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    Fourth Way (Gurdjieff)

    Waking Sleep

    The ordinary human state—appearing awake but actually in a hypnotic state of unawareness, functioning automatically with no real self-consciousness.

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    unconscious living
    The Moon
    sleepwalking
    automatic life
    hypnotic state
    unaware
    going through motions
    asleep while awake

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