“On March 11, 1943, Gurdjieff referred to an exercise of 'seeing with your three parts.' This means, in terms of his teaching, to see with the whole of oneself. To the next questioner, he said that she had been wasting her time reading 'because you only read with your head.' He then gave an exercise that may be a form of the one of 'seeing with three parts,' adapted for reading. Gurdjieff instructed her:
“ ‘Do this exercise: Read just a little, one page at a time. First you have to understand with your head, then you have to feel, then experience. And then go back [and] reflect on it. Practice reading with your three centers.’
“Another exercise to bring the operation of the three centers into simultaneous consciousness was given on October 16, 1943:
“ ‘Here is an exercise. Tense the base of your foot. Do it with your three centers. Do this exercise, then stop, and then begin it again. Do not do it with one center alone. Do it well, with three centers. It is an independent exercise, for you.’ ”
