Man's Most Important Mistake
EL ERROR MÁS IMPORTANTE DEL SER HUMANOpor G. I. Gurdjieff
Uno de los errores más importantes del hombre, uno que ha de ser recordado, es su ilusión en lo referente a su Yo.
El hombre tal y como nosotros le conocemos, el “hombre-máquina”, el hombre que no puede “crear”, y con el qué y a través del cuál todo “ocurre”, no puede tener un simple y permanente Yo. Sus cambios de Yo son tan rápidos como sus pensamientos, sentimientos y sus estados de ánimo, y comete un profundo error al considerarse siempre la misma persona; en realidad es siempre una persona diferente, nunca el que era hace un momento.
El hombre no tiene un Yo permanente e inmutable. Cada pensamiento, cada estado de humor, cada deseo, cada sensación, dice “Yo”. Y en cada caso parece dar por hecho que este yo pertenece a la Totalidad, al hombre al completo, y que un pensamiento, un deseo, o una aversión se expresa por esa Totalidad. De hecho no hay ninguna base en absoluto para esta suposición. Todos los pensamientos y deseos del hombre aparecen y viven bastante separados e independientes de la Totalidad. Y la totalidad nunca se expresa a sí misma, por la simple razón de que existe, de por sí, sólo físicamente como una cosa, y en el abstracto como un concepto.
El hombre no tiene un Yo individual. Pero hay, sin embargo, cientos y miles de Yos separados, muchas veces completamente desconocidos unos para otros, nunca en contacto, o, al contrario, hostiles unos hacia otros, mutuamente excluyentes e incompatibles. Cada minuto, cada momento, el hombre está diciendo o pensando, “Yo”. Y cada vez su Yo es diferente. Ahora mismo era un pensamiento, ahora un deseo, ahora una sensación, ahora otro deseo, y así, sin fin. El hombre es pluralidad. Los nombres del hombre innumerables.
Trata de entender que lo que habitualmente llamas “Yo” no es Yo; hay muchos “Yos” y cada “Yo” tiene un deseo diferente. Intenta confirmar esto. Deseas cambiar, pero ¿Qué parte de ti tiene ese deseo? Muchas partes de ti quieren muchas cosas, pero solo una parte es real. Será muy útil para ti tratar de ser sincero contigo mismo. La sinceridad es la llave que abrirá la puerta a través de la cual verás tus partes separadas, y verás algo bastante nuevo. Tienes que seguir tratando de ser sincero. Cada día te pones una máscara, y tienes que ir quitándotela poco a poco.
Georges Ivanovich Gurdjieff ​fue un influyente maestro espiritual desde principios hasta la mitad del siglo 20.
Preguntas semillas para la reflexión: ¿Cómo te relacionas con la noción de que hay muchos “yoes” dentro de ti y que cada uno tiene un deseo diferente? ¿Puedes compartir una historia personal de alguna experiencia en la que hayas sido consciente del “yo” real entre los otros “yoes”? ¿Cuál es tu método de evaluación para saber que has tocado tu “yo” real?
Georges Ivanovich Gurdjieff ​was an influential spiritual eacher of the early to mid-20th century.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: How do you relate to the notion that there are many "I's" within you and each "I" has a different wish? Can you share a personal story of a time you became aware of the real "I" amidst the other "I's"? What is a test that helps you know that you have touched the real "I"?
Add Your Reflection
12 Past Reflections
On Apr 16, 2023 Ismael Castaneda wrote :
Post Your Reply
On Oct 17, 2018 Balwant Singh wrote :
Any example of HOW TO construct a new thought?
Post Your Reply
On Jul 11, 2015 jerard lizares wrote :
There are times in our life that we have this craving for many things, often we are not aware of what we wished for if its real for ourselves or behind that wish is a wish of many for you. Like this, I wish to be promoted and be in a higher position so I can gain material things like car, money and wealthy living. Behind this is I not realized that this I wished is not really all I wished for my self. I realized what I wished to have in life is to have a contentment of the heart which I can found through sharing of what I have. That behind that wished to have that higher position, is a wished to take that opportunity to touch the lives of many through the influence I have. That is where I realized which is me.
Post Your Reply
On Jul 1, 2015 Jagdish P Dave wrote :
Post Your Reply
On Jun 30, 2015 Sunil,Bangalore wrote :
It is either I or the Whole. The multiple I has to merge with the whole to become one.This removes the chaos,corruption(wishes,desires,anger.................) and complexity within and facilitates the manifestation of the soul, the real I full of peace, love & strength. When this becomes natural & normal one finds oneself correcting the most important mistake.
Post Your Reply
On Jun 30, 2015 Germán wrote :
To me, the real I, is the one that longs for a more conscious experience; the one that suddenly realizes, that the "I" that just reacted to a certain stimuli, did it as a result of a given conditioning. That realization, all of a sudden, offers an option, and that option can take the real I, out of the loop.
Post Your Reply
On Jun 30, 2015 Amy wrote :
Who do you say that I am?
My "I" Gauge/Guide would be non other than God. If my husband, mother, son, friend were to answer that question it would not be entirely accurate. Since God knows my every thought, deed, weakness, strength, motivation, truth . . . I have to defer to my Father on this one.
I just hope His answer to the above question is (somewhat) close to my own. Blessings come when our "I's" come into perfect alignment. Amen.
Post Your Reply
On Jun 30, 2015 Betsy Blazic Micek wrote :
In the West, we are taught that seeing the slivers of ourselves as parts of our whole represents mental illness! With paradigms like "The Three Faces of Eve" and "Sybil", we're anything but encouraged to patch together our real I. It wreaks havoc on ones grammar, however. Thanks to Gurdjieff, as ever.
Post Your Reply
On Jun 30, 2015 Rashmir wrote :
There is a very powerful technique to explore these parts. It can be quite transformational. It is called Voice Dialogue, and has its roots in the work of Jung and Asserjoli,among others.
Post Your Reply
On Jun 27, 2015 david doane wrote :
Post Your Reply
On Jun 26, 2015 xiaoshan wrote :
There is change, and there is stability. Yin and Yang. The both are true and neither is illusion. Since everything rises and passing away, change is inevitable and any effort to holding on (refuse to change) meets with misery and hopelessness. Since there is a stability and repetition of events in the constant flow of changes, cognition/recognition and consciousness are possible, and meaning and order are possible - life is possible. I have many, many identities, similar to I have many clothes, shoes etc. But I is not Identities, unless you intentionally and unintentionally treat them as the same. I offers stability and my identities change ... lol
Post Your Reply