Core Insight:
According to Osho, Gurdjieff failed to attract large numbers because he arose in revolutionary Russia, where militant atheism persecuted mystics; he had to flee or be killed. In such a climate, people were programmed into a negative belief that gave no inner nourishment, stifling the appetite for discipleship. Only decades later did Russians feel atheism’s hollowness and become receptive—by then, his moment had passed.