G.I.Gurdjieff

In certain Eastern teachings the body, emotions and mind are incorporated in the analogy of a rig or team with a carriage, horse, driver and master. The carriage is connected with the horse by shafts, the horse with the driver by reins and the driver with the master by the master’s voice. But the driver must be able to hear and understand what the master is saying, and he must know how to drive. The horse must be trained to obey the reins, and be properly harnessed to the carriage. And the carriage must be in good working order.

When we speak of change, we are speaking of the necessity of inner change. The work needs nothing external, only inside. Outwardly, a person should play a role in everything. He should be an actor. Otherwise, he does not meet the demands of life. One person likes one thing; another, another thing. If we want to be friends with both and behave only in one way, one of them will not like it—and vice versa. We should behave with each of them as he likes it. Then our life will be easier. But inside it must be different.

The center of gravity of the body, its soul, is the moving center. The center of gravity of the personality is the thinking center, and the
center of gravity of the essence is the feeling center, which is its soul.