| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tanach: Genesis 9: 17 And God said unto Noah: 'This is the token of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is upon the earth.'
Genesis 9: 18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham is the father of Canaan.
Genesis 9: 19 These three were the sons of Noah, and of these was the whole earth overspread.
Genesis 9: 20 And Noah the husbandman began, and planted a vineyard.
Genesis 9: 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
Genesis 9: 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
Genesis 9: 23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
Genesis 9: 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him.
Genesis 9: 25 And he said: Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Genesis 9: 26 And he said: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem; and let Canaan be their servant.
The Tanach |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde: "Thank you, sir," said the man, leaving the room.
"Now, Alan, there is not a moment to be lost. How heavy this chest is!
I'll take it for you. You bring the other things." He spoke rapidly
and in an authoritative manner. Campbell felt dominated by him.
They left the room together.
When they reached the top landing, Dorian took out the key and turned it
in the lock. Then he stopped, and a troubled look came into his eyes.
He shuddered. "I don't think I can go in, Alan," he murmured.
"It is nothing to me. I don't require you," said Campbell coldly.
Dorian half opened the door. As he did so, he saw the face
of his portrait leering in the sunlight. On the floor in front
The Picture of Dorian Gray |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Last War: A World Set Free by H. G. Wells: would do a thing like that? Women do but submit to it or take
advantage of it.'
'There is no evil between men and women that is not a common
evil,' said Karenin. 'It is you poets, Kahn, with your love
songs which turn the sweet fellowship of comrades into this
woman-centred excitement. But there is something in women, in
many women, which responds to these provocations; they succumb to
a peculiarly self-cultivating egotism. They become the subjects
of their own artistry. They develop and elaborate themselves as
scarcely any man would ever do. They LOOK for golden canopies.
And even when they seem to react against that, they may do it
The Last War: A World Set Free |
