Ouspensky (March 4, 1878–October 2, 1947) was born in russia. He was a world famous writer, mathematician, philosopher and spiritual seeker before he met enlightened mystic and his master Gurdjieff. Ouspensky studied intensively with G. I. Gurdjieff between 1915 and 1918. Later, he separated from Gurdjieff personally. Ouspenky's book "In Search of the Miraculous" is a recounting of what Ouspensky learned from Gurdjieff during those years. This is must read book for spiritual seekers and shows the class and intensity of Ouspensky as a seeker as well as a writer.
The first step in acquiring consciousness is the realization that we are not conscious.
When you become identified you cannot observe.
Another illusion is that we are awake. When we realize that we are asleep we will see that all history is made by people who are asleep. Sleeping people fight, make laws; sleeping people obey or disobey them. The worst of our illusions are the wrong ideas among which we live and which govern our lives. If we could change our attitude towards these wrong ideas and understand what they are, this in itself would be a great change and would immediately change other things.
We speak only about consciousness and mechanicalness. If a role is mechanical, we must observe it and not identify with it. The most difficult thing is to act yourself consciously.
The aim is to reach higher states of consciousness and to be able to work with higher centres.
When one realises one is asleep, at that moment one is already half-awake.
These small things happen according to certain definite circumstances which control them. You think you control them, but in reality they happen. We cannot 'do' because we are asleep. How can sleeping people 'do'? It is necessary to be awake; when one is awake, one can 'do'.
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