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# The Reality of Being: The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff (The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff: Toward a New Being)

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An important book on liberating ourselves from the state of “waking sleep” in which we live our lives, as taught by one of the most influential spiritual teachers of the 20th century As the closest pupil of the charismatic spiritual master G. I. Gurdjieff (1866–1949), Jeanne de Salzmann was charged with carrying on his teachings of spiritual transformation. Known as the Fourth Way or “The Work,” Gurdjieff’s system was based on teachings of the East that he adapted for modern life in the West. Now, some twenty years after de Salzmann's death, the notebooks that she filled with her insights over a forty-year period (and intended to publish) have been translated and edited by a small group of her family and followers. The result is this long-awaited guide to Gurdjieff's teaching, describing the routes to be traveled and the landmarks encountered along the way. Organized according to themes, the chapters touch on all the important concepts and practices of the Work, including: • Awakening from the sleep of identification with the ordinary level of being • Self-observation and self-remembering • Conscious effort and voluntary suffering • Understanding symbolic concepts like the Enneagram • The Gurdjieff Movements, bodily exercises that provide training in Presence and the awareness of subtle energies • The necessity of a "school," meaning the collective practice of the teaching in a group Madame de Salzmann brings to the Work her own strong, direct language and personal journey in learning to live that knowledge of a higher level of being, which, she insists, “you have to see for yourself” on a level beyond theory and concept. De Salzmann consistently refused to discuss the teaching in terms of ideas, for this Fourth Way is to be experienced, not simply thought or believed.

Review: a great companion for spiritual seekers! - I was not familiar with Mme. De Salzmann nor Guedjieff’s work, but as is said, when one is ready, the teacher will appear. While not unfamiliar with the types of work she describes, I found reading her reflections to be a compliment and validation for my own sojourn to the Self. I am now going to dive into Gurdjieff’s actual teachings, and am curious how they might enhance my own journey inward. If you are on a path of spiritual awakening and metaphysical exploration this book is a good one to have in your repertoire.
Review: An Extraordinary Book Unlike Any Other - This is perhaps one of the most powerful and extraordinary books I've ever read in the field of transformation or the Fourth Way. I was introduced to the Gudjieff Work as a teenager forty some years ago and have read all of the most important published books. My favorites have always been "In Search of the Miraculous" by P.D. Ouspensky and "Beelzebub's Tales" and "Meetings with Remarkable Men" by Gurdjieff. A few months ago I read "Heart without Measure" by Ravi Ravindra about his several-years work with Madame de Salzmann. I found it especially profound and moving. So when I heard about the publication of "The Reality of Being" I ordered it immediately. I am almost finished reading it (the first time). I notice that I am reading rather quickly so I can get a gist of the content but plan to start re-reading it again much more slowly to let in sink in deeper. I expect this is will be a book I'll be re-reading for the rest of my life. The essence of the book is actually very similar to Ekhart Tolle's "The Power of Now." It is about presence, being in the now, seeing one's "ordinary I" from a higher perspective and tapping into higher energies. Tolle's book is excellent. However, "The Reality of Being" goes ten times deeper. Every sentence, every paragraph, every chapter is permeated with profound substance. The Power of Now is a good primer. This is the the advanced course. Of course, no book can, by itself, give you the depth of experience and understanding that working directly with "a teacher who knows" can. But in every single part of the book Madame de Salzmann calls on us to do the inner work necessary to awaken. And her instructions are in no way vague or ambiguous. However they are so deep that it may take a good degree of attention and focus to grasp their meaning. This book is quite like any other I've read in my life. It has more transformative power packed into a single page than the average library of self-help or spiritual books. If you are a follower of the Fourth Way or seriously interested in personal transformation, this book is a must.

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| Best Sellers Rank | #296,597 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #998 in Spiritualism #2,118 in Eastern Philosophy (Books) #3,649 in Spiritual Self-Help (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 297 Reviews |

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ a great companion for spiritual seekers!
*by E***. on July 31, 2025*

I was not familiar with Mme. De Salzmann nor Guedjieff’s work, but as is said, when one is ready, the teacher will appear. While not unfamiliar with the types of work she describes, I found reading her reflections to be a compliment and validation for my own sojourn to the Self. I am now going to dive into Gurdjieff’s actual teachings, and am curious how they might enhance my own journey inward. If you are on a path of spiritual awakening and metaphysical exploration this book is a good one to have in your repertoire.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An Extraordinary Book Unlike Any Other
*by R***N on September 6, 2010*

This is perhaps one of the most powerful and extraordinary books I've ever read in the field of transformation or the Fourth Way. I was introduced to the Gudjieff Work as a teenager forty some years ago and have read all of the most important published books. My favorites have always been "In Search of the Miraculous" by P.D. Ouspensky and "Beelzebub's Tales" and "Meetings with Remarkable Men" by Gurdjieff. A few months ago I read "Heart without Measure" by Ravi Ravindra about his several-years work with Madame de Salzmann. I found it especially profound and moving. So when I heard about the publication of "The Reality of Being" I ordered it immediately. I am almost finished reading it (the first time). I notice that I am reading rather quickly so I can get a gist of the content but plan to start re-reading it again much more slowly to let in sink in deeper. I expect this is will be a book I'll be re-reading for the rest of my life. The essence of the book is actually very similar to Ekhart Tolle's "The Power of Now." It is about presence, being in the now, seeing one's "ordinary I" from a higher perspective and tapping into higher energies. Tolle's book is excellent. However, "The Reality of Being" goes ten times deeper. Every sentence, every paragraph, every chapter is permeated with profound substance. The Power of Now is a good primer. This is the the advanced course. Of course, no book can, by itself, give you the depth of experience and understanding that working directly with "a teacher who knows" can. But in every single part of the book Madame de Salzmann calls on us to do the inner work necessary to awaken. And her instructions are in no way vague or ambiguous. However they are so deep that it may take a good degree of attention and focus to grasp their meaning. This book is quite like any other I've read in my life. It has more transformative power packed into a single page than the average library of self-help or spiritual books. If you are a follower of the Fourth Way or seriously interested in personal transformation, this book is a must.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Practical Account of the Gurdjieff Inner Work
*by W***K on August 5, 2011*

This book, published in 2011, contains decades of personal writings of Jeanne de Salzmann (1889-1990), Gurdjieff's principal student and the guardian and proponent of his work after his death. Students of the Gurdjieff work completed the task of compilation and shaped the book in such a way that it reads like a progression of de Salzmann's personal development. The book starts off with a challenging aspect of the Gurdjieff work, which is the need to see how I am asleep, how I am lacking the strength and will to truly do, how I fall short of living like a true, complete human being. It is easy to skip over this Work foundation and move on to exercises and esoteric ideas of energies and transformation, but throughout the book it becomes clear how often de Salzmann herself went back to this notion of her lack, and staying on front of that lack without looking away. The book is permeated with a palpable force that seems to radiate off the pages. Jeanne de Salzmann was a tireless, uncompromising seeker after Truth, and her writings transmit some of this intense dedication to living a conscious Life. A true example of the Gurdjieff Work as it is practiced today, she not only preserved it as a Path towards embodying such a Life more and more fully, she also personally demonstrated its efficacy through her living and in this book. An excellent accompanying book to this one is Ravi Ravindra's Heart without Measure, in which the author describes in a most touching way his personal interactions with Jeanne de Salzmann in her role as teacher of the Gurdjief Work during the last years of her life.

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