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

uninvited visitors, very calmly and courteously, to be good enough to returnwhence they had come, and to leave undisturbed both themselves and theirpeaceful country that was doing no harm to anyone."When, after a few days, it became clear that these uninvited guests wouldnot consent to return, and as a result of this request even hastened to movemore deeply into the country, the members of the first conference became stillmore alarmed, and arranged a second conference to deliberate what to do toprevent these beings from, as is said, 'entering a stranger's house withoutinvitation."All sorts of means were proposed for ridding their country of these beingswho had forced their way like magpies into a stranger's nest. But one meansin particular found support to destroy to the last man all these swaggeringintruders."And indeed, my boy, this could easily have been done, because such isthe nature of the country that, without any other means, merely by hurlingstones down from the mountains, a single being could destroy thousands ofenemies passing along the valleys, all the more since every one of them knewthe contours of his native country like the palm of his hand."Toward the close of the conference, all the leaders of the country of Tibetwere in such a state of excitement that they would almost certainly havedecided to carry out the proposal supported by the majority if the head of thatsmall 'group of seven,' who had been sent there by the other members, had notintervened in this stormy debate."This head of the 'group of seven,' already almost a saint, in persuading theother participants in this conference to give up what they had proposed, saidamong other things.'The existence of every being is equally precious and dear to God, ourCommon Creator, so the destruction of these beings, especially of so many ofthem, would give no