Gurdjieff

Categoria: BTG XV

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    B108 <=> B110 [BTG XV First descent upon Earth, p. 109] Chapter XV The First Descent of Beelzebub upon the Planet Earth Naquele planeta Terra”, começou a contar Belzebu, “desci pela primeira vez por causa de um jovem de nossa tribo que tivera a infelicidade de se envolver profundamente com um ser tricerebral de aí,…

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    B109 B111 [BTG XV First descent upon Earth, p. 110] “So I could not help deciding at once to undertake to help them to settle this difficulty of theirs. “At first I tried to help them while remaining on the planet Mars, but when I became certain that it would be impossible to do anything…

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    B110 B112 [BTG XV First descent upon Earth, p. 111] “In this same city the head of this large community existed who was called ‘King Appolis.’ “And it was with just this same King Appolis that our young, inexperienced countryman had become involved. “And it was in this city of ‘Samlios’ itself that I learned…

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    B111 B113 [BTG XV First descent upon Earth, p. 112] “It was just in this same consequence of this property already thoroughly crystallized in some beings of that period there, that the cause of this whole incident lay. “And so, my boy, this is how it was. King Appolis who had been extremely conscientious in…

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    B112 B114 [BTG XV First descent upon Earth, p. 113] “And once, while talking with the King himself, our naive young countryman could not restrain himself, but expressed to his face his indignation and his views of this ‘unconscionable’ conduct of King Appolis towards his subjects. “Not only did King Appolis not fly into a…

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    B113 B115 [BTG XV First descent upon Earth, p. 114] “The subjects of that community – principally, of course, those in whom the said consequences of the properties of the organ Kundabuffer had already been crystallized – not only ceased to pay into King Appolis’ treasury what was required, but they even began gradually snatching…

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    B114 B116 [BTG XV First descent upon Earth, p. 115] “At this first general conference of ours, King Appolis, addressing himself to all, said as follows: “’Impartial friends! “’I personally am deeply sorry for what has occurred and what has brought about so many troubles for those assembled here; and I am distressed in all…

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    B115 B117 [BTG XV First descent upon Earth, p. 116] “’With things as they now are, I can at present do only what you will indicate.’ “After King Appolis had left, we decided the same evening to select from among ourselves several experienced elderly beings who should weigh together, that same night, all the data…

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    B116 B118 [BTG XV First descent upon Earth, p. 117] “’And we had every wish to devise such a means because at our general conference yesterday evening King Appolis himself was very frank and friendly towards us, and we should all be extremely sorry if he himself should suffer. “’During our further prolonged deliberations we…

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    B117 B119 [BTG XV First descent upon Earth, p. 118] “We then decided to delay no longer and from the following day to begin to replace all the officials by our own. “But after two days it turned out that there were not sufficient beings of our tribe dwelling on the planet Earth to replace…

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    B118 B120 [BTG XV First descent upon Earth, p. 119] “It is extremely interesting to notice here one exceedingly astonishing and incomprehensible fact. “And that is that during their later revolutions of this kind, almost all the three-brained beings there or at least the overwhelming majority who begin to fall into such a ‘psychosis,’ always…

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    B119 B121 [BTG XV First descent upon Earth, p. 120] “And when the earlier policy of King Appolis towards his subjects had been re-established, then the citizens of this community resumed filling the treasury with money as usual and carrying out the directions of their King, and the affairs of the community settled again into…