User:Aeuio/Misrepresenting of Gurdjieff and the Fourth Way

Something interesting I found out is, that some people/schools claim that "the Fourth Way is an independent teaching, which was introduced by Gurdjieff. And therefore what he said on the matter is as good as that of any other writer's, because it doesn't belong to him." The only way that this nonsense could be actually true is if in fact what happened is that Gurdjieff, Ouspensky, Collin, Orage, Bennett... during their talks talked "democratically" about their different opinions on the Fourth Way and what they think is valid. But some people I guess just don't understand that Gurdjieff was the top teacher and that the rest of the people were his students, and that everything that these students could possibly know about the Fourth Way is either what Gurdjieff told them, or what they came up in their own head. The reason that some are trying to discredit Gurdjieff is because they need to in order that their school and teaching would become valid (because they sure don't follow what Gurdjieff taught as it is quite hard, so they say "well this author said this and this author said that, so even if it goes against what Gurdjieff personally said it is still the Fourth Way and the Truth").

An interesting thing I figured out is, that the only way you could accept this nonsense is if you heard it before you read the books from Gurdjieff/Ouspensky. That way you already have a formed opinion on what is going on before you could even make one for yourself...and everything fits into place. Because if someone read these books before they heard this "claim", they would have some goods laughs and disbelieves like I did.