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Being Asked

September 29, 2025 by Roberta Chromey
Opening to being asked is connected to giving and receiving.

Am I being asked? Or is my Being asked? How do I “open to what is being asked?” And what does that mean? Last week, one of the Daily Tasks on Claymont’s Course of Study program had to do with allowing yourself to be inconvenienced. Could you catch yourself in one of those moments and … Read more

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Roberta Chromey is a memoirist and blogger, sharing her insights based on a lifetime of inner work in the tradition of Gurdjieff's Fourth Way.

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