| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from An Unsocial Socialist by George Bernard Shaw: I will."
"Shall," said Gertrude.
"I beg your pardon?"
"SHALL," repeated Gertrude. "Did you ever study the doctrine of
necessity?"
"The doctrine of necessity?" he said, bewildered.
Gertrude went to the other side of the table in pursuit of a
ball. She now guessed what was coming, and was willing that it
should come; not because she intended to accept, but because,
like other young ladies experienced in such scenes, she counted
the proposals of marriage she received as a Red Indian counts the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Ursula by Honore de Balzac: head against the blind to steady herself.
"Good God, what is the matter with her?" thought the old doctor. "She
has no color; such an emotion after dinner might kill her."
He went to her with open arms, and she fell into them almost fainting.
"Adieu, Monsieur," he said to the notary, "please leave us."
He carried his child to an immense Louis XV. sofa which was in his
study, looked for a phial of hartshorn among his remedies, and made
her inhale it.
"Take my place," said the doctor to Bongrand, who was terrified; "I
must be alone with her."
The justice of peace accompanied the notary to the gate, asking him,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: And energy that he may live.
8 Guard us, King Soma, on all sides from him who threatens
us: never
let
The friend of one like thee be harmed.
9 With those delightful aids which thou hast, Soma, for the
worshipper,-
Even with those protect thou us.
10 Accepting this our sacrifice and this our praise, O Soma,
come,
And be thou nigh to prosper us.
The Rig Veda |
