Whats a Fourth Way Project?
The following explanation is quoted from The Gurdjieff Work, by Kathleen Riordan Speeth: “There are three traditional religious approaches [to self-development]: “1. The way of the fakir; “2. The way of the monk; “3. The way of the yogi. “The fakir develops mastery of the physical body, by enduring tortuous physical postures or exercises.The way of the monk is the way of devotion, religious sacrifice and faith. The way of the yogi is the path of knowledge. ” Each of these paths develops only one part of the person, and “new efforts and new studies will have to follow if unity is to be attained. “The fakir, the monk and the yogi must renounce the world, abstain from family life and devote their full energies to personal development. At the beginning of each of these ways, at the initiation of work, one must turn one’s back on the world and die to the past. “There is another way, the fourth way, for those who want to remain ‘in the world but not of it.’ Unlike traditional religious ways,
