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    Fourth Way (Gurdjieff)

    Self-Remembering

    A core practice in Gurdjieff's Fourth Way teaching. Self-remembering is a state of divided attention in which a person is simultaneously aware of themselves as the observer and of the object they are observing. Gurdjieff taught that in ordinary life this quality of presence is entirely absent: people are identified with their thoughts and reactions, losing themselves in them without awareness. Self-remembering is the practice of recovering that awareness in the midst of ordinary activity. In the 4th Tarot, every card is written as an invitation to self-remembering: the reader is directed not only to understand the card's meaning but to notice the quality of attention they bring to the act of reading.

    Related concepts

    presence
    awareness
    consciousness
    The Star
    Higher Self
    awakening
    mindfulness
    witness state
    I am here now
    being present

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