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

it was, the richest and most fertile of all the lands suitable for ordinary beingexistenceon that planet."But when a third great catastrophe occurred to that ill-fated planet, thisflourishing country, along with other more or less fertile regions, was coveredby 'kashmanoonoms,' or as they say, by 'sands.' After this third catastrophe thecountry of Tikliamish was long known as the 'Hungry Desert'; but nowadaysthe different parts have different names, and what was once its principal partis called 'Karakum,' which means 'black sands.'"During that period the second quite independent group of three-brainedbeings on the continent of Ashhark dwelt in the country then called'Maralpleicie.' Later, when this second group established a central place ofexistence, they called it the city of 'Gob,' and for a long time the wholecountry was called 'Goblandia.'"This region in its turn was covered by 'kashmanoonoms,' and today thechief part of this once flourishing country is known simply as the 'GobiDesert.'"As for the third entirely independent group, the place of its existence wasin the southeastern part of the continent of Ashhark, opposite Tikliamish, andon the other side of those abnormal projections of the continent that had beenformed during the second catastrophe to this ill-fated planet."As I have already told you, the place of existence of this third group wasthen called Pearl-land."The name of this region also was changed many times, and at present thewhole of that part of the land surface of your planet is known as 'Hindustan'or 'India.'"It must be noted here without fail that at the time of my second descent inperson to the surface of your planet, thereWas present in all the three-brained beings of these three independent groups,instead of the impulse called 'needful.'