"Meetings in Paris" Vol I - G.I. Gurdjieff

This is the first volume of the records of Paris meetings - the one that is 68 pages, half-faded typewriter facsimile, not the typeset, 39 page volume called "Eight Meetings in Paris" which I call Vol II.  It is pretty hard to read as the ribbon on the typewriter was not of a high quality and pretty old, however, it is all legible with some effort.

The book is a typescript of the actual meetings between Gurdjieff and his students and the words flow well and the ideas are mundane and everyday, something anyone working on themselves are bound to encounter.  There are several exercises described, but it is not advisable doing exercises from teh Gurdjieff system from books.  A living link in the tradition is needed.

One interesting point that is repeated many times throughout the booklet is that one's parents should be one's God in the beginning.  Gurdjieff says that God will then take the place of the parents when they are gone, as we all will wither and pass away at one point.  Gurdjieff even makes a point that it completely doesn't matter what kind the parents are, good, bad, abuse, disinterested, etc.  This concept harkens back to the beginning of human civilization and only in the last couple of centuries it has been destroyed, almost out of recognition today.