| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Richard III by William Shakespeare: neighbour's wife, but it detects him. 'Tis a blushing shame-
fac'd spirit that mutinies in a man's bosom; it fills a man
full of obstacles: it made me once restore a purse of gold
that-by chance I found. It beggars any man that keeps it.
It is turn'd out of towns and cities for a dangerous thing;
and every man that means to live well endeavours to trust
to himself and live without it.
FIRST MURDERER. Zounds, 'tis even now at my elbow,
persuading me not to kill the Duke.
SECOND MURDERER. Take the devil in thy mind and believe
him not; he would insinuate with thee but to make thee
Richard III |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tanach: Ezekiel 47: 23 And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 48: 1 Now these are the names of the tribes: from the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath, Hazar-enan, at the border of Damascus, northward, beside Hamath; and they shall have their sides east and west: Dan, one portion.
Ezekiel 48: 2 And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side: Asher, one portion.
Ezekiel 48: 3 And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side: Naphtali, one portion.
Ezekiel 48: 4 And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side: Manasseh, one portion.
Ezekiel 48: 5 And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side: Ephraim, one portion.
Ezekiel 48: 6 And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side: Reuben, one portion.
Ezekiel 48: 7 And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side: Judah, one portion.
Ezekiel 48: 8 And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall set aside, five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the portions, from the east side unto the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it.
The Tanach |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Herodias by Gustave Flaubert: clenched fist and his great body drawn to its full height, he launched
a bitter anathema at the city, with perfect faith that eventually his
curse must be effective.
Antipas listened, without appearing to be shocked at the strength of
the invectives.
When the Samaritan had become somewhat calmer, he returned to the
subject of the prisoner.
"Sometimes he grows excited," said he, "then he longs to escape or
talks about a speedy deliverance. At other times he is as quiet as a
sick animal, although I often find him pacing to and fro in his gloomy
dungeon, murmuring, 'In order that His glory may increase, mine must
Herodias |
