How Gurdjieff and Spinoza Changed My Life: Based on a True Story

By Lewis Almeida

This book is devoted to that individual who believes that there is more to life than the ordinary objects of desire pursued, and has learned from his own experiences just how dissatisfying such things are such as excessive desire for material possessions, recognition, and temporary pleasures ... all of which are ultimately subject to the approval and opinions of others.This new quest is for that individual who wants something of an internal quality, and which is of such a nature that will create in him or her a deeper connection of love, peace, joy, happiness, and an eternal life associated with the idea of GOD as the true cause of all that is.There is one true language that's possible for all of us to understand and that is the intelligent voice manifested in Spinoza's writings, particularly in The Ethics and in Gurdjieff's ideas presented in the book In Search of the Miraculous. The challenge for all of us is to learn to decipher this language so we truly understand and will therefore be able to communicate clearly those ideas to one another. What is required is the study of our nature, to examine our emotions and our thoughts; the study of other individuals' natures; and ultimately the study of the nature of God: His laws and His attributes. Eventually, this will require in us the drawing out and strengthening of our intuitive nature and the development of the higher levels of reason.Hopefully this book will trigger that individual who wants a life that is very different from where he or she is at the present. This is why being dissatisfied with the current direction of our life (that is, which we are) and the life that we are not living is significant in order to motivate us towards any real inner change.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1497573653
• ISBN13: 9781497573659
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.2" x 5.5"