"There are some people in the world, but they are very rare, who are connected to a Great Reservoir or Accumulator of this energy. This Reservoir has no limits. Those who can draw upon it can be a means of helping others. Suppose that a man needs a hundred units of this energy for his own transformation, but he only has ten units and cannot make more for himself. He is helpless. But with the help of someone who can draw upon the Great Accumulator, he can borrow ninety more. Then his work can be effective."

~ JG Bennett “Witness”

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YOU ARE OBLIGED TO HAVE A POSITION OF RESPONSIBILITY IN THE LINE OF YOUR BLOOD

“You know "Justice" is a big word—it is a big thing in the world. Objective things are not small things like microbes, they go according to law, as the law has accustomed them to go. Remember; as you sow, so you shall reap. Not only people reap, but also families and nations. It often happens that that which happens on earth comes from something which was done by a father or a grandfather. The results converge on you, the son or grandson; it is you who have to regulate them. This is not an injustice, it is a very great honor for you; it will be a means which will allow to regulate the past of your father, grandfather, great-grandfather. If misfortunes come to you in your youth, it means that someone brought them—for this you must reap. He is dead, it is another on earth who reaps. You must not look at yourself egotistically. You are a link in the chain of your blood. Be proud of it, it is an honor to be this link. The more you are obliged to repair the past, the more you will have remorse of conscience. You will succeed in remembering all that which you have not done as you should in the past. Those things which you have done contrary to justice have mortified your grandfather. Thus you can have ten times more remorse of conscience and your worth will augment in proportion.

“You are not tail of a donkey. You have responsibilities, a family. All your family, past and future, depend on you. Your entire family depends on the way you repair the past. If you repair for everyone, it is good. If you do not repair for everyone, it is bad. You see your situation. Logically, do you see what justice is? Justice is not occupied with your little affairs, unredeemed pledges, it is occupied with big things. It is idiotic to believe God thinks of small things. It is the same with justice. Justice does not touch all that, and at the same time, nothing is done on earth without it. Search for the reasons. You are obliged to have a position of responsibility in the line of your blood; you must work more to repair the past. It is difficult to understand all at once.”

~ George Gurdjieff “Paris/Wartime Meetings”

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OBSERVING ONESELF... BEGIN WITH SMALL THING

“A question was asked about observing oneself. Gurdjieff: ‘At first conditions for work must be prepared. At present you can only try to notice what you do, and gather material that will be useful for work. You cannot yet observe when your manifestations come from essence, and when they come from personality. You cannot tell while you are gathering material because man has only one attention, directed on what he is doing. His mind does not see his feelings or his feelings his mind.’ He also spoke about being able, later on, to divide our attention into two or even three parts. But when someone asked how this could be done, he said, ‘You cannot do this yet. Later we will speak about it. People in general have no real attention. What they think is attention is only self-tensing. First you must strive to acquire attention. Correct self-observation is possible only after you have acquired a measure of attention. Begin with small things’.”

~ CS Nott “The Teachings of Gurdjieff - A Pupil's Journey”