When one identifies himself with the different events of life, he makes many mistakes. If one identifies himself with a drink that a drunken friend offers to him, he ends up drunk. If one identifies himself with a person of the opposite sex, then he ends up fornicating. If one identifies himself with an insulter’s words, then one ends up insulting them back.
There are no Shortcuts
With patience thou shalt possess thy souls. Jesus
Without struggle, no progress and no result. Every breaking of habit produces a change in the machine. G. I. Gurdjieff
Remember Yourself
If the Consciousness is not intelligently related to the body, sicknesses arise. If Consciousness is not related with the exterior environment, conflicts arise. Thus, Consciousness, body, and environment are vital, cardinal, definitive in the one who does not forget himself.