G. many times pointed out the necessity of studying this forgotten "technique" as well as the impossibility of attaining results of any kind on the way of religion without it, excepting purely subjective results.
"You must understand," he said, "that every real religion, that is, one that has been created by learned people for a definite aim, consists of two parts. One part teaches what is to be done. This part becomes common knowledge and in the course of time is distorted and departs from the original. The other part teaches how to do what the first part teaches. This part is preserved in secret in special schools and with its help it is always possible to rectify what has been distorted in the first part or to restore what has been forgotten.
"Without this second part there can be no knowledge of religion or in any case such knowledge would be incomplete and very subjective.
"This secret part exists in Christianity also as well as in other religions and it teaches how to carry out the precepts of Christ and what they really mean."
葛吉夫很多次指出有必要研究这类被遗忘的「技术」，同时也指出在宗教之路上如果缺少了它，除了纯然主观的结果之外是不可能达成任何结果的。
「你们必须了解，」他说，「每一种真正的宗教，也就是历经时间考验由内行人所创造的宗教，包含了两个部份，一部份教导必须完成什么，这部份变成了常识，在时间的洪流中逐渐被扭曲而脱离原貌。另一部份则教导如何做到第一部份的教学，这部份在特别的学校中被秘密保存着，由其帮助才有可能矫正第一部份中曾经被扭曲的部份，或者将被遗忘的部份保存下来。
「少了这第二部份就不可能有宗教的知识，或无论如何这样的知识一定不完整也会非常主观。
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