4 G. I. Gurdjieff Quotes on Body

G. I. Gurdjieff quotes on body

1. Faith of consciousness is freedom Faith of feeling is weakness Faith of body is stupidity.

2. Love of consciousness evokes the same in response Love of feeling evokes the opposite Love of body depends only on type and polarity.

3. Hope of consciousness is strength Hope of feelings is slavery Hope of body is disease.

16. The power of changing oneself lies not in the mind, but in the body and the feelings. Unfortunately, however, our body and our feelings are so constituted that they don't care a jot about anything so long as they are happy. They live for the moment and their memory is short. The mind alone lives for tomorrow. Each has its own merits. The merit of the mind is that it looks ahead. But it is only the other two that can 'do.'