Hi,
'There is one criticism targeted at Gurdjieff. None of his students ever reached his level.'
I haven't read his work but :-- did any of Jesus's disciples reach His level? or Buddha's, Lao Tse, or any of the great teachers, I don't honestly know of any of the great teachers contemporaries who achieved the same level as their teacher.
I believe that the answer is within ourselves but sometimes we need to be guided along the way. The way of the teacher may not necessarily be suited to your specific needs so we try various teachers and methods till we find a way which is compatible to us.
As far as I understand it there are many paths to enlightenment though most culminate in the same feelings of being reborn, bliss, seeing everything in a new way etc. Awakening is being aware that we are not our bodies and that we can start or continue our path towards enlightenment.
Love and light,
Faune
