This episode of Martfotai: Gurdjieff and the Fourth Way opens Arc VI with a claim that turns the usual picture of inner work around: the higher centres are already complete and working all the time. The work lies on the receiving side.
The lower centres are examined as a radio set placed under water, and four obstacles to reception are traced with practical checks. Waiting without expectation is distinguished from spiritual anticipation and from dullness, and connected to self-remembering. The Clearing Space Practice closes the episode, carried into the ordinary day and verified in how you meet the people you live with.
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