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Brain Squeezer 031: Gurdjieff STOP!
Time to read: 56 seconds
Purpose: Wake up. Break out the trance. Become more fully
aware and alive!
Background: Metaphysician G.I. Gurdjieff asserted that
people in their typical state were unconscious automatons,
but that it was possible for a man or woman to wake up and
experience life more fully. He taught the STOP exercise as
part of his Fourth Way approach to self-development.
Instructions:
1. The best way to do the STOP exercise is to get a friend
to call you at completely random times of the day and yell,
'STOP!' You can do the STOP exercise yourself but as part
of you will be anticipating it you won't get optimum
results. You will still notice a marked increase in your
awareness and mental energy or mind power. Any way you can
figure how to generate a randomized alarm signal will help
ensure you have the surprise element that will catch you in
your moments of automatic behavior.
2. When you get the STOP signal, stop right in mid-action,
allow your eyes to focus intently on what's before you,
and hold whatever thought is in your mind.
3. Gurdjieff would insist that his students hold their
position, even if it was awkward and painful, anywhere
from a few seconds to ten minutes or more. You can decide
how much time you have to devote to this. But don't kid
yourself just to get out of it. Hold still. Watch, feel,
experience!
4. Shock yourself awake. Force all your mental energy into
the moment. Wake up and be really and truly aware of where
you are, what you are doing, what you are thinking. Break
up the obvious, the habitual, the automatic. Smash it with
the hammer of 'furious' awareness. Stop sleeping through
life!
Upwards and onwards,
Wily Walnut
Time to read: 56 seconds
Purpose: Wake up. Break out the trance. Become more fully
aware and alive!
Background: Metaphysician G.I. Gurdjieff asserted that
people in their typical state were unconscious automatons,
but that it was possible for a man or woman to wake up and
experience life more fully. He taught the STOP exercise as
part of his Fourth Way approach to self-development.
Instructions:
1. The best way to do the STOP exercise is to get a friend
to call you at completely random times of the day and yell,
'STOP!' You can do the STOP exercise yourself but as part
of you will be anticipating it you won't get optimum
results. You will still notice a marked increase in your
awareness and mental energy or mind power. Any way you can
figure how to generate a randomized alarm signal will help
ensure you have the surprise element that will catch you in
your moments of automatic behavior.
2. When you get the STOP signal, stop right in mid-action,
allow your eyes to focus intently on what's before you,
and hold whatever thought is in your mind.
3. Gurdjieff would insist that his students hold their
position, even if it was awkward and painful, anywhere
from a few seconds to ten minutes or more. You can decide
how much time you have to devote to this. But don't kid
yourself just to get out of it. Hold still. Watch, feel,
experience!
4. Shock yourself awake. Force all your mental energy into
the moment. Wake up and be really and truly aware of where
you are, what you are doing, what you are thinking. Break
up the obvious, the habitual, the automatic. Smash it with
the hammer of 'furious' awareness. Stop sleeping through
life!
Upwards and onwards,
Wily Walnut
Well
i've got an idea
how about each one of us send a PM or comments to members of this guild, and just write STOP in it. What do you think?
