彼は真理を求めてアジアやアフリカへと旅立ち、立ち入ることも困難な、隠された場所を訪れました。何年にもわたる旅と、冒険と、多くの並外れ た人々との邂逅を経て、彼は1912年にモスクワに到着し、それまで知られていなかった、日常生活の中にあってこそ生きる、実践的な教えをもたらしまし た。

 彼はこの教えを「第四の道」と呼び、この世界での生を放棄するのではなく、最大限に生きるということを提唱し、自分の経験を通して検証するま で何も信じることなく、最初は気付きさえせず当たり前のことと受け止めている、あらゆることを問い直すことを求めました。

 「人間は眠っているのだ」とグルジェフは言いました。「本物の意識も意志も持ってはいない。自由は無い。彼にとって、すべては『起こる』の だ。」グルジェフは私たちに目覚めるよう呼びかけ、こう語りかけます。「人間の可能性は計り知れない。人に何を成し遂げる能力があるか、あなたにはその影 さえも想像できない。だが、眠りながら達成できるものなど何一つ無い。眠っている人間の意識の中では、幻想、つまり『夢』が現実と混じり合っている。人は 主観的な世界に生き、そこから逃れることは決してない。そしてこれこそが、人が自らの持つ力の全てを使いこなすことができない理由、自分自身のほんの一部 でしか生きられない理由なのだ。」

 Mr Gurdjieff was born in Armenia around 1866 .To his questions: Who am I? Why am I here, What do I wish for? he found no answers science or religion.

  He set out to search for the truth in Asia and Africa visiting inaccessible and hidden places. After years of travelling, encountering dangers and meeting many extraordinary people, he arrived in Moscow in 1912, bringing a previously unknown practical teaching - to be lived in one’s ordinary life.

 “Man is asleep”, said Gurdjieff, “he has no real consciousness or will. He is not free; to him, everything 'happens'. Gurdjieff calls us to awaken, telling us: "Man's possibilities are very great. You cannot even conceive a shadow of what man is capable of attaining. But nothing can be attained in sleep. In the consciousness of a sleeping man his illusions, his 'dreams' are mixed with reality. He lives in a subjective world and he can never escape from it. And this is the reason why he can never make use of all the powers he possesses and why he lives in only a small part of himself."

 First of all it is necessary to state that Mr Gurdjieff's teaching is in no way a religion, nor is he a 'gohonzon'. The teaching that he brought is intensely practical. is call is for men and women to awaken from their sleep, to brake out from their prison of ever turning daydreams and find and develop another level of attention. He gave voice to a call for us to open our eyes. He asks us why we are here, what do we wish for, and what forces do we obey. It is not long before we recognise our inner poverty. Gurdjieff's teaching is often referred to as 'The Work'. The very beginning of this work is in learning and gradually opening to presence and its relative levels. This knowledge is more than can be written in books. It is immersion in experience. Gurdjieff rediscovered a method to initiate the experiencing of self-knowledge and knowledge of life.

G.I.Gurdjieff :

・「ベルゼバブの孫への話―人間の生に対する客観的かつ公平無私なる批判」平河出版社／浅井 雅志 訳
 　 All and Everything – Beelzebub’s Tales to his Grandson
 
・「注目すべき人々との出会い」めるくまーる社／星川 淳 訳
　 Meetings with Remarkable Men

・「生は＜私が存在し＞て初めて真実となる」平河出版社／浅井 雅志 訳
    Life is Real Only Then When I Am

・「グルジェフ・弟子たちに語る」めるくまーる社／前田 樹子 訳
　 Views from the Real World

 P.D.Ouspensky : 　 ・奇蹟を求めて―グルジェフの神秘宇宙論　平河出版社／浅井 雅志 訳
　  In Search of the Miraculous (Fragments of an Unknown Teaching)
    The Fourth Way

H.Lannes:
     Inside a Question
     This Fundamental Quest

Jeanne de Salzman :
‘The Reality of Being.The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff’

Gurdjieff & De Hartmann:
 Music for the Piano available on CD:
Vol. I. Asian Songs and Rhythmsc(2 CDs)
Vol. II. Music of the Sayyids and the Dervishes (2 CDs)
Vol. III Hymns, Prayers and Rituals (2 CDs)
Vol. IV Hymns from a Great Temple and Other Selected Works (2 CDs)

Printed scores of Music for Piano is also available in four volumes published by Schott



 Henriette H. Lannes
    ・Inside a Question