Bro Jud is such a trip. I hung out with him this weekend. He truly has affected many people with his ideas and collectives. Look in Wikipedia for polyamory. Jud and his commune mates came up with this term.
Jud showed me some literature that he wrote in 1979, years after the commune was founded in the Haight. The article I found most interesting concerned the 'University of Utopia." It's taken from the black/white pamphlett entitled "Utopian Eyes."
It begins:
The work of George Gurdjieff and Peter D. Ouspensky is worth following up with the creation of a vanguard school for the study of human behavior...In my opinion, one has to arrive at the tenth dimension of love before one can attain the fifth level of consciousness. This brings us back to Gurdjieff and Ouspendky. One should read their writings to get a clear picture of the first four levels of consciousness. Then one can begin to grasp the conception of the fifth level, which involves thought transference via the attainment of altruistic love..."
To be continued...
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Indeed. Though in truth, probably closer to P. D. Ouspensky's megalomania than anything mildly approaching any comprehension of Gurdjieff's work.
Jud was, mostly a pet and a bitchy, complaining, hyper tense, overweight, emotionally insecure and psychologically demeaning and manipulative member of Kerista.
The best that one can say for those truly seeking is to simply avoid the charlatan and get on with the business of your personal spiritual growth.
None of what he preached was the manifestation of how he walked. His leadership style is passe, deceptive, and alluring only to those who lack inner directedness and are therefore impressionable.
Buyer Beware.
Sol Gold
Kerista 1987-1992
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