When all limitations are transcended, nothing remains but the One Will that is ‘I.’ J.G. Bennett (1897 – 1974)
J. G. Bennett Quote – “There are two basic duties for man in this life…”
There are two basic duties for man in this life: one is to serve nature and the other is to find God. J.G. Bennett (1897 – 1974)
J. G. Bennett Quote – “Without humiliation, Love, when it enters the conditioned world…”
Without humiliation, Love, when it enters the conditioned world, gets caught into the polarity of love and hate and finishes as its own opposite. J.G. Bennett (1897 – 1974)
J. G. Bennett Quote – “Divine Love does not derive its power from separation…”
Divine Love does not derive its power from separation but from union. It is not fullness but emptiness, not Being but the Void. J.G. Bennett (1897 – 1974)
J. G. Bennett Quote – “The ‘man of the way’ is a familiar concept in all religions…”
The “man of the way” is a familiar concept in all religions. The elect are “called to be saint.” The Buddhist marga, the “path of liberation,” once entered will be followed to the attainment of perfected being. The man of the way in Sufism is the salik or seeker of the truth. J.G. Bennett (1897 – 1974)
J. G. Bennett Quote – “It was the very essence of Gurdjieff’s teaching…”
It was the very essence of Gurdjieff’s teaching that the pupil must stand on his own feet and he took every measure, sometimes apparently harsh and brutal, to break down any tendency towards dependence upon himself. He would go to the length of depriving himself of much-needed helpers in his work rather than allow a relationship of dependence, or subordination. […]
