Harrison Koehli and Elan Martin
Sott.netWed, 20 Oct 2021 00:00 UTC
Gurdjieff escaped the Russian Empire during the outbreak of mass madness otherwise known as the Great Russian Revolution. He lived and taught in France during the Nazi occupation. But the connection between Gurdjieff, the Fourth Way, and totalitarianism isn't much discussed, so on this episode of MindMatters we welcome back Alan Francis of the International School of the Fourth Way to discuss the place and function of the Work in the current rumblings of mass madness.
Alan stresses the importance of maintaining a personal inner presence, working with others and for a larger aim. Large social projects inevitably devolve - often to mass murder and injustice. But meaningful change can only come from the individual. Alan also discusses fear - its purpose and and how to manage it - the opportunities offered by the present times for self-development, and updates us on his progress opening a Fourth Way school in Spain (click
here to support his work), as well as his upcoming book.
Running Time: 01:29:36
Download: MP3 — 82 MB
Harrison Koehli co-hosts SOTT Radio Network's
MindMatters, and is an editor for
Red Pill Press. He has been interviewed on several North American radio shows about his writings on the study of ponerology. In addition to music and books, Harrison enjoys tobacco and bacon (often at the same time) and dislikes cell phones, vegetables, and fascists (commies too).
Born and raised in New York City, Elan has been an editor for SOTT.net since 2014 and is a co-host for
MindMatters. He enjoys seeing and sharing what's true about our profoundly and rapidly changing world.
And yes, asking why is a great help. And yes crying is an essential part of this work. This is why I love Mary Balogh because all her heroes and heroines cry.
I believe our purpose on earth is to grow in love. Jesus was an example of that in the first century. I find it is only possible to grow in love by releasing my blockages, such as wanting men’s attention or ignoring women and wanting to feel important. I know when I was in public office all my actions were just to meet those addictions and there is still much to work on.
I feel that many people are asleep today because after being dumbed down and drugged up for the last fifty years, their fears have been triggered and manipulated (about a ‘deadly’ virus and not killing grandma etc). In a state of fear people lose their ability to reason and make very poor decisions.
And yes we are projecting our psychological state onto all humanity and the environment including all the creatures, and probably on the rest of the universe. And yes hopefully we can learn from observing the animal world that coming to live in a balance of male and female is the ideal.
I do not think technology itself is good or bad, but rather it is the intention of the humans using it. That applies to many things like money, guns, etc. Unfortunately it seems at the moment that everything on the planet has been used against humanity and we have allowed that.
In my own journey I bought an annual pass to all the adventure parks on the Gold Coast so that I could visit regularly and try out all the rides specifically to trigger my fear. Breathing diaphragmatically with an open mouth helps to release the fear - and screaming loudly helped too.