The Morning Test: Will You Work or Be Worked On?

What is the 2nd Force in us in regard to the wish to self-remember, to awaken? The Work tells us what are the forces that resist awakening in us.

You should be very careful on getting up in the morning to work carefully on yourselves and, in fact, before getting up. All sorts of unpleasant 'I's may start talking about their troubles and taking a certain view of the day and if you listen to them you will be absorbing negative impressions and so starting the day well-poisoned.

Maurice Nicoll, “Commentary on Second Force in Oneself" in Psychological Commentaries on the Teaching of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky (Vol. 2, p. 543)