The Third State of Consciousness: Where Help Reaches Us

Bear in mind that the Work says that one cannot remember oneself unless there is an element of acknowledgement of the existence of Greater Mind during the act. Also remember that the most important thing in the Work is remembering oneself especially when things are difficult.

This makes it possible for help to reach us because help only comes down as far as the third state of consciousness—namely, the state of Self-Remembering.

Maurice Nicoll, "A Further Note on the Table of Hydrogens" in Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky (Vol. 3, p. 1194)