| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy: "1. The skin was easily detachable from the bones of the skull,
and there was no coagulated blood.
"2. The bones of the skull were of average thickness and in sound
condition.
"3. On the membrane of the brain there were two discoloured
spots about four inches long, the membrane itself being of a dull
white." And so on for 13 paragraphs more. Then followed the names
and signatures of the assistants, and the doctor's conclusion
showing that the changes observed in the stomach, and to a lesser
degree in the bowels and kidneys, at the postmortem examination,
and described in the official report, gave great probability to
Resurrection |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Melmoth Reconciled by Honore de Balzac: beauty and great qualities, when he had known inexpressible and
unlooked-for happiness with her, he began to dote upon her; and longed
to adorn his idol. Then Aquilina's toilette was so comically out of
keeping with her poor abode, that for both their sakes it was clearly
incumbent on him to move. The change swallowed up almost all
Castanier's savings, for he furnished his domestic paradise with all
the prodigality that is lavished on a kept mistress. A pretty woman
must have everything pretty about her; the unity of charm in the woman
and her surroundings singles her out from among her sex. This
sentiment of homogeneity indeed, though it has frequently escaped the
attention of observers, is instinctive in human nature; and the same
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter: or to blame any one for it. It had to be. Through this
dismal vale of self-seeking mankind had to pass--if only in
order at last to find the True Self which was (and still
remains) its goal. The pilgrimage will not last for ever.
Indeed there are signs that the recent Great War and the
following Events mark the lowest point of descent and the
beginning of the human soul's return to sanity and ascent
towards the heavenly Kingdom. No doubt Man will
arrive again SOME day at the grace, composure and leisurely
beauty of life which the animals realized long ago, though
he seems a precious long time