Gurdjieff

Categoria: BTG XLII

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    B956 B958 [BTG XLII Beelzebub in America, p. 957] “When I began to explain to you, my boy, the causes of the disharmony in the presences of these American beings of the functions of the transformation of the first being-food and when I mentioned the ‘comfortable seats’ invented by them, I said among other things,…

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    B957 B959 [BTG XLII Beelzebub in America, p. 958] “This was precisely during the period when the chief center of culture for the whole of your planet was the country Tikliamish and when this country was experiencing the height of its splendor. “For this being-function, the beings of the country Tikliamish invented something rather like…

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    B958 B960 [BTG XLII Beelzebub in America, p. 959] “So long as the previous relatively normal system still prevailed among the beings there for the said being-functions, everything went along very peacefully and quietly, but as soon as certain what are called power-possessing and wealth-possessing beings of that time had invented for this purpose the…

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    B959 B961 [BTG XLII Beelzebub in America, p. 960] “Well then, thanks to the fact that many of these diseases then called ‘Kolbana,’ ‘Tirdiank,’ ‘Moyasul,’ ‘Champarnakh,’ and so on, and called by contemporary beings ‘tabes,’ ‘sclerosis disseminata,’ ‘hemorrhoids,’ ‘ishias,’ ‘hemiplegia,’ and so on, were widely prevalent among the majority of those using these exceedingly comfortable…

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    B960 B962 [BTG XLII Beelzebub in America, p. 961] “Although the acute stage of this, so to say, obtuseness in the presences of most of the ordinary beings of that period soon passed, nevertheless the ‘raging destruction’ both of these beds themselves and of the beings who used them, continued by momentum during several terrestrial…

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    B961 B963 [BTG XLII Beelzebub in America, p. 962] “As a parallel to this contemporary means of preserving products for one’s first being-food in hermetically sealed vessels, let us take as an example that means of preserving which I personally have witnessed in the country Maralpleicie. “It was just at the time when the beings…

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    B962 B964 [BTG XLII Beelzebub in America, p. 963] “These vessels had the appearance and quality of the unpolished glass jars now existing there on your planet. “In spite of all the obvious advantages of preserving products in such vessels, yet nevertheless, when certain beings with Reason in the country Maralpleicie constated that in those…

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    B963 B965 [BTG XLII Beelzebub in America, p. 964] “’Sheep’s-tail fat’ is a product which is formed in a large quantity around the tail of a certain form of two-brained quadruped being, named there ‘sheep,’ breeding everywhere on the continent Asia. “In this ‘sheep’s-tail fat’ there are no cosmic crystallizations harmful for the common presence…

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    B964 B966 [BTG XLII Beelzebub in America, p. 965] “The explanation is, that when a product is boiled or roasted, there is induced an artificial what is called ‘chemical fusion’ of the several active elements of which the fundamental mass of the given product consists, thanks to which fusion many active elements useful for beings…

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    B965 B967 [BTG XLII Beelzebub in America, p. 966] “For a better elucidation of the thought I have expressed concerning the significance of a permanent fusion of diverse-sourced cosmic substances, let us take as an example the said relatively independent totality of substances which in the formation of this prosphora or bread is the active…

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    B966 B968 [BTG XLII Beelzebub in America, p. 967] “The bread made in this way can ‘dry,’ ‘crumble,’ or even be to all appearances gradually completely destroyed, yet from this process of transformation the elements of the water will, during the said fairly long time, be no further destroyed but will remain active for the…

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    B967 B969 [BTG XLII Beelzebub in America, p. 968] “Melted sheep’s-tail fat is then poured over these roasted pieces of meat. “Although the pieces of roasted meat thus covered with fat do also gradually deteriorate with time, yet over a relatively very long time they do not acquire in themselves any poison. “The beings of…

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    B968 B970 [BTG XLII Beelzebub in America, p. 969] “I repeat, my boy, that there on your planet, the beings of past epochs, especially those breeding on this continent of Asia, had already many times attempted to use various methods of preserving products for a long time, and it always ended as follows: first of…

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    B969 B971 [BTG XLII Beelzebub in America, p. 970] “His name was Asiman and he was a member of a group of contemporary Asiatic three-brained beings, who, having cognized their slavish dependence upon certain causes within themselves, organized a collective existence for the purpose of working upon themselves to deliver themselves from this inner slavery.…

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    B970 B972 [BTG XLII Beelzebub in America, p. 971] “When I chanced to visit this monastery where Brother Asiman existed with the other brethren of the said small group of your contemporary favorites, this preparation had already been used by all the brethren for five months, and Brother Asiman with the participation of others of…

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    B971 B973 [BTG XLII Beelzebub in America, p. 972] “Even their weight did not diminish. Only after five months did its harmful effect begin to be evident in the common presence of a being in the gradual weakened functioning of certain perceptive organs and of the manifestations of their so to say ableness and sensitiveness.…

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    B972 B974 [BTG XLII Beelzebub in America, p. 973] “Or again, a being whose love resembled that of a contemporary terrestrial suitor for a rich widow – of course before he has received a single penny from her – would turn just as spiteful as one of those malicious persons who, foaming at the mouth,…

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    B973 B975 [BTG XLII Beelzebub in America, p. 974] “’Ekh, Brother! Here on the Earth if you speak the truth you’re a great fool, whereas if you wriggle with your soul you are only a “scoundrel,” though also a big one. So it is best of all to do nothing, but just recline on your…

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    B974 B976 [BTG XLII Beelzebub in America, p. 975] “So, my boy, when I now tell you how the matter stands as regards the sex question among the Americans, bear in mind that everything I say will also refer to the beings of the continent Europe. “The results of this uncleanliness of the contemporary three-brained…

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    B975 B977 [BTG XLII Beelzebub in America, p. 976] “A good example of what has just been said are the beings belonging to the group existing there under the name Persia which occupies a relatively large territory on the continent Asia. “Among the beings dwelling in the central, eastern, southern, and western areas of this…