Comments on: remember yourself http://gapingvoid.com/2010/04/06/remember-yourself/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Wed, 23 May 2012 20:07:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Mark McGuinness http://gapingvoid.com/2010/04/06/remember-yourself/#comment-57045 Mark McGuinness Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:58:48 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=12079#comment-57045 Sorry Lesley, I've just seen your comment. Two other excellent books about Gurdjieff are Teachings of Gurdjieff by C.S. Nott and Boyhood with Gurdjieff by Fritz Peters. Gurdjieff's own writings can be a bit opaque (deliberately) but have a look at Meetings with Remarkable Men. Sorry Lesley, I’ve just seen your comment. Two other excellent books about Gurdjieff are Teachings of Gurdjieff by C.S. Nott and Boyhood with Gurdjieff by Fritz Peters.

Gurdjieff’s own writings can be a bit opaque (deliberately) but have a look at Meetings with Remarkable Men.

]]> By: Rotarrius http://gapingvoid.com/2010/04/06/remember-yourself/#comment-39934 Rotarrius Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:52:40 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=12079#comment-39934 Hi all! I found a mysterious bookmark in a book i recently purchased. It has the phrase "remember yourself always and everywhere" and a few numbers to call! It may be a gimmick by the book company but there's nothing else on it, so i think it's unrelated. Very bizarre! i'd like to find out more on self-remembrance so if someone could email me at rotarrius@hotmail.com id be grateful, thanks ; ) Hi all!

I found a mysterious bookmark in a book i recently purchased. It has the phrase “remember yourself always and everywhere” and a few numbers to call!

It may be a gimmick by the book company but there’s nothing else on it, so i think it’s unrelated.

Very bizarre!

i’d like to find out more on self-remembrance so if someone could email me at rotarrius@hotmail.com id be grateful, thanks

; )

]]> By: Mark McGuinness: Articles about Creativity and Creative Business http://gapingvoid.com/2010/04/06/remember-yourself/#comment-33803 Mark McGuinness: Articles about Creativity and Creative Business Mon, 31 May 2010 14:54:42 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=12079#comment-33803 [...] piece I like for completely different reasons is Remember Yourself, commissioned by one of my all-time favourite bloggers, Hugh MacLeod of [...] […] piece I like for completely different reasons is Remember Yourself, commissioned by one of my all-time favourite bloggers, Hugh MacLeod of […]

]]> By: Nancy Heifferon http://gapingvoid.com/2010/04/06/remember-yourself/#comment-32856 Nancy Heifferon Sun, 09 May 2010 21:28:20 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=12079#comment-32856 This is the heart of yoga, where we focus on the breath and how the body feels in every small adjustment of posture. My teacher ends every practice with a call to "remember who we truly are." This is the heart of yoga, where we focus on the breath and how the body feels in every small adjustment of posture. My teacher ends every practice with a call to “remember who we truly are.”

]]> By: Bruce Cotting http://gapingvoid.com/2010/04/06/remember-yourself/#comment-32726 Bruce Cotting Thu, 06 May 2010 12:42:11 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=12079#comment-32726 Thanks for an insightful reminder of the conscious effort required to focus on what matters most. It is so easy to get caught up in being busy and to lose sight of our core being. So glad to read and to share! Thanks for an insightful reminder of the conscious effort required to focus on what matters most. It is so easy to get caught up in being busy and to lose sight of our core being. So glad to read and to share!

]]> By: Ian http://gapingvoid.com/2010/04/06/remember-yourself/#comment-32538 Ian Sun, 02 May 2010 17:13:07 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=12079#comment-32538 Mark, Excellent article. It is the mind we are battling with in our daily existence. Observing but not becoming attached. Understanding the true nature of things. It is taming one's Monkey mind. Reminds me of a wonderful talk "The power of mindfulness and compassion" by Ajahn Brahm. Cheers, Ian Mark,

Excellent article. It is the mind we are battling with in our daily existence. Observing but not becoming attached. Understanding the true nature of things. It is taming one’s Monkey mind. Reminds me of a wonderful talk “The power of mindfulness and compassion” by Ajahn Brahm.

Cheers,

Ian

]]> By: Anshul Gupta http://gapingvoid.com/2010/04/06/remember-yourself/#comment-32534 Anshul Gupta Sun, 02 May 2010 12:47:28 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=12079#comment-32534 Thanxx Mark, for bringing simplicity into our lives. Many a time we tend to create an artificial complexity around us, hence we become oblivion of our on self... Very nice post... Thanxx Mark, for bringing simplicity into our lives. Many a time we tend to create an artificial complexity around us, hence we become oblivion of our on self…

Very nice post…

]]> By: Lesley Riley http://gapingvoid.com/2010/04/06/remember-yourself/#comment-32512 Lesley Riley Sat, 01 May 2010 20:31:11 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=12079#comment-32512 Mark - This is fantastic. Thank you for sharing. We all have to deal with this inner/outer persona and the struggle it creates within us every day. By creating ways to remind us of our true self, our essence - the struggle should cease to exist -yes? The older (and wiser) I become the more my essence become my personality. Where can I find out more about Gurdjieff the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man? Is there something to read in addition to In Search of the Miraculous? Mark — This is fantastic. Thank you for sharing. We all have to deal with this inner/outer persona and the struggle it creates within us every day. By creating ways to remind us of our true self, our essence — the struggle should cease to exist –yes?
The older (and wiser) I become the more my essence become my personality.

