The records of these talks were published as the famous 'Commentaries', often referred to as being an invaluable source for studying central 'work-ideas' and their practical application in daily life. The Psychological Commentaries were written from Dr. Nicoll's own understanding of the teaching in its practical application to himself and to the members of his groups. They were begun during the years of World War II and continued afterwards, taking the form of weekly papers to members of the groups who were scattered over the world. The record of the author's intimate asociation with the mystic Gurdjieff, and his search for a system of universal knowledge. An astonishing record of the author's search for the meaning of human existence and of his eight years' work as the pupil of G. I. Gurdijeff, one of this century's most profound and influential spiritual teachers.
Most cynics find such statements truly revolting.
Those brave enough to take the challenge will find an introduction to a teaching, called The Work, which has been handed down from generations. A pupil of G. I. Gurdjieff, P. D. Ouspensky was responsible for bring much of his work to the English speaking world. Certainly the most engaging of the text written by the Russian mathametician and philospher, this book belongs in every transcendentalist's library. Ouspensky met Gurdjieff in Moscow in 1915. Published with Gurdjieff's approval after Ouspensky's death, this book is the precise, clear result of Ouspensky's long work in putting together in an honest and impersonal form those 'Fragments of an Unknown Teaching' which he received from Gurdjieff.