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Originally Posted by Greyfox
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In fact the Fourth Way group (yes, Gurdjieff)of which I was a member of had made an effort to re-connect with real schools- esoteric organizations-that had been lost after Gurdjieffs' death. Both the Mevlevi Order of Sufism and the Shankaracharya of northern India were found, and both influences supplemented Gurdjieff and Ouspenskis' teaching. The Shankaracharya was the root of Transcendental Meditation so popular in the 60's and the source for Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's teaching.
The Shankaracharya:
"According to Upasana Khand of the Vedas
we are told:- "yoga" is stopping the fluctuations of consciousness. The ultimate aim is this, that by the practice of having stopped the fluctuations of the inner self, to experience the Supreme form of the Self."
Calm without a ripple in any part of the pool of water,
that manner a person can see his own face.
That really is the method, stopping the fluctuatations of the consciousness is really giving a clear reflection of the imperishable Self in the instrument of inner vision. This indeed is "darshan" (sight) of the "atma" (self or soul).'
