G. I. Gurdjieff Quotes About Consciousness

Quotes about: Consciousness

• The evolution of man is the evolution of his consciousness, and 'consciousness' cannot evolve unconsciously. The evolution of man is the evolution of his will, and 'will' cannot evolve involuntarily.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  Men, Insightful, Evolution Of Man

• Love of consciousness evokes the same in response
  Love of feeling evokes the opposite
  Love of body depends only on type and polarity.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  Life, Opposites, Feelings

  G. I. Gurdjieff (2006). “Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson: All and Everything, First Series”, p.229, Penguin

• The degree of consciousness corresponds to the degree of density or the speed of vibrations. The denser the matter, the less conscious it is.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  Degrees, Density, Matter

• Consciousness is a state in which a man knows all at once everything that he in general knows and in which he can see how little he does know and how many contradictions there are in what he knows.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  Men, Doe, Littles

• Hope of consciousness is strength.
  Hope of feelings is slavery.
  Hope of body is disease.

  G. I. Gurdjieff

  Hope, Feelings, Body

  "All and Everything: Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson". Book by George Gurdjieff, 1950.

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