| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: and guides whom He will; and He is the mighty, the wise.
We did send Moses with our signs, 'Bring forth thy people from the
darkness into the light, and remind them of the days of God!'
verily, in that are signs to every patient, grateful one.
When Moses said to his people, 'Remember the favours of God
towards you, when He saved you from Pharaoh's people, who sought to
wreak you evil woe, slaughtering your sons and letting your women
live;' in that was a great trial for you from your Lord. When your
Lord proclaimed, 'If ye give thanks I will surely give you increase;
but if ye misbelieve, verily, my torment is severe!' And Moses said,
'If ye misbelieve, ye and those who are on the earth altogether- then,
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Country Doctor by Honore de Balzac: Benassis was deeply touched.
"There is La Fosseuse," he went on in a different voice; "she perhaps
would have understood as the angels might; but then, too, she might
possibly have loved me, and that would have been a misfortune. Listen,
captain, my confession could only be made to an old soldier who looks
as leniently as you do on the failings of others, or to some young man
who has not lost the illusions of youth; for only a man who knows life
well, or a lad to whom it is all unknown, could understand my story.
The captains of past times who fell upon the field of battle used to
make their last confession to the cross on the hilt of their sword; if
there was no priest at hand, it was the sword that received and kept
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: Giver,
to the pious worshipper,
Wealth, Agni, with brave sons and ready for his use: welcome
the man
who comes with fuel unto thee.
4 The seven who bring oblations worship thee, the Strong, the
first,
the Great Chief Priest, Ensign of sacrifice,
The oil-anointed Bull, Agni who hears, who sends as God full
hero
strength to him who freely gives.
The Rig Veda |
