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The life mission theory VI. A theory for the human character: healing with holistic medicine through recovery of character and purpose of life. [PDF]

open access: yesScientificWorldJournal, 2004
The human character can be understood as an extension of the life mission or purpose of life, and explained as the primary tool of a person to impact others and express the purpose of life. Repression of the human character makes it impossible for a person to realize his personal mission in life and, therefore, is one of the primary causes of self ...
Ventegodt S   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Frequência Alfa na meditação Gurdjieff

open access: yesRevista de Ciências Médicas e Biológicas, 2020
<p><strong>Introdução</strong>: A meditação é uma prática que visa regular o estado mental e as emoções, podendo induzir a estados alterados de consciência. Dentre inúmeras técnicas de meditação, o trabalho proposto por George I. Gurdjieff, inclui práticas voltadas para o recolhimento da atenção e o equilíbrio entre a atividade do ...
Naíma Loureiro de S. Costa   +4 more
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Gurdjieff in the Soviet New Age

open access: yesThe Maastricht Journal of Liberal Arts
The Soviet Union’s totalitarian ideology suppressed religious and spiritual practices. Due to the state’s repression towards the Orthodox Church, people found reassurance in underground esoteric movements which offered alternative paths to spirituality.
Nik Schulz
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Scriptures in the Study of G. I. Gurdjieff and the “Work”

open access: yesPostscripts: The Journal of Sacred Texts, Cultural Histories, and Contemporary Contexts, 2022
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C. Cusack
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ṣūfism and the Gurdjieff ‘Work’: A Contested Relationship

open access: yesHandbook of Islamic Sects and Movements, 2021
The origins of ‘the Work’, the system taught by the Greek-Armenian esoteric spiritual teacher, George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (c. 1866–1949) remain obscure, and its sources have been sought in a range of religious traditions, most commonly Buddhism ...
C. Cusack
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Grappling with movement models: performing arts and slippery contexts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The ways we leave, recognise, and interpret marks of human movement are deeply entwined with layerings of collective memory. Although we retroactively order chronological sediments to map shareable stories, our remediations often emerge unpredictably
Norman, Sally-Jane
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Critical Thinking in the Age of Expanded Telepathy and Brain-Computer Interface (BCI)

open access: yesIAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies
Unveiling a world of expanded telepathy, the study investigates the convergence of cosmological awareness and brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies.
Luciano Zubillaga
doaj   +1 more source

The Learning of Ancient Languages as\ud (super)Human Effort [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Problems around teaching ancient languages are discussed. It is suggested to assume that\ud learning and teaching of languages require some superhuman effort. Author’s experience of\ud teaching ancient languages and producing electronic educational tools
Zeps, Dainis
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Finding Fran

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, 2001
Finding Fran is a memoir of two women, once best friends, who take very different paths. The author is now a feminist history professor and her high school friend, Fran, is Noura-a Muslim living in Egypt Banner looks back on their lives to find out what ...
Gretchen Iman Meyer-Hoffman
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The Future Evolution of Consciousness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
. What potential exists for improvements in the functioning of consciousness? The paper addresses this issue using global workspace theory. According to this model, the prime function of consciousness is to develop novel adaptive responses ...
Stewart, John E
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