Born in Gyumri, Armenia, 1867 - Died in Paris, France 29th October 1949.
Books by Gurdjieff:
- Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson
- Meetings with Remarkable Men
- Life is Only Real, Then, When 'I Am'.
See also
In Search of the Miraculous
(by Piotr Ouspensky - English version)
(Armenian version):
George Gurdjieff - His Life and Teaching (English):
Gurdjieff - His Life and Teaching
(French version):
https://vimeo.com/905099017
Gurdjieff - His Life and Teaching
(Portugese version):
https://vimeo.com/1008356600
Gurdjieff - His Life and Teaching
(Spanish version):
https://vimeo.com/950567477
"The Actor"
Answer given by Gurdjieff in New York on 16th March 1924.
(Extract from the book)
The Teaching of George Gurdjieff
Gurdjieff taught that people are not conscious of themselves and thus live their lives in a state of hypnotic "waking sleep", but that it is possible to wake up and serve our purpose as human beings. The fact that man is asleep is often referred to in the Bible and Gurdjieff once called his teaching (which he discovered during his travels to various monasteries) “esoteric Christianity.”
The Gurdjieff Movements
Gurdjieff provided guidance and created conditions for people to "remember themselves" in their daily lives and passed on a series of movements that people could perform as a group under the guidance of a movements teacher. His principal pupils in the 1920's had to learn and practice these movements, which he saw being performed in certain monasteries that he visited during his explorations.
