Teaching: The Gurdjieff Work
Patterson is the founder/director of the Gurdjieff Legacy Foundation through which he teaches study groups, as well as seminars, workshops and talks on Fourth Way themes. He also founded and directs The Gurdjieff Studies Program, which allows students living out of the reach of ongoing Gurdjieff Legacy Foundation groups to participate in study through correspondence, seminars and scheduled private meetings.
Sample group meetings are found in the "Fourth Way Meetings" section of Patterson's latest book, Spiritual Survival in a Radically Changing World-Time. The section consists of 324 questions and answers arranged in 36 subsections. Group study includes weekly meetings and Days of Exploration where practical work with Fourth Way ideas regarding attention and the triadic brain functioning of the body is explored, experienced and refined.
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