'BECAUSE A MAN IDENTIFIES WITH HIS PERSONALITY, HIS ESSENCE BECOMES 'NUMB', PARALYZED AND WILL NOT DEVELOP AS HE GROWS OLDER BUT WILL REMAIN IMMATURE------

'...THOUGH HIS PERSONALITY MAY APPEAR TO BE SOPHISTICATED, FULL OF GLIB WITTICISMS AND CHARM, HIS ESSENCE IS 'INFANTILE'...
ESSENCE SUFFICIENTLY SUPPRESSED MAY DIE ENTIRELY'.........

                                                                   -GURDJIEFF