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

" 'This custom is now so widespread there and the destruction of theexistence of beings of various forms has reached such proportions, that thereis already a surplus of the sacred "askokin" required from the planet Earth forthe maintenance of its former parts, a surplus, that is, of those vibrations thatarise during the process of "rascooarno" of beings of every exterior form onthat planet from which this sacred cosmic substance is required." 'This surplus of the sacred "askokin" is already seriously hindering thecorrect exchange of substances between the Moon and its atmosphere, withthe danger that the atmosphere may in consequence be formed abnormally,and later become an obstacle to the harmonious movement of the wholesystem Ors, and perhaps again give rise to yet another catastrophe on a greatcosmic scale." 'So, Your Reverence, my request consists in this, that since you are in thehabit of often visiting various planets of this solar system, you shouldundertake the task of descending specially to the planet Earth and of trying toinstill into the consciousness of these strange three-brained beings some ideaof the senselessness of this notion of theirs.'"After a few more words, His Conformity began to ascend, and when hewas fairly high up, he added in a loud voice: 'Thereby, Your Reverence, youwill be rendering a great service to our Uni-Being All-EmbracingEndlessness.'"When these Sacred Individuals had left the planet Mars, I resolved to carryout this task at all costs and to be worthy, If only by this specific aid to ourUnique Burden-Bearing Endlessness, of becoming a particle, though anindependent one, of everything existing in the Great Universe. So, my boy,imbued with this resolve, the next day I flew on the same ship Occasion toyour planet Earth."This time our ship alighted on a sea then called the 'Colhidius,' recentlyformed by perturbations during the second