In the context of Beelzebub explaining to Hassien about the various types of hasnamuss, Beelzebub sets forth that there are four types, one with just a planetary body subject to disintegration, a second and third type with one or two higher being bodies which are not subject to disintegration which yet have the possibility of eradicating this certain 'something,' and a fourth type with two higher being bodies not subject to disintegration but with no possibility to eradicate the certain 'something.'
The certain 'something' in the core of the hasnamuss is the participation in the formation of such a body of one of the naloo-osnian spectrum of impulses (not the seven deadly sins, see end).
With regard to the first kind, the hasnamuss without the higher being bodies, Beelzebub describes what seems to be akin to a death-in-thirds, that for a hasnamuss who has only a planetary body:
“... the decomposition of this PLANETARY BODY of his does not proceed according to the general rule, that is to say, the cessation of the functioning in his organism of every kind of SENSED-IMPULSE does not proceed simultaneously with the approach of the ‘sacred Rascooarno,’ that is, death. But the process of the sacred Rascooarno begins in him still during his planetary existence ..."
And so Beelzebub describes one manner of dying one brain function, then another, and then a third which results in such a FINAL DEATH.
But Beelzebub then continues relating what happens to the planetary body upon that final death:
“In addition to this, after the final death, the ‘disintegration-of-all-the-active-elements’ of which the given planetary body was formed, proceeds 1) much more slowly than usual, and 2) with the inextinguishable action ... of the mentioned ‘sensed-impulses’ he had during life.
(I inserted ellipsis in that final statement instead of the endashed (parenthetical) phrase, "- only lessened in proportion to the volatilization of the active elements -" just to help me parse the sentence.)
Upon reading it and re-reading it I can't make heads nor tails of what Gurdjieff is trying to tell me. I whittled the first sentence down further, getting rid of "1)" and "streamlining" some phrasing and come up with
"... the ‘disintegration-of-all-the-active-elements’ of ... the ... planetary body ...
proceeds ... with the inextinguishable action ...
of the mentioned ‘sensed-impulses’ he had during life."
proceeds ... with the inextinguishable action ...
of the mentioned ‘sensed-impulses’ he had during life."
Granted that according to Beelzebub even a Hasnamuss with just a planetary body had 'something' which arose and blended in the process of the transformation of substances in them with the crystallizations resulting from the action of the entire 'spectrum' of certain what are called Naloo-osnian-impulses" which, if they participate in a being's sense-impulses during life might interfere with decomposition. I even looked up that urban legend that due to preservatives in food people nowadays decompose slower. But is that what Gurdjieff wants to tell me? "Inextinguishable action?" I looked where else Beelzebub discusses volatilization and inextinguishable as well as extinguishable and extinguish, and come up with nothing that sheds light. But perhaps the material of my decomposing body contains residuals of such Naloo-osnian-impulses which are still harmful to others? Beelzebub states, "This certain ‘something’ which arises in the presences of definite individuals owing to the enumerated Naloo-osnian-impulses, besides being the cause of what are called ‘serious-retributive-suffering-consequences’ for these individuals themselves, also has the particularity, that as soon as the action of what is called ‘intense-effort’ ceases in one of these individuals, the radiations proper to one or other of the aspects of the manifestations of this ’something’ have a greater effect on those around him and become a factor for engendering the same in them."
Anyone have any insight how to read the sentence?
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Without looking into it further, the Naloo-osnian-impulses don't correspond in any one-for-one manner with what are known as the Seven Deadly Sins, though one day I might look into it further.
“If these separate aspects of the entire ‘spectrum’ of
Naloo-osnian-impulses are described according to the notions
of your favorites and expressed in their language,
they might then be defined as follows:(1) Every kind of depravity, conscious as well as unconscious
(2) The feeling of self-satisfaction from leading others astray
(3) The irresistible inclination to destroy the existence of
other breathing creatures
(4) The urge to become free from the necessity of actualizing the being-efforts demanded by Nature
(5) The attempt by every kind of artificiality to conceal
from others what in their opinion are one’s physical
defects
(6) The calm self-contentment in the use of what is not
personally deserved
(7) The striving to be not what one is.
Colloquially the "Seven Deadly Sins" are:
Lust
Gluttony
Greed
Sloth
Wrath
EnvyPride
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