In the Spring 2015 issue of Distinctions, James Flaherty reviewed The Reality of Being: The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff by Jeanne De Salzmann.
James says, “[De Salzmann] lays out our human condition—our being asleep and not knowing it, our self-indulgent self-importance, our ways of living that keep us confused with open eyed honesty—and yet never with despair, cynicism or resignation. In other words, she’s a genuine teacher: someone who knows our entrenched difficulty and yet shows us a realistic, grounded way through.”
“The best of the best,” he calls this book. Read the full review here.