How to Approach this Book Madame de Salzmann’s writings will
challenge longtime followers and even confound readers who are
unfamiliar with Gurdjieff’s teaching. Everyone will have the
opportunity to recognize the limits of his or her understanding,
that is, open to a sense of the unknown that Madame would call
the threshold to reality. One way of going further is to engage
with others who have a similar search. Over the past few years,
study groups have discovered some approaches that may be helpful
to others: - Reading the texts aloud and slowly in small groups.
This calls from the listeners and readers an attentiveness that
opens in order to better receive what is read. - Limiting the
amount read at each meeting to only one text, or even a part of
a single text. The material is extremely concentrated and not
easily digested in large portions. - Following the reading with
a discussion and exchange on the participants’ experience and
questions. This allows each to confront his own questioning
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