We're influenced in life. The way to have a better life is to get ourselves under better influences. A good place to start is knowing what influences are available to us. Consciousness means choice.

This is the first of six talks discussing one of the basic teachings of the Fourth Way system. We’ve got to start some place and this is where we’re starting.

An email question from a listener leads us to talk about the Four Ways to awakening or enlightenment. The Way of the Fakir, The Way of the Monk, the way of the Yogi and The Way of the Balanced Man.

This is a brief introduction to the principles of The Fourth Way. It’s aimed at people who know little or nothing about this ancient system revived by Gurdjieff. A good place to start before launching into the more complex concepts of the system.