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Title: Eating the I: An Account of the Fourth Way--The Way of Transformation in Ordinary Life (In Search of the Self) by Wm. Patrick Patterson, Barbara C. Allen, William Patrick Patterson ISBN: 1-879514-77-X Publisher: Arete Communications Pub. Date: 01 February, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.36 (28 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Eating the I
Comment: If Mr. Patterson is one of the leading authorities or perhaps the greatest living authority on the Life and Significance of GI Gurdjieff, he does not seem interested in maintaining that honor by himself. This book is revealing. It is an invitation into, not only the Work as transmitted by Mr. Gurdjieff's appointed representative, the late Lord Pentland but also an intimate perception of how the work was received, questioned, and interpreted by a curious seeker of truth.
Eating the I is nothing less than in instruction manual, a detailed map which reveals the basic ideas and principles of the Mr. Gurdjieff's teaching. Mr. Patterson weaves the work language into everyday experience. What makes the book unique, is it's many levels. We see the work from the inner man. A man living in the modern world with all its uncertainties, promiscuities, family responsibilities and professional obligations.
Mr. Patterson, paints a vivid picture of using life events, shocks, allurements and frustrations to transform oneself. The reader feels the necessity of struggling with oneself, going against oneself and the resultant suffering which is an essential ingredient of this way.
The book spans the potential development of Real I from a vegetating, young Mr. Patterson , a slave to his rational mind, to a rare born 90 year old mystic Sunyata, (Mr. No Body).
This is required reading for the serious student of the Mr. Gurdjieff's Fouth Way.
Rating: 5
Summary: Surprisingly complete and interesting
Comment: A Review of Eating The "I" by Wm. Patrick Patterson
When I picked this book up I thought it was a 'do it yourself' transformation book, which it kind of is, but it's so much more. As an account of G. I. Gurdjieff's teaching in terms of the effect it can have on an individual it revealed so much of what it means to start that work that it's a worthwhile reference work for that alone. As an autobiography it sets the standard for honesty while remaining accessible and entertaining.
The book tells of a man's search for the truth, and includes the difficulties and failures that must inevitably be part of such a search. This makes it, if not unique, extremely rare in my experience. The author manages to convey the fascination of the journey he undertook but never flinches at the detours and rough spots on the road. I especially appreciated the explanation of what parts of the teaching seemed to be the richest and the most difficult. I was amazed at how frequently both words applied!
As a story alone the book is worth the price but insights into Gurdjieff's Work and the people involved make it something special in my experience.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who would like a primer on how to approach Gurdjieff's Work and who would like a glimpse of what being a student is all about.
A California Reader
Rating: 1
Summary: Mousse De Merde
Comment: Mousse de merde, that could be Mr. Gurdjieff's comment of such a balloon of wanting to shine and share the shine under the disguise of honesty and sincerity. Peter Pan is more exciting.
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Title: Struggle of the Magicians by William Patrick Patterson ISBN: 1879514028 Publisher: Arete Communications Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Gurdjieff: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides) by Sophia Wellbeloved ISBN: 0415248981 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.95 |
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Title: Taking With the Left Hand: Enneagram Craze, People of the Bookmark, & The Mouravieff "Phenomenon" by William Patrick Patterson, William Patrick Patterson ISBN: 1879514109 Publisher: Arete Communications Pub. Date: January, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Life Is Real Only Then, When I Am (All and Everything Series, 3) by G. I. Gurdjieff ISBN: 0140195858 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Views from the Real World: Early Talks in Moscow, Essentuki, Tiflis, Berlin, London, Paris, New York and Chicago (Arkana S.) by Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff ISBN: 0140190643 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1975 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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