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

harkh's warning, I had neither noticed nor sensed any change in the degree ofvisibility of the objects around us."So without waiting for any further explanation, Iasked:" 'But why then is there no result from this nonlawful "striving to reblendinto a whole" of the parts of Okidanokh?'"Before answering my question, he turned off the only lamp, which drew itspower from a special magnetic current. My astonishment increased evenmore, for in spite of the sudden darkness I could clearly see through the wallsof the 'hrak-hartzakha' that the needles of the ammeter and voltmeter hadstayed in the same positions."Only after I had somehow or other adapted myself to this surprisingobservation did Gornahoor Harharkh say:" 'I have already told you that the material used for the walls of theconstruction we are in right now has the property of not allowing anyvibrations from any source whatsoever to pass through it, with the exceptionof certain vibrations arising from nearby concentrations; and these vibrationscan be perceived by the organs of sight of three-brained beings—provided, ofcourse, that these beings are normal.'Furthermore, according to the law called "Heterato-getar," the"salnichissinooarnian momentum-vibrations," or "rays," acquire the propertyof acting on the organs of perception of beings only after having passed thelimit defined by science in the following terms: "the result of themanifestation is in exact proportion to the force of striving received from theshock."'And so, since the process of the conflict of these two parts ofOkidanokh has a force of great intensity, the result is manifested at somedistance from the place of its origin.'Now look!'