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

disease whose cure had been one of the chief aims of his existence.'He was particularly horrified, because the surrounding conditionsprevented him from employing the treatment he had discovered for thedestruction of that terrible disease, and which so far he alone could carry out.'When he had somewhat calmed down after this terrible realization, hemade the only possible decision—to wait patiently for a more favorable time,and meanwhile to try to create for his wife conditions of life in which theprogress of that malignant disease would be slowed down as much aspossible." 'More than two years passed During this time the surrounding conditionschanged for the better and at last it became possible for my young friend toprepare himself to employ the means, known only by him, for combating thatdreadful disease.'But while he was preparing himself to administer the cure, on onesorrowful day for him, during some "demonstration" in one of the largeEuropean cities, he was jostled by the crowd and knocked down by anautomobile, and although he was not killed, he was very seriously injured.'Owing to these injuries, his own life flowed for several months in an"unconscious state", and because he was unable to give a conscious andintentional direction to the ordinary life of his wife, the process of her diseasedeveloped at an accelerated tempo, all the more so because since his accidentshe took constant and anxious care of him without sparing herself.'And when this poor young friend of mine finally regainedconsciousness, he saw to his horror that the process of the disease in his wifewas already in the last stages." 'What could he do? What could be done? The consequences of hisinjuries deprived him of any possibility to prepare himself, and to elaborate inhimself that quality