by Lou Gottlieb | Apr 18, 2025 | Essay
Lying to Myself [references to “work” mean “work on myself”–increased self-knowledge] I lie to myself, and regardless of who else believes it, I believe it: Find a lie from the list below, especially one that puzzles you as being called a...
by Lou Gottlieb | Apr 22, 2024 | Memory
I was a merchant in Jerusalem. I sold tall clay jars and wine in tall jars in a narrow stall on a big street of such stalls. My business was a profitable one, I made a good living, and I enjoyed my work. I had many friends, some very close. My wife was a wonderful...
by Lou Gottlieb | Dec 4, 2023 | Essay
Conscience …… is called the Representative of the Creator. – Gurdjieff Conscience is a dog that does not stop us from passing, but that we cannot prevent from barking. – Nicolas de Chamfort Conscience is a man’s compass, and though...
by Lou Gottlieb | Sep 7, 2023 | Memory
How I became a Nazi I keep on trying to understand the event I know caused me to become a Nazi. It is imprinted on my memory: I am locked into a smallish room with only me, my wife and my daughter in the room. The two of them...
by Lou Gottlieb | Sep 6, 2023 | Memory
I wish to confess to you, before I am dead myself. Even to wish to be chosen as a kapo, as the head of a work crew, is an act of supreme egotism: to choose your own survival over another’s survival is understandable; to do so repeatedly is an act of monstrous egotism....
