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Q. Is there any proper way to leave the Work? P.K., Santa Fe, NM [Hint: if you have to be right, you're wrong.] Far too often, students feel
that they have to justify their decision to leave. For someone sound asleep in life, their own lack of progress appears to them to be the result of a poor and/or inadequate teacher. This attitude itself proves, beyond
a shadow of a doubt, that the departing student lacks the requisite levels of self-observation required for true spiritual development. One approach that reflects well upon the student is for the student to thank their
teacher for the benefits received up to the departing moment. This suggestion used to be called common courtesy. In addition, the student might add that they would like to try to stand on their own for a while.
Speaking personally, any student who leaves the right way is welcomed back. Since inner sincerity is key, it's been my experience that some time on one's own frequently leads to a newer, deeper desire within the student to wake up.
It goes without saying that any student so foolish as to vomit their lack of being upon a teacher remains too stupid to save. Q.
How can a student tell if they have encountered a true Work teacher?
Q. How can a neophyte tell the real from the false? There appear to be some rudimentary Work principles which should be present in any Fourth Way group: |
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There are some unusual signs of invalid Work Groups: |
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Speaking as a Work teacher, when I first began teaching, I would teach anyone who came to my door. I did not see it as my right to turn away those who asked to be taught. I did not see it as my right to turn away
those who asked to be taught. Now that I have been seasoned
by life and the Work, I realize that I can only teach one way of "getting out". The only effective way that I know of is the route which I took. Consequently, I now only accept the creme de la creme of incoming Work students, not because I am so great, but because it has been my personal experience that
the Work takes all that you've got! Similar to Gurdjieff, I can see the value in creating the right conditions. People who have to work full time jobs, coupled with the duties and chores of a rich family life are not in
the right position to Work with me. Fortunately, there are thousands of valid Work groups that achieve Real Objective results with these over-worked, struggling individuals. I applaud their efforts and effects. |
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