| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: to every one's surprise, danced and frisked about him with laughing
eyes and wagging tail.
"Now, that is what I might call a proper dog," was Joan's comment.
"He is at least wiser than you, Mr. Sheldon. He didn't require any
teaching to recognize the difference between a Tahitian and a black
boy. What do you think, Noah? Why don't he bite you? He savvee
you Tahitian eh?"
Noa Noah shook his head and grinned.
"He no savvee me Tahitian," he explained. "He savvee me wear pants
all the same white man."
"You'll have to give him a course in 'Sartor Resartus,'" Sheldon
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Chance by Joseph Conrad: slowness as if moved by something outside herself.
"A confounded convict," Fyne burst out.
With the sound of that word offending my ears I saw the girl extend
her arm, push the door open a little way and glide in. I saw
plainly that movement, the hand put out in advance with the gesture
of a sleep-walker.
She had vanished, her black figure had melted in the darkness of the
open door. For some time Fyne said nothing; and I thought of the
girl going upstairs, appearing before the man. Were they looking at
each other in silence and feeling they were alone in the world as
lovers should at the moment of meeting? But that fine forgetfulness
Chance |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: the Bull,
O thou whom Bay Steeds carry.
Here take delight, O Indra, in our voices while thou art hymned
with
power and all our spirit.
4 O Mighty Indra, through thine aid, thy prowess, obtaining
life,
zealous, and skilled in Order,
Men in the house who share the sacred banquet stand singing
praise
that brings them store of children.
The Rig Veda |
