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Gurdjieff: ‘There are different kinds of suffering. In general, everyone suffers. But most of your suffering is mechanical. There are two rivers of life. In the first river suffering is passive and unconscious. In the second river suffering is “voluntary”, which is very different and of great value. All suffering has cause and consequence. Most of your suffering now is because of your corns or because someone treads on them. To get to the second river you must leave everything behind.’
Teachings of Gurdjieff
C. S. Nott
Profound changes in consciousness can be induced by both extremes of the breathing rate, hyperventilation and prolonged withholding of breath, as well as by using them in an alternating fashion.
Holotropic Breathwork
Stanislav Grof, Christina Grof
In a system driven by emotion, money isn't the biggest motivator. Ego is. And ego in moderation is not the negative we're told it is. It's a driver of social evolution, a hormone of social growth. It's a flotation device that keeps us moving toward our aspirations. It's a way of making what we're striving for a part of our identity. So when you want to motivate, offer folks an ego-stake.
The Genius of the Beast
Howard Bloom
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