The Two Georges // Ohsawa & Gurdjieff

Similarities Between the Philosophies of George Ohsawa and George Gurdjieff

Notes Compiled by David Kerr - Page 2 of 2



FUNCTION of CENTER #4

THINKING FUNCTION of the INTELLECTUAL CENTER #4. +Yes -No All mental processes, realization of an impression, formation of concepts, and representations, reasoning, comparison, affirmation, negation, formation of words, speech, imagination, etc.

MECHANICAL PHYSICAL PART Registration of impressions, memories, associations, reactions of the formatory apparatus, dualistic, interested in sports No Attention or Wandering Attention.

EMOTIONAL FEELING PART Desire to know & understand, the pleasure of Discovery. Reflection, interest, devotion, enthusiasm, attention is attracted by the subject

INTELLECTUAL THINKING PART Creation, Construction, Invention, Discovery. Attention is willed.

CATAGORY #3 RATIONAL MAN Knowledge of Man #3 (The Intellectual), is based upon subjectively logical thinking, upon words, upon literal understanding, The Knowledge of Bookworms and the Scholastics. The man of Reason, who goes into everything from theories and mental considerations. The Being of Man #3 the Rational and Theoretical. Intellectual Man.


#5 SOCIAL JUDGEMENT

CLASS,LEVEL,STAGE,STEP #5 "On reaching the 5th stage judgment turns Social & perceives a wider horizon." "In this stage judgment reaches beyond oneself from ego to family, friends, school. Economics is Yang, Morality is Yin." (P.G.) "The 5th class of people is made up of those who are above personal interest, who have given everything."(Jack & Mitie) "Silence is the 5th step, the silence of gold." (Jack & Mitie)

Knowledge & Learning:(Thinking Intellect) Economics, Ethics, Morality.

Love: (Feeling Emotion) Tanoshimi= Social or Humanitarian love. Philanthropy.

Profession: (Mechanical Physical) Organizer.

Eating & Drinking: Conformist, like everyone else.

Health: Good Humor. Cheerful & pleasant under all circumstances & free from anger, fear, or suffering. Your appearance, voice, and behavior should distribute gratitude and thankfulness. The more difficulties and enemies the more brave, happy and enthusiastic. "He who cured of the 5th level of judgment says, "I must perfect my judgment of The 6th level".(J & M)

Medicine: Socio-moral & educational, it establishes health, freedom & justice in society.


Function #5 of Man #4

Sex Function: #5. The function of two principles, male and female, in all their manifestations.

Self Study School Consciousness Man #4 has begun to get free from the subjective elements in his knowledge and to move along the path to objective knowledge. Man #4 is not ready made, Man #4 is the product of school work. Man #4 has a permanent center of gravity in his ideas, in his valuation of the work, & his relationship to the School. He has begun to know himself and where he is going to, he understands his position. "The idea of acquiring, consciousness, unity. permanent "I", and will-that is, the idea of his development-has already become for him more important than his other interests. His functions and centers are more balanced, do to work on himself ,according to school principles and methods."(POMPE) Ouspensky "Man #4 are on the threshold of the inner circle, or between the two circles."p.104 "Man #4 is an intermediate stage."p.71

"The Psychology of Mans Possible Evolution". "In Search of the Miraculous". Peter D. Ouspensky.


#6 Ideological Judgment

#6 Class, Level, Stage, Step "In the 6th stage ideology develops, (dualism, materialism & spiritualism, life’s affirmation or negation, etc. "(B.O.J.) "The 6th Class are those who lead a calm and happy life."(Jack & Mitie) "The tranquillity of the spirit which is diamond is the 6th step."(Jack & Mitie)

KNOWLEDGE & LEARNING; (Intellect) Philosophy, Religion, Dialectics. Thought, Thinking Power.(Justice & Injustice)

LOVE; (Emotional Feelings) Tattobi, Uyamai = Spiritual Love Devotion to the great Religions & Philosophies. Ideological Love.

