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The Ouspensky Phenomenon supposes that if we teach ourselves to think about reality in a different way we can open our consciousness to the idea that oneness is interconnected with many-ness. His Fourth Way combined the way of the physical body, the way of the emotions and the way of the mind. These are the three proud heritages of the Fakir, the Monk and the Yogi. Ouspensky placed his Fourth Way into the the midst of ordinary everyday life. He didn't seek a separation from the world in order to follow the Fourth Way instead he gave the Fourth Way a dimension, a mathematical quality within the context of his understanding of the four dimensions within consciousness. Here it's frightfully useful to accept that the esoteric as a mindset is communicated Symbolically. What does that mean. For some it means proper training within a culture that includes heavy doses of peer pressure that allows us to gain a familiarity with the language of Symbols. Others, such as Saint Teresa of Avila and Doctor of the Catholic Church, prefer the nine phases of prayer that permit direct and wordless communication with God on judgement day. Others like the black and white of manuals. It's a cozy snuggle between the Active Life and the Contemplative Life Hannah Arendt sought an understanding of. The decent thing about Ouspensky, as he approached his end time, he was able to realize the path he'd chosen was a long, arduous, complex, mostly torturous and possibly a wasted one. Money helped, here our man was comfortably situated but the equation of his that had required four dimensions of consciousness couldn't maintain an integrity and like an intriguing quantum observation it collapsed.
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