Cosmic Secrets: Introduction
Gurdjieff: Cosmic Secrets – By Russell A. Smith
Open your book and we will start from the beginning. Cosmic Secrets begins with a dedication. If you have no book, simply read on.
Many books begin with a dedication: dedicated to my mother, my father, my teacher, my coach, Mr. Gurdjieff, or my best friend.
Russell decided to dedicate his book to a premise. The premise of “Vincit Omnia Veritas.”
[Do you know what that means?]
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It means, “Truth Conquers All Things.” Write that in your book.
Vincit. (“conquer”)
Omnia. (“all things”)
Veritas. (“truth”)
“Truth Conquers All Things.”
If it is true that “Truth Conquers All Things,” then our goal in life should be to find the truth. I want to know the truth, don’t you?
(I will often spend several minutes repeating this again and again and emphasizing that if it is true that “Truth Conquers All Things,” how important it would be for a man to find the truth so that he can conquer himself.)