The Third Force and the Birth of Real 'I'

The Work teaches that there are three forces in every manifestation. We see only two—if we see as far as that. Third Force lies between the opposites and so we can picture it as the mid-point of the pendulum-swing.

If you take the feeling of 'I' out of both sides of the pendulum, then you do not feel yourself through the opposites and the feeling of 'I' moves to the center, into nothingness, or, if you prefer it, into not-somethingness. Here in the middle is the place or state where Real 'I' is.

Maurice Nicoll, “The Opposites" in Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky (Vol. 1, p. 329-30)