7/24/2023 0 Comments Maybe or the law of otherwiseWhen I was in my young 20s, I met Irmis Popoff, a marvelous teacher in the Gurdjieff tradition. She was in her 70s and I thought she so old, like my grandma. Now that I am in my 70s, maybe I was just so young! She taught us something she called “the law of otherwise,” a deceptively simple practice that I have been working on for the past 50 years. It is that anything, everything can be understood “otherwise” than it appears at first impression.
What makes this teaching so empowering is the possibility for any of us, at any time, to bring a different level of understanding to what is happening. A different understanding allows me to see the situation differently, and thus the options for engagement expand exponentially. Just a few examples
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