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Are the Teachings of
Gurdgieff and Ouspenski Valid? Gurdgieff,
Ouspenski, and Blavatsky are names sometimes mentioned
by visitors to the monthly meetings. A question regarding the validity of
Gurdgieff’s writings was raised: Richard: Gurdgieff and Ouspenski had been
taught by Indian students of schools originally founded by the Brahmic
Brotherhood. What these two authors wrote is heavily laced with the Hindu
concepts conveyed by their contacts. Their writings are in a sort of “stream
of consciousness” mode as each conjectures and argues with himself about the
nature of the information he is struggling to understand. As men exploring
many possibilities of interpretation, they make reference to personally
untried concepts which are sometimes true and sometimes false. One of the problems
encountered by the Russian writers in trying to convey their message was that
of translating the information from the Indian dialects. During the 300 years
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