"Views from the Real World" read by Debbie Elliott
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0:00 Gurdjieff on Energy 1/30/1923 Prieure
1:03 large muscles consume less energy
2:33 if a man suffers from chronic tension
3:30 we cannot get more energy
4:48 the only way out - economize the energy we have
5:29 a man´s sleep is nothing else than interrupted connections between centers
6:23 Memory, attention, observation is nothing more than observation of one center by another
6:46 deep sleep comes when the connections between centers are broken
7:40 there are different degrees between our waking state and sleep
8:49 Deep states of sleep are the same for all, but intermediate degrees are often subjective
10:07 the purpose of sleep is achieved only when all the connections between the centers are broken
10:25 Deep sleep is a state when we have no dreams or sensations
11:01 if the machine is in good order, it needs very little time to manufacture that quantity of matter for which sleep is intended