Creative Thinking

In Creative Thinking, J.G. Bennett elucidates the conditions necessary for creative insight, emphasizing the pattern of effort and non-effort that is effective. This book is not to be read passively; it involves the reader, inviting us to work with the techniques suggested.

Relevant to artists, musicians, and problem-solvers, as well as to anyone who wishes to bring creative force into one's life, Creative Thinking offers a doorway to one's own visions of reality, to new solutions to problems, and to a fresh and keener mind. At its core is the secret of how to astonish oneself.

A principal teacher of the Gurdjieff tradition, J.G. Bennett (1897-1974) studied with many of the world's important spiritual leaders, including Idries Shah and P.D. Ouspensky. In his later life, he founded the International Academy for Continuous Education at Sherborne House, where adults from all parts of the world gathered to learn and live the techniques of transformation.