Story of a man who was not at peace in his current surroundings and his daily life; who wanted to find a higher purpose and took the decision to follow it without caring about his life.
Gurjdieff traveled vast and wide and came upon religions which were in existence many thousands of years before Christ was born and which are thriving even now. His reflections on various religions as quoted from the book, In Search of the Miraculous, are as follows: "in India there was 'philosophy,' in Egypt 'theory,' and in present-day Persia, Mesopotamia, and Turkestan—'practice.'"
He found various religions which spoke about many paths but had similar milestones and all of these were markedly different from the religions of the west due to which the acceptability of his teachings is termed as 'occult'; more so because he openly treated the west with disdain. An example is available at this link- (http://www.bardic-press.com/fourthway/peters2.htm)
This movie tries to capture the essence of his initial search for the eternal question, "Who am I?".
It gets a 7 on the basis of the character of the story.
Gurjdieff traveled vast and wide and came upon religions which were in existence many thousands of years before Christ was born and which are thriving even now. His reflections on various religions as quoted from the book, In Search of the Miraculous, are as follows: "in India there was 'philosophy,' in Egypt 'theory,' and in present-day Persia, Mesopotamia, and Turkestan—'practice.'"
He found various religions which spoke about many paths but had similar milestones and all of these were markedly different from the religions of the west due to which the acceptability of his teachings is termed as 'occult'; more so because he openly treated the west with disdain. An example is available at this link- (http://www.bardic-press.com/fourthway/peters2.htm)
This movie tries to capture the essence of his initial search for the eternal question, "Who am I?".
It gets a 7 on the basis of the character of the story.