However, it would appear that this consists of a limited, and frequently repeated few facts, extracted from popular books about the ' Work'. This give the impression that it is a facile modern teaching, easily practised. I feel this may do harm in that it may turn away those genuinely seeking knowledge because the correct start on a possible inner evolution may not be made. Serious students will find echoes of it in the cores of all real religions. Gurdjieff said it was esoteric Christianity.
Books can acquaint one with the knowledge and arouse interest but more is needed to progress.
The ' Work' is taught orally, face to face, with students who feel, deeply, the need for knowledge not available from the outer fringes of established religions. The teaching takes place in small groups and the teacher is one whose understanding has grown through many years of working with an established ' school'.