Where can I find out more about Gurdjieff the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man? Is there something to read in addition to In Search of the Miraculous?

]]> By: Johnson. http://gapingvoid.com/2010/04/06/remember-yourself/#comment-32477 Johnson. Sat, 01 May 2010 03:41:20 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=12079#comment-32477 I came to this post through my subscription to Lateral Action. An email was delivered to my inbox. I'd like to think that I'm pretty in tune with myself, to some level. But this post's simplicity allowed me to connect to a different part of myself that made me smile. And I think it'll make me smile from here on in when I do it whenever I'm out and about. Thank you Mark and thank you Hugh for allowing this to happen. Cheers, -Johnson. I came to this post through my subscription to Lateral Action. An email was delivered to my inbox.

I’d like to think that I’m pretty in tune with myself, to some level. But this post’s simplicity allowed me to connect to a different part of myself that made me smile. And I think it’ll make me smile from here on in when I do it whenever I’m out and about.

Thank you Mark and thank you Hugh for allowing this to happen.

Cheers,

–Johnson.

]]> By: runbei http://gapingvoid.com/2010/04/06/remember-yourself/#comment-32448 runbei Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:38:45 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=12079#comment-32448 Sounds like meditation. (Which I've been doing for, let's see, 44 years.) What I find is that the essence cannot die, Gurdjieff to the contrary notwithstanding. I do a lot of chanting in my car, and what invariably happens is that I only feel in touch with my soul when I can get very, very simple in my heart. Nothing adult, nothing mental, strip away all phony devices and covers. No matter how I stray from that center, it's always there - and always infinitely refreshing. Sounds like meditation. (Which I’ve been doing for, let’s see, 44 years.) What I find is that the essence cannot die, Gurdjieff to the contrary notwithstanding. I do a lot of chanting in my car, and what invariably happens is that I only feel in touch with my soul when I can get very, very simple in my heart. Nothing adult, nothing mental, strip away all phony devices and covers. No matter how I stray from that center, it’s always there — and always infinitely refreshing.

]]> By: Mark McGuinness http://gapingvoid.com/2010/04/06/remember-yourself/#comment-31472 Mark McGuinness Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:12:18 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=12079#comment-31472 Good point Ann. Self Remembering is not self analysis or navel gazing. It means being centred in your body, not lost in thought. Good point Ann. Self Remembering is not self analysis or navel gazing. It means being centred in your body, not lost in thought.

]]> By: Ann Seeker http://gapingvoid.com/2010/04/06/remember-yourself/#comment-31401 Ann Seeker Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:45:35 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=12079#comment-31401 Thank you for this very simple and clear explanation of personality, essence and self-remembering. Although you say that it includes bodily sensations, I think it really needs to be emphasized that self-remember must be from an embodied state. Otherwise it devolves into self analysis and is just more of the same-old-same-old. Thank you for this very simple and clear explanation of personality, essence and self-remembering. Although you say that it includes bodily sensations, I think it really needs to be emphasized that self-remember must be from an embodied state. Otherwise it devolves into self analysis and is just more of the same-old-same-old.

]]> By: Mark McGuinness http://gapingvoid.com/2010/04/06/remember-yourself/#comment-31397 Mark McGuinness Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:49:31 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=12079#comment-31397 Thanks guys, glad it touched a chord. @ Isao - Yes, enlightenment isn't rocket science, it's the 'daily basis' bit that's hard. :-) Thanks guys, glad it touched a chord.

@ Isao — Yes, enlightenment isn’t rocket science, it’s the ‘daily basis’ bit that’s hard. :-)

]]> By: Sully http://gapingvoid.com/2010/04/06/remember-yourself/#comment-31377 Sully Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:40:42 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=12079#comment-31377 Loved this post. Hugh, really enjoying all your guest posts. Thanks! Loved this post. Hugh, really enjoying all your guest posts. Thanks!

]]> By: Isao http://gapingvoid.com/2010/04/06/remember-yourself/#comment-31350 Isao Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:24:56 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=12079#comment-31350 Terrific: I think this concept is more practical than meditation, or "being in now" practices. I used to read 20 different life hacks, which all say basically the same thing, every three months to get myself refocused. I guess I only need to remind one core stuff but on daily basis. Terrific: I think this concept is more practical than meditation, or “being in now” practices. I used to read 20 different life hacks, which all say basically the same thing, every three months to get myself refocused. I guess I only need to remind one core stuff but on daily basis.

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