‘Intentional suffering’ and the sadists of the ‘work’ more on previous comment (comment lost) Reading Gurdjieff’s book is generally a waste of time. I wince at your statement that this effort is ‘intentional suffering’, that phrase of the ‘work’. Don’t get started with all that. It is a very ill-considered thesis with many pitfalls, to … Continue reading ‘Intentional suffering’ and the sadists of the ‘work’ /2008/07/12/intentional-suffering-and-the-sadists-of-the-work/