7 Lines of Work for Personal and Planetary Development

The process of personal and planetary development, what we refer to as The Work, proceeds along many lines. A balanced integration of these various lines or approaches is needed to sustain a healthy unfolding of this development. John G. Bennett, prompted by clues from his teacher G. I. Gurdjieff, formulations from several ancient traditions, and his own insights described just such a balanced approach in his book, The Sevenfold Work. In summary he spoke of seven lines of Work: three active lines, three receptive lines, and one neutral line.

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A brief outline of the seven lines of work is given below:

The Seven Lines of Work

Active Lines:

First Line - Assimilation – Learning - Study

In the first line, we are active in taking into ourselves from outside.

Context: world.

Second Line - Struggle – Generating energies

In the second line, we are active from inside to inside,

Context: myself.

Third Line - Service

In the third line, we are active from inside to outside.

Context: community.

Neutral Line:

Fourth Line - Manifestation – “Getting out of the way”

In the fourth line, we are neither active nor receptive.

Context: action.

Receptive Line:

Fifth Line - Receptivity - Help

In the fifth line, we are receptive in taking from outside.

Context: community.

Sixth Line - Submission

In the sixth line, we are receptive within, from inside to inside.

Context: myself.

Seventh Line- Purity – Acceptance - Grace

In the seventh line, we are receptive to what is beyond us.

Context: world.