Inner Octaves. Testimony of a Student of G.I. Gurdjieff

On the path to the octave of man: Testimony of a student of G.I. Gurdjieff Conge, Michel - Inner Octaves INNER OCTAVES Notice to the Reader TALKS AND EXCHANGES A Hierarchy of Understanding[6] The Idea of Evolution[7] The Lateral Octave and Influences[32] The Scale of Man[34] This Unknown that Is Our Being[37] To Be There, Between Worlds[38] Consciousness and Mechanicality[40] What Evolves?[42] Can I Recognize that I Am Consciousness?[44] What Is Man?[46] The One, Man, and the Universe[51] The Passage[53] What Freedom?[54] What Is the Work?[55] Understanding[56] Obeying[57] Serving[63] The Struggle in the World of the Soul[64] The Functions Enlisted to Serve[66] Our Tenured Professor of Inner Work[67] Stubbornness and Will[68] The Devil — A Very, Very Important Character[69] Receiving a Fresh Impression of Oneself[70] I Exist, I Am, I Have Always Been[71] The Essence of the Question[72] The Role of Attention in Self-Liberation[73] Attention — The Need of Our Being[75] Prayer[76] Presence and Prayer[78] REMINISCENCES First Encounters with Mr. Gurdjieff[81] First Dinners First Question A Special Treat The Trip to Vichy Departure Delayed The Pursuit A Hotel Transformed A Valiant Effort An Early Rising The Fraudulent Document The Platter of Trout A Soul Laid Bare A Shopping Spree Money Matters