Preface

Peter Rhodes is a United States Probation Officer, an All American Diver, a husband, and a father of four teenagers. Like many of us who experienced the 60's, he became dissatisfied with the pursuit of worldly ambitions and plunged into a search for deeper meaning. His search brought him to the teachings of Gurdjieff which he interpreted in the light of his upbringing in the New Church (the name of the church based on the teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg).

He saw clearly that the real aim in life is to live according to what the Lord teaches: "to love one another." In these transcriptions of his lectures you may only hear the voice of a forty-five year old American urging you to come to Tibet with him. Or you may hear, between the lines, the voice of something higher, bidding you to come up above the clouds and shade into the clear light of reality. (Ray Silverman)

Everyone must have aim in this work. He must think about it. His aim may be small or great, but a man should know what his aim is at any moment in time. It gives shape and meaning to his inner life. (Maurice Nicoll)

The Lord regards nothing else in a person but his aim or purpose. Whatever his thoughts and deeds may be, varying in countless ways, they are all good provided the purpose is good....A man's aim is his very life. (Arcana Celestia 1317)