Robert Earl Burton - illustration of thoughts on the topic of Will. Robert Earl Burton bases his teaching on George Gurdjieff and the Fourth Way writings of Peter Ouspensky.

Will

Will is Self-remembering, and being present is will-power. * One of the best ways to remember one’s self is to separate immediately from the disappoiontment of realizing one has been […]

Horus as a child - Robert Earl Burton - illustration of thoughts on the Miraculous

The Miraculous

It is important to be quiet and absorbent, especially around beautiful impressions. In this way one brings everything one has learned in one’s life to the present. * We must […]

Robert Earl Burton - Self Remembering - Laughing Buddha

Self-remembering

You cannot touch great art unless you transform great suffering. * The one thing you don’t want to miss in your life is your own presence – if you miss […]

Presence

  The arts must lead to Presence, otherwise they have no value for either the viewer of the listener. * Presence is not negative, not indignant, not irreverent. Presence does […]