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    <td><h1>About steinergurdjieff.net</h1>
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<p>For a long time, I have been struck by deep points for resonance -- and tension 
  -- between the teachings, as I understand them, of Rudolf Steiner and George 
  Gurdjieff. I first encountered Gurdjieff some 30+ years ago when I read Ouspensky's 
  <i>In Search of the Miraculous </i>at age 16; Steiner I encountered just a few 
  years later.</p>
      <p>My reading of Gurdjieff, has, I think, sensitized me to certain threads 
        found within Steiner -- threads almost buried in the avalanche of spiritual 
        knowledge pouring out of Steiner. Specifically, these threads include 
        the correspondence I see between Gurdjieff's &quot;Food Factory&quot; 
        (as described in <i>Search</i> and elsewhere), and especially the idea 
        of sense-impressions as a higher &quot;food,&quot; and Steiner's characterization 
        of a &quot;cosmic nutrition stream&quot; that we absorb through the senses. 
        Additionally, Steiner makes use of the musical intervals (first, second, 
        third, etc.) as being characteristic of different states of consciousness 
        and being, suggestive of Gurdjieff's own use of the &quot;law of the octave&quot; 
        and the enneagram to characterize different psychic energies or &quot;hydrogens&quot;. 
        Steiner also makes us of Carbon, Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Hydrogen as archetypical 
        bearers of cosmic energies again suggestive of Gurdjieff's terminolgy.</p>
<p>These distinct correspondences can provoke stimulating and thought-provoking 
  insights and questions when contrasted. My belief is that these teachings can 
  directly illuminate each other.</p>
<p>As teachers of spiritual development, both speaking to the modern man of the 
  world, their entire respective bodies of work -- their view of man and their 
  methods of development -- provide rich contrasts and points of harmony throughout.</p>
      <p>My personal goal is to deepen the understanding of the musical-harmonic 
        structure of man's being and becoming as a foundation for the work of 
        transformation into higher knowing and being, and to bring about a deeper 
        rapport, understanding, and interaction between the two communities of 
        seekers associated with these men.</p>
<p>Although there is always much to personally verify and hold in suspense when 
  trying to understand reality as understood and described by a visionary, my 
  core belief and assumption is that they were both very accurately describing 
  deep spiritual realities: the task here is to understand, interpret, and bring 
  their apparent differences and similarities into relation.</p>
      <p>My plans for the site are to provide a home for articles, both planned 
        and already written, on topics related to the connection between these 
        two teachings, written both by myself, and hopefully, others, and, ideally, 
        host an active <a href="/sgforum/">bulletin-board</a> based discussion 
        of these ideas.</p>
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