brooding over Hume’s dilemma: “God is either loving but not omnipotent, or omnipotent but not loving: He cannot be both.” The truth is that the omnipotence of God is a silly idea thought up by men with narrow, logical minds. It must be obvious to anyone whose feelings have not atrophied that love and omnipotence can never be united.

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The Masters of Wisdom by J. Bennett presents key insights from the Gurdjieff tradition. The 2 passages above capture the essential teachings.

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