Gurdjieff Dominican Group
Aim and Purpose of the Seminar
The Aim and purpose of the seminar was to be able to
renew and awaken in us the Sacred Impulses of Hope, Acceptance, Faith and Love,
represented by each of the 4 Prophets. We practiced the 4 Prophets Movements
and the Morning exercise that relates to them in our tradition.
There were four main groups
and each was responsible of presenting to the rest of the group one of the 4
Prophets and the
Each group employed
different means in their expositions, pictures, movies, recordings of various
kinds and talks in order to present as many details as possible of the Holy places
as well as the history and biography of the Prophets.
The morning exercise, the
movement, and the expositions were hand in hand and each day seemed like the
whole community added a new understanding. They were like pieces in a puzzle
and as the days went by, the whole picture became more and more clear, bringing
the group closer together under one Aim with the increasing certainty that we
were not separated individuals each pulling his own way. As the common bondage
grew stronger, we also felt that there is also the possibility of receiving
Help from Above in order to overcome our ordinary obstacles in life.
There were seven small
groups and each one was responsible of working with a theme and to provide
the rest of the group with the exposition and the daily exercise. Each member
contributed based on his or her own understanding. No doubt we can share much
more that we are usually willing to. For some people knowledge means power and
they feel more secure by keeping what they know to themselves. But we must
learn that by sharing what we know we are creating a vacuum whereby it is
possible that new and fresh understanding enter into us. The old knowledge can
become stale in time, so it is much better to share than to keep.
We have received such a
vast amount of techniques, exercises, movements and knowledge that we must feel
responsible to spread and share it with others; there is a great need in the
world to bring about transformation in people. The secret can no longer be kept
secret, we have to affect others in a positive way, we have to become normal humans beings again. But we insist in keeping and
restricting those who can access it by becoming judges and custodians then we
begin to determine who can and who can not receive it. Mr. G said plainly that
the knowledge is there to take but that people do not want it. We must become
like planters and where the seed falls does not concern us, we can be sure that
some will fall in good soil and will bring forth fruit.