• Gurdjieff, A Beginner's Guide

  • How Changing the Way We React to Misplacing Our Keys Can Transform Our Lives
  • By: Gil Friedman
  • Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
  • Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (307 ratings)

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Gurdjieff, A Beginner's Guide

By: Gil Friedman
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Are you ready for self-transformation? Many spiritual teachers promise transformation, but Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff delivers.

Gurdjieff (1872-1949) was born in Alexandropol on the border of Russia and Turkey. Gurdjieff's teachings contain many concepts that, taken together, are referred to as the Work. The idea behind the Work is that our first birth is our physical body, which is all we need to get through life. But we are capable of developing into something higher; just as an acorn can stay an acorn and die or develop into an oak tree, we can develop into something higher. Gurdjieff offers a radically original vision of man and his potential for self-development.

Gurdjieff, A Beginner's Guide: How Changing the Way We React to Misplacing Our Keys Can Transform Our Lives is a beginning guide to the teachings of Gurdjieff. Practical and eminently easy to listen to, it leads the listener through some of the main concepts necessary for self-transformation.

©2011 Gil Friedman (P)2013 Gil Friedman

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If you know nothing about Gurdjieff this might be of interest but only as a general outline. The profound content of Gurdjieff's teaching is not captured in this book and is, in some cases, completely misunderstood in my opinion. That said I did pick up a few good reminders and insights which may have been worth the hours of listening.

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A good introduction to the work

It doesn't go to any great length into the real items but I'm very glad I bought and listen to this book.
It brings back to focus the importance of personal development and Gudjieff teachings.

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i dont want to write a review

how do i get out of this without writing a review for this book

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FABULOUS! A MUST LISTEN!

A MUST listen and you can believe me as I'm an Audible Veteran! I LOVED this book!!!

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The work

I find this book to be an extremely great introduction to Gurdjieff’s concept of the work. This was very eye opening and I’m so grateful I listened to this. I will absolutely be listening to it again. The concepts and ideas stated in this book almost make too much sense, and it’s frightening to my ego to hear them. I would highly recommend this book to anybody on the path of self discovery & development, spirituality, self transformation, and truth. I can only imagine what life could be like if all these principles were valued and APPLIED by the student. I now consider myself to be a student of Gurdjieff, and I’m excited to begin practicing these principles myself. Nobody is going to do the work for you, and this is a good book to present somebody with the tools to begin this work.

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easy listening and learning

helpful to get an over view and advice on how to approach this work. the work.

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Clarity and understanding!!

I was born into a Gurdjieff community and grew up around this influence. I found this book, very clarifying, and helping me to understand some elusive aspects of the work. Thank you

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primer on the work

nice overview he seems to have a good referal library nichols work is great. he makes dense concepts understandable great as a remiinderof the deep concept s described i keep restarting itto go back and do the exercises like a daily affirmation

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Excellent

A great review of Gurgjieff’s system. After I had a spontaneous spiritual awakening, I’ve become very interested in esoteric teachings and just recently reviewed Gurdjieff’s idea’s because I’m in the self observation stage of my journey, returning from the transcendence stage. So this information is so timely for me.

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Perfect

This book was my introduction to the work of Gurdjieff. I felt it was exactly the right dose, like the third bowl of porridge in the Goldilocks saga. I have left the table hungry for more, but satisfied as well.

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