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Short Description: The way we take things. Full Definition: If we can see our consciousness as the removing of layers and layers, rather like the peeling of an onion skin, we realize how almost imperceptible are the changes that take place within us. First we have to eradicate the groove that had been created in the form of attitude. We are not really conscious of how unbelievably deep these attitudes have become and how difficult it is to change them. Gurdjieff calls them buffers and says that a buffer cannot be removed until we are ready for its removal. In fact, what is called a freak-out in modern psychedelic terms is when somebody has a buffer removed before they are prepared to see themselves from a different level. The best seller, The Greening of America talks of these buffers in the form of consciousness one and two to remove the buffers that are necessary before one can move to even consciousness three. Concept Points: |
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