Personality and Essence
Gurdjeiff’s emphasizes that Essence of a person should have
precedence over
Personality and if not, personality can damage the essence.
What happens if personality damages essence and it is lost?
One leads entire life mechanically dictated by the
personality and withers
away like a machine.
What happens if Essence pervades the Personality?
One is propelled to excellence in their vocation knocking at
the doors of
Absolute.
Let us look at this through two different people of
different times and
different trades.
Can we find a common element in their poetic expressions
below?
Yes, one can see the focus of their expression is bringing
out the significance
of PRESENT in relation to the PAST and FUTURE.
A Master Poet and a Master Martial Artist arrived at the
same ‘ARTISTIC
TRUTH” that ‘NOW’ is everything, it alone matters.
Absolute Truth of ‘All NOW’, when expressed in human
activities becomes
relative to the art as ‘ARTISTIC TRUTH’.
That is what Essence does to the Personality, taking it to
perfection or
wholeness. Material gain or loss becomes secondary.
There are gaps,
Anyway, I hope this will throw some light on Gurdjieff’s
ideas of Personality,
Essence and 7-Types of Men.
See you soon.
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