Its purpose has been not so much directed to the general public (but there is no other audience) as those who are caught in the spell of the actual movement, and its inaccurate information generated by the Gurdjieff hype machine. And the issue is not just the figure of Gurdjieff, but the inevitable appearance of epigones claiming his legacy. Mixed with confused (dis)information about sufism the result is a kind of prison for those who need assistance in thinking critically about the 'work' of Gurdjieff. To snap out of it then is the possibility we have indicated. There is something altogether insidious about this abortive New Age tradition. 

Here the legacy of Ouspensky is especially sad. Those able to do so have noted that in his subsequent incarnation this figure was completely bypassed as the Aleister Crowley types hijacked his legacy and made sure that the mesmerizing advertisement that he created would never see the likes of the Ouspensky's again. This outcome as literature was too priceless an asset to let anyone sincere about religion control. It is a dismal 'karma' (a very problematic term) for a man such as Ouspensky. He, in any case, has been discarded and has no further place in that continuing abortion called the work. Remember that before you get entangled in this fraud. Ouspensky sensed the trap into which he had fallen, and forbade the publication of his writings. To no avail. It's not the first round in this that is the danger, but the 'next birth', where you can be the object of dangerous manipulations from those who accept your prior consent to be a slave and a robot. Wake up indeed! These creepy occultists get all their free advertising from a man they got rid of rather quickly. Honest men are a danger to the whole enterprise. The sheer impudence of this can turn your stomach. 

Lest this be thought a strange, those aware of the current scene might consider that Crowleyite E. J. Gold and his malevolent claims to be the successor to Gurdjieff. His 'school' is a predestigation that at no point clarifies a single issue of the Gurdjieff legacy yet uses the productions of Ouspensky to attract the unwary under false pretenses. 

Beside this we see the mutating legacy of enneagrammatics, that completely absurd claimant to esoteric wisdom, proliferate in a series of lucrative psychological 'character types' cons perpetrated on those who buy into the aura of an esoteric gimmick. The enneagram is pure bunk and doesn't deserve its reputation as a key to esoteric truth. 

The list of confusions goes on, and we can pursue them in a blog-like discourse. Perhaps like freemasonry the whole game will peter out and become inert. 

The key issue is one's own suggestibility and a warning about false spiritual authority. 

Guard your autonomy against false teachers, and NEVER give your consent in the name of spiritual surrender to criminals with a spiritual mask. If you have made that mistake, you must learn how to undo the damage (in most cases not severe, the Dark Lord has learned of your existence, you still have time to skulk away and change your story, but in some truly horrific). Read the fine print in Ouspensky (and Gurdjieff also, of course, but he is more canny in his statements). Why agree to be a slave to an occult who calls himself Beelzebub? Why? Hire someone to beat you over the head until you see the implications. Don't be a guinea pig for the experiments of these rogues of the generation, not of Buddha, but of Nietzsche. The latter, without a doubt, was one of their victims. As to Buddhists they are pretty far gone too, and are so accused by the figure Rajneesh, no saint, who charged them with occult conspiracy. Keep in mind that Gurdjieff claimed the path of love had failed. Can the realm of sadistic hate been far behind? Keep in mind that schemes of mass murder are secretly pursued by certain figures in the so-called 'work'. Be done with all of it. You are doomed to be an accessory as a hanger on.

Remember, most people in this context/nexus are harmless dupes, and good enough people. Don't be concerned about them, nor make them the object of false accusations. You can sense them easily enough, they are still mouthing Ouspensky cliches about the work ad infinitum.  

The consequences seem little to start, but can be grave in the end. The number of people terminally confused by reading from the Gurdjieff corpus is large and growing. Remember that Ouspensky's effort was the key to everything, but that he was gotten out of the way, his purpose served.  That will be your own fate in such a mafia. It is an inside game, and its public face amounts to nothing. Ask yourself what these people have claimed against what they have proven and 'come to', remembering that one test of your gullibility is your response to the open materials of Gurdjiffianity: if you bite on the hook of Ouspensky you will probably be thought too naive for the 'work', so long sucker. 

It comes as a shock to realize much of what passes for spirituality is a game run by criminals. And Jesus won't save you here, so that's out.  Too bad.  Enough said for the moment. You may be a hopeless case, so don't be suckered into the miracle cure. 

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