PROFESSION: (Physical Mechanical) Thinker, Originator of Theories or Ideas Writer Lecture

Way of Eating & Drinking Follows a Dietetic or Religious Principle

HEALTH Clarity in Thinking and Doing. They can Think, Judge & Do with promptness and clarity. They are quick, precise and ready to answer any challenge. They distinguish themselves by their ability to establish beauty and order everywhere. (Zen Macrobiotics) "He who is liberated from the 6th Level says, "I know nothing. I am the most ignorant person in the world. I should purify myself." (Jack & Mitie)

MEDICINE: The 6th level of medicine is directed to thought, judgment and the mind. (or the mental plane) (B.O.J.)

The 6th stage of judgment is ideological such as religion, socialism, capitalism or communism. Man is born Good antagonizes with man is born bad. Optimist & Pessimist. One who accepts life and one who negates life. Independent Man vs. Dependent. Thinkers vs. Nonthinkers." (Practical Guide to Macrobiotic Medicine) Georges Ohsawa


#6 Function of Man

FUNCTION #6 The Higher Emotional Function. This function appears in the 3rd State. The State of Self Consciousness. #3 "In the third state of Consciousness, we can know the full truth about ourselves." (Ouspensky)

CATEGORY OF MAN #5 "Man #5 is a man who has acquired unity and self-consciousness." "Permanent "I", and Will." (Ouspensky) "Samadhi or the Ecstatic State." (Psychology of Mans Possible Evolution) "Man #5 has already been crystallized;" "The knowledge of man #5 is whole. indivisible knowledge. He has now one indivisible "I" and all his knowledge belongs to this "I"...What he knows all of him knows. His knowledge is nearer to objective knowledge than the knowledge of man #4, "Only man #5 can actually be a Christian, For to be a Christian means to have the being of a Christian. That Is. To live in accordance with Christ's precepts." (In Search of the Miraculous) Ouspensky.


#7 Supreme Judgement

"In the 7th stage our judging ability reaches the constitution conception of the universe and life,where we are able to embrace all opposites in order to establish the grand universal unification." (The Book of Judgement) P.144. "One finally opens his eyes to the order of the universe and its principle which embraces all phenomena and matters. All judgement except the 7th is antagonistic composed of two forces which are called yin and yang." (Practical Guide to Macrobiotic Medicine). "Those of the 7th step emit a delicious music which you may hear only in the depths of meditation." (Jack & Mitie) P190

"The 7th class is composed of those who give everything unconditionally without a second thought...Only this class knows eternal happiness,infinite freedom and absolute justice." (Jack & Mitie) P.83

>KNOWLEDGE & LEARNING: Self Realization,Illumination,Enlightenment,Cosmic Consciousness,Satori,Tao,

LOVE (Itukushimi,Kanashimi): Absolute all embracing love.

PROFESSION: Happy Man who fullfills all his dreams throughout life. A person who amuses theirself realizing all their dreams.

WAY OF EATING AND DRINKING: Anything you want with great joy pleasure and gratitude according to the order of the universe. (Zen Macrobiotics ) etc.

HEALTH: The Mood of Justice.Oneness.Unification.

MEDICINE: The supreme medicine is educational, biolgical,physiological,and a dialectecal technique.It aims at permitting the sick person to discover all by themselves the constitution conception of life & the world. (The Book of Judgement) P.13

P.S. I have altered some Quotes.


Superman #7

HIGHER MENTAL FUNCTION #7
The higher mental function appears in the state of Objective Consciousness. Cosmic Consciousness or illumination. In the 4th state of consciousness,that is ,in the state of Objective Consciousness, we are supposed to know the full truth about everything;we can study"things in themselves", "the world as it is." "Even glimpses of objective consciousness can only come in the fully developed state of self-consciousness." "Man #6 has acquired objective consciusness.." "Man #6 stands very close to man #7.He differs from man #7 only by the fact that some of his properties have not as yet become permanent." "The knowledge of man #6 is the complete knowledge possible to man; but it can be lost." "The knowledge of man #7 is his own knowledge,which cannot be taken away from him;it is the objective and completly practical knowledge of all." "Man #7 means a man who has reached the full developement possible to man." "Man #7 has attained all that a man can attain.He has a permanent "I" & Free Will. He can control all the states of consciuosness in himself and he already cannot lose anything he has acquired... He is immortal within the limits of the solar system." (Ouspensky)

Man #7 is a Superman like Krishna, Christ,Buddha or Lao Tzu.


Cosmic Consciousness

"The prime characteristic of cosmic consciousness is a consciousness of the cosmos, that is, of the life and order of the universe...Intellectual enlightenment or illumination." Richard Maurice Bucke This is the objective consciousness of Ouspensky. Bucke also mentions a state of "moral exaltation" and a "feeling of elevation, elation, and joyousness". This is the higher emotional function of O. Bucke was an inspiration to O,& Walter Russell. I have eve seen Bucke mentioned in the writings of Ohsawa but he writes about Ouspensky in "Cancer and the Philosophy of the Far East". Bucke says people who have experienced cosmic consciousness are not infallible. He thought the human race was evolving towards this level.


The Unique Law

"The univese is the oscillation of the two activities Yin & Yang and their interchanging activities." (U.P.)

The 7 Laws of the Order of the Universe

#1. The principle of inversion. Whatever has a beginning has an end. Antagonism in time. (Book of Judo)

#1 Inversion Law. That which has a beginning has an end. This first law of universal logic completely destroys the identity law of logics...two identical electrons do not exist. (Philosophy of Oriental Medicine)

#1 Negation of the law of identity and contradiction in time. (Zen Macrobiotics)

#1 What has a beginning has an end. (Atomc Age)

#2 The principle of front & back. Whatever has a front has a back. That which has a omote has a ura. Antagoonism in matter. ( Book of Judo the Art of Peace)

#2 The front & back laws. There is always a front to a back. (Philosophy of Oriental Medicine)

#2 That which has a face has a back. Negation of the law of identity and contradiction in space. (Zen Macrobiotics)

#2 All which has a front has a back. (Atomic Age)

#3 Principle of non duplication There is nothing identical in this world The principle of differance. No two thiings are identical. ( Book of Judo the Art of Peace)

#3 Non-Identity Law In this world,there exists nothing quite identical to anything else. ( Philosophy of Oriental Medicine)

#3 There is nothing identical in the universe. Negation of the law of identity.

#3 There is nothing identical. ( Atomic Age)

#4 The Principle of Balance. The bigger the front the bigger the back. The larger and greater the front,the larger and greator the back. (Book of Judo).

#4 The Law of Balance. The greator and wider the front, the greator and wider the back.. (The Philosophy of Oriental Medicine)

#4 The bigger the face, the bigger the back. Negation of the law of the exclusive middle. ( Zen Macrobiotics)

#4 The bigger the front, the bigger the back. (Atomic Age)

#5 The principle of dual origin. Change (differentiation & motion) as well as stability (a momentary state of equilibrium between two fundamental, universal,dialectic,opposing,and interchanging forces as they exchange their energy and direction) are products ot yin and yang. (Book of Judo).

#5 Mutation is only differentiation or integration of the two antagonistic and complementary yin and yang factors. Stability is equilibrium. (Philosophy of Oriental Medicine).

#5 All antagonisms are complementary. Negatin of formal logic. ( Zen Macrobiotics)

#5 All antagonism is complementary. ( Atomic Age)

#6 The Principle of Polarization. The two conflicting forces of yin and yang are the right and left hands of the one absolute infinity. ( Book of Judo).

#6 Polarization Law. The infinite-absolute-eternal polarizes itself in yin-yang. (The Philosophy of Oriental Medicine)

#6 All antagonisms can be classified in two categories - Yin and Yang - and they are complementary. Foundation of universal dialectic logic. ( Zen Macrobiotics)

#6 Yin and Yang are the classifactions of all polarization.They are antagonistic and complementary. (Atomic Age)

#7 The Principle of Polarizable Monism. This great universe,the world of oneness, is unchanging,limitless,constant,and omnipotent.It is infinity itself and produces,transforms,increases,destroys, and gives rebirth to all people and things both physical & spiritual. (Book of Judo).

#7 The infinite-absolute-eternal is the motionless engine of everything tat changes,of the ceaseless transmutation of Yin into Yang and of Yng into Yin. (The Philosophy of Oriental Medicine)

#7 Yin and Yang are the two arms of Infinity,Absolute Oneness,God,or the Infinite pure expansion. ( Zen Macrobiotics)

#7 Yin & Yang are the two arms of the One. (Infinity). (Atomic Age).


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