Beelzebubs-Tales-to-His-Grandson-by-G-I-Gurdjieff

they might never have arisen on that ill-fated planet had that first cause notoccurred, from which, in my opinion, all the others followed, though ofcourse very gradually."You will understand all this, my boy, in the course of my further talesabout these three-brained beings, for the moment I shall speak only of thefirst and principal cause, that is, of why and how Great Nature herself wascompelled to take stock of their presence and to give it a new form."To begin with, you should know that throughout the Universe there existtwo 'kinds,' or two 'principles,' of duration of being-existence."The first principle of being-existence, called 'fulasmtamnian,' is proper toall three-brained beings arising on any planet of our Great Universe And thefundamental meaning and aim of their existence is to serve as the vehicle forthe transmutation of cosmic substances necessary for the 'common-cosmictrogoautoegocratic process.'"The second principle of being-existence is the one to which all onebrainedand two-brained beings are subject, wherever they may arise And themeaning and aim of the existence of these beings also consists in thetransmutation through them of cosmic substances, which are required, in theircase, not for purposes of common-cosmic character, but for that solar systemalone, or even for that planet alone within which or upon which these onebrainedand two-brained beings arise."In any event, to make clearer the strangeness of the psyche of those threebrainedbeings who have taken your fancy, you must know that, in thebeginning, after the organ kundabuffer with all its properties had beenremoved from their presence, the duration of their existence conformed to the'fulasmtamnian' principle, that is to say, they were obliged to exist until therewas coated in them, and completely perfected in Reason, what is called the'kesdjan