| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: 8 Three are the bright realms, best, beyond attainment, and
three, the
Asura's Heroes, rule as Sovrans,
Holy and vigorous, never to be injured. Thrice may the Gods
from
heaven attend our synod.
HYMN LVII. Visvedevas.
1. MY thought with fine discernment hath discovered the Cow
The Rig Veda |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Out of Time's Abyss by Edgar Rice Burroughs: There are many such here."
"And the skulls with blue upon them?" inquired Bradley.
"Did they belong to murderers?"
"They were murdered--some of them; those with only a small amount
of blue were murderers--known murderers. All Wieroos are murderers.
When they have committed a certain number of murders without being
caught at it, they confess to Him Who Speaks for Luata and are
advanced, after which they wear robes with a slash of some color--
I think yellow comes first. When they reach a point where the
entire robe is of yellow, they discard it for a white robe with a
red slash; and when one wins a complete red robe, he carries such
Out of Time's Abyss |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Shadow Line by Joseph Conrad: personality. When, in addition, Mr. Burns told
me that he was the best seaman in the ship, I ex-
pressed my surprise that in his earliest prime and of
such appearance he should sign on as cook on board
a ship.
"It's his heart," Mr. Burns had said. "There's
something wrong with it. He mustn't exert him-
self too much or he may drop dead suddenly."
And he was the only one the climate had not
touched--perhaps because, carrying a deadly
enemy in his breast, he had schooled himself into a
The Shadow Line |
