Beezelbub’s Tales to His Grandson

Max Cantor — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 03:51:00 +0000

I’m reading three books currently. One of them is a heavy, allegorical book by 20th Century Armenian/Greek mystic, C.I. Gurdjieff, Beezelbub’s Tales to His Grandson. Reading this prose takes considerable patience.

Here are some highlights from it…

“Everything existing in the world ‘falls to the bottom.’ The ‘bottom for any part of the Universe is its nearest stability, and this stability is the point toward which all the lines of force from all directions converge.”
Beezelbub’s Tales to His Grandson

“Eldest of my grandsons ! Listen and always remember my strict injunction to you: In life never do as others do.”
C.I. Gurdjieff

“If you go on a spree, then go the whole hog, including the postage.”
C.I. Gurdjieff

Was C.I. Gurdjieff reading this blog ?

“Time in itself does not exist, there is only the totality of the results issuing from all the cosmic phenomena present in a given place.”
C.I. Gurdjieff

The hell ? I wrote as recently as last year that time does not exist…

This book is a difficult read…many of you will drop it after 20 pages…

Meanwhile, I wish Gurdjieff had quoted me…

The body of Gurdjieff, lying in state, France. ‘Every one of those unfortunates during the process of existence should constantly sense and be cognizant of the inevitability of his own death as well as of the death of everyone upon whom his eyes or attention rests’.

Max Cantor quote never seen by Gurdjieff:

Her: “You give me butterflies.”
Me [unzipping pants]: “Butter this up.”
OR
“It’s flying now.“
Max

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Beezelbub’s Tales to His Grandson