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a:
Ouspensky Introduced
Gurdjieff to the World
Ouspensky introduced
Gurdjieff to the world, He started writing books on Gurdjieff. He wrote one
of his greatest contributions, IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS, then he wrote
THE FOURTHWAY. And these two books introduced Gurdjieff to the world;
otherwise, he would have remained an absolutely unknown Master. Maybe a few
people would have come in personal contact with him and would have been
benefited, but Ouspensky made him available to millions.
But as those books
spread all over the world and thousands of people started moving towards
Gurdjieff, Ouspensky also became very egoistic – naturally, because he was
the cause of the whole thing. In fact, he started thinking, ”Without me,
what is Gurdjieff? Who is Gurdjieff without me? Who was he? When I met him
he was just a refugee living in a refugee camp in Constantinople, almost
starving. Nobody had ever heard about him. I have made him world famous; the
whole credit goes to me.” This idea went to his head – it became too much
for him – and in subtle ways he started to dominate the movement. And you
cannot dominate a man like Gurdjieff, you cannot dictate to a man like
Gurdjieff. They had to part.
b:
In the End Ouspensky Left
Gurdjieff
I will tell a more recent
incident.
Ouspensky, the chief disciple of Gurdjieff, was working under Gurdjieff for
ten years. It was very difficult to work under Gurdjieff. He was a man of
infinite magnetism. Whosoever would come around him would be pulled.
With such people, either
you are pulled or you become afraid and go against them, but you cannot
remain indifferent. You are either for or against; you cannot be indifferent
to such people. And that going against is just a safety measure. If you come
around a person who is magnetic, either you will become a slave to him or,
just to protect yourself, you will become an enemy, because that is a
protection.
Ouspensky came to him,
stayed with him, worked with him, and there was no theoretical knowledge to
be imparted. He was a man of action. He would give techniques, and one had
to work. Then Ouspensky achieved a certain crystallization. He became an
integrated man; he was transformed. He was not fully enlightened yet, but he
was not fast asleep as we are. He was in between, just on the verge.When you feel that the
morning is near, when you start listening to the noises which indicate
morning is near, you are asleep, but not totally asleep.
The sleep is just
on the verge of going. You are not yet awake, you may again fall into a
sleep. You are just on the surface, just near awakening. And when Ouspensky was
just near awakening, he was thinking that now Gurdjieff will help him more
because this was the moment. But suddenly Gurdjieff started behaving in such
a strange way that Ouspensky had to leave. He started up in such strange
ways with him, did such absurd things, contradictory, nonsensical – on the
surface – that Ouspensky had to leave him on his own account.
Gurdjieff never told him
to leave.
On his own account he left him, went against him, said that he had gone mad.
He started teaching, and he always said, ”I am teaching according to Gurdjieff, my teacher, but now he is mad.” He would say, ”According to the
early Gurdjieff...” He would not talk about the later Gurdjieff. But the
basic reason why Gurdjieff did this is deep compassion. That was the moment
when Ouspensky had to be left alone; otherwise he would have become a
constant dependent. The moment came when he had to be thrown out, and in
such a way that he would never become aware that he had been thrown out
consciously.
Such persons like Buddha
or Gurdjieff will affect you without their conscious effort and you will be
pulled toward them. But they will try in every way that you are not pulled
in that way: that you are not attracted hypnotically, that you are not
dominated by them. And they will help to make you masters, standing on your
own feet.
Those who are trying to
dominate others, their eyes will be tense, evilish. You will not feel any
innocence in their eyes, you will not feel purity in their eyes. You will
feel attraction, but the attraction will be like alcohol. You will feel a
magnetic pull, but the pull will be not to free you but to enslave you.
Remember, never use any
energy to dominate anyone.
Because of this, Buddha, Mahavir, Jesus, they made it a point, and they went
on hammering, that the moment you enter the spiritual search, be filled with
love for everyone, even for your enemy – because if you are filled with love
you will not be attracted to the inner violence which wants to dominate.
Only love can become an
antidote. Otherwise when the energy comes to you and you are overfilled with
it, you will start dominating. This happens every day. I have come across
many, many people...
I start helping them, they
will grow a little, and the moment they feel that a certain energy is coming
to them they will start dominating others, they will try now to use it.
Remember, never use spiritual energy to dominate. You are wasting your
efforts. Sooner or later you will be empty again, and you will fall down
suddenly. And this is pure wastage, but it is very difficult to control it
because you become aware that now you can do certain things.
If you touch someone who
was ill and he becomes okay, how can you resist touching others now? How can
you resist?
If you cannot resist, you
will waste your energy.
Something has happened to you, but soon you will throw it away
unnecessarily. And really, the mind is so cunning that you may be thinking
that you are helping others by healing them. That may be just a cunning
trick of the mind, because if you have no love, how can you be so concerned
with others’ diseases, their illnesses, their health? You are not concerned.
Really, now this is a power. If you can heal, you can dominate them. You may
say, ”I am just helping them,” but even in your help you are simply trying
to dominate them. Your ego will be fulfilled. This will become a food for
your ego. So all the old treatises say beware. They say beware because when
the energy comes to you, you are at a dangerous point. You can waste it, you
can throw it away. When you feel any energy, make it a secret; do not allow
anyone to know about it.
Source: 1:
“Ouspensky introduced
Gurdjieff to the world”
from
Walking in Zen, Sitting in Zen by Osho
2: “In the End
Ouspensky Left Gurdjieff” from
Vigyan Bhairav Tantra by Osho
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