Harmonious Development

Upcoming Events

Being in the World, But Not of It -- the Fourth Way of Gurdjieff

15 September @ 64 Plains Rd

About

Harmonious Development is a group working in the tradition of GI Gurdjieff and the Fourth Way based in New Paltz, New York, and including participants from around the world.Our members have worked intensively within several distinct lineages of the tradition: PD Ouspensky and his Study Society; JG Bennett and his schools at Sherborne in England and Claymont Court in West Virginia; and the Gurdjieff Foundation via George and Helen Adie, students of Gurdjieff who led groups in Australia, and Solange Claustres a first-generation teacher in Europe. We has also worked in the traditions of Persian Sufism, Zen, Dzogchen, and Peruvian shamanism.The work of the group focuses on the direct teachings of Gurdjieff – his writings, transmissions of inner exercises, Movements, and music.Harmonious Development has an ad hoc membership including both people new to the path and people with decades of experience. We are a community of people who wish to work.The center of our work is at Discovery Institute, a 13-acre residential campus for the study and practice of the Fourth Way in continuous use for this purpose since 1989.Harmonious Development is a true not-for-profit organization. No one is paid financially. We charge only for the direct expenses associated with events and facilities. Group meetings are free of charge.