The abhyasi should always look to the bright side of the picture and should not,at any rate, submit himself to the feeling of despondency which is a great obstacle in the path. (Reference: SS 274) No entry to devil: “There is a level at which the devil cannot enter. The whole idea must be to get there. If we cannot, we must at least remember that such a level does exist.” *- Rodney Collin* To ‘be’ means to be master of oneself. *G. I. Gurdjieff* 2 states of consciousness: "In all there are four states of consciousness possible for man" (he emphasized the word "man"), "But ordinary man, that is, man number one, number two, and number three, lives in the two lowest states of consciousness only. The two higher states of consciousness are inaccessible to him, and although he may have flashes of these states, he is unable to understand them and he judges them from the point of view of those states in which it is usual for him to be. "The two usual, that is,...