St. John's Kale Soup
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St. John's Kale Soup

The recipe below was originally published in Cooking Through the Seasons, a compilation of recipes and quotes compiled by the Rochester Gurdjieff Center community in 2003. As far as the theme of seasons, it’s a “spring” recipe, perfect for thawing the winter chill.

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A Producer of Finer Energies
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A Producer of Finer Energies

The Work describes the overall purpose of human beings in terms of energy: as a receiver of complex vibrations called influences, and as a means for transforming lower energies including the food we eat, into higher energies.

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New to the Work? Some Things to Know
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New to the Work? Some Things to Know

In a Work sense, we become the role of friend or daughter or grandfather or student, with all of the learned trappings that define that role for us. But in the context of “Who am I?,” these roles are not who we really are. When an old role takes over, and the process of switching roles is not in our awareness, then all our efforts to “be here now,” “live in the present,” or in Work terms, practice self-remembering, are compromised.

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