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

of the planet Earth these being-brains are found in the same parts of theplanetary body as in us. That is:"The brain predetermined by Great Nature for the concentration and furtheractualizing of the first holy force of the sacred Triamazikamno, called the'Holy Affirming,' is localized in the head."The second brain, which transforms and crystallizes the second holy forceof the sacred Triamazikamno, the 'Holy Denying,' is placed in them, as in us,along the whole length of the back, in what is called the 'spinal column.'"But as for the place of concentration and source for further manifestationof the third holy force of the sacred Triamazikamno, namely, the 'HolyReconciling,' the exterior form of this being-brain in them bears noresemblance whatever to ours."You must know that in the earliest three-brained beings there, this beingbrainwas localized in the same part of the planetary body as in us, and hadexactly the same exterior form, but for many reasons you yourself will cometo understand in the course of my talks, Great Nature was constrained to alterthis brain little by little and to give it the form it has in contemporary beings"In your favorites of the present day this being-brain is not localized in onewhole mass, as is proper to the presence of all other three-brained beings ofour Great Universe, but is split up into parts and each of these parts,according to its 'specific functioning,' is localized in a different place in theirplanetary body."Although, in its exterior form, this being-center of theirs now has differentplaces of concentration, nevertheless all its separate functionings havecorresponding connections with one another, so that the sum total of thesescattered parts can function exactly as is proper for it to function."They call these separate localizations in their common presence 'nervenodes. '