Riso and Hudson: Holy Ideas Retreat and Master Class

OSCAR ICHAZOS NAMES FOR

THE HOLY IDEAS AND FIXATIONS

THE HOLY IDEAS

Holy Love
9

Holy Truth

Holy Perfection
1

8
Holy Plan, Holy Wisdom 7

Holy Faith 6

Holy Freedom, Holy Will

3 Holy Hope, Holy Harmony, Holy Law

Holy Omniscience, Holy Transparency

4
Holy Origin

THE FIXATIONS
Ruminating* (Indolence)
9

Objectifying* (Vengeance)

8
Anticipating* (Planning)

Doubt, Worry* (Cowardice) 6

Flattery

3 Self-Deception* (Vanity)
5

Conceptualizing* (Stinginess)

Judging Mind* (Resentment)

4
Fantasizing* (Melancholy)

* These are Riso-Hudson terms. Ichazos are given in parentheses.

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OSCAR ICHAZOS NAMES FOR

THE VIRTUES AND THE PASSIONS

THE VIRTUES
Engagement* (Action)
9

Innocence

Serenity
1

8
Sobriety

Courage, Trust* 6

Humility

3 Authenticity, Sincerity*
5

Non-Attachment*

4
Equanimity

THE PASSIONS
Sloth, Inertia
9

Lust
Gluttony

Anxiety (Fear) 6

Avarice

Pride

3 Vanity (Deceit)
5

* Riso-Hudson terms.

Resentment (Anger)

4
Envy

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Gurdjieffs Diagram of the Centers

Higher
Thinking

Higher
Emotional

Thinking

Feeling

Instinct

Formatory
Apparatus
(Personality)

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Ichazos Diagram of the Centers

Holy
Ideas

Virtues

Thinking

Seat of
Fixations

Feeling

Seat of
Passions

Social
Sexual
Self
Preservation

The
Instincts

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Relationship between Higher Essence Qualities

and Ego Distortions

Holy
Ideas
Loss of Holy Idea
causes
characteristic
ego-fixation

Virtues

Fixation
(Head)

Passion
(Heart)

Instincts
(Gut)

Loss of Virtue
causes
characteristic
Passion