| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Paradise Lost by John Milton: Irrational till then. For us alone
Was death invented? or to us denied
This intellectual food, for beasts reserved?
For beasts it seems: yet that one beast which first
Hath tasted envies not, but brings with joy
The good befallen him, author unsuspect,
Friendly to man, far from deceit or guile.
What fear I then? rather, what know to fear
Under this ignorance of good and evil,
Of God or death, of law or penalty?
Here grows the cure of all, this fruit divine,
Paradise Lost |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Sa: roast. A few he buried under the ashes to bake. Disappearing
within his teepee, he came out again with some huge seashells.
These were his dishes. Placing one under each roasting duck, he
muttered, "The sweet fat oozing out will taste well with the
hard-cooked breasts."
Heaping more willows upon the fire, Iktomi sat down on the
ground with crossed shins. A long chin between his knees pointed
toward the red flames, while his eyes were on the browning ducks.
Just above his ankles he clasped and unclasped his long bony
fingers. Now and then he sniffed impatiently the savory odor.
The brisk wind which stirred the fire also played with a
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tanach: Genesis 36: 20 These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah,
Genesis 36: 21 and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan. These are the chiefs that came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.
Genesis 36: 22 And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna.
Genesis 36: 23 And these are the children of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam.
Genesis 36: 24 And these are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah--this is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
Genesis 36: 25 And these are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah.
Genesis 36: 26 And these are the children of Dishon: Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran.
Genesis 36: 27 These are the children of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan.
Genesis 36: 28 These are the children of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
Genesis 36: 29 These are the chiefs that came of the Horites: the chief of Lotan, the chief of Shobal, the chief of Zibeon, the chief of Anah,
Genesis 36: 30 the chief of Dishon, the chief of Ezer, the chief of Dishan. These are the chiefs that came of the Horites, according to their chiefs in the land of Seir.
The Tanach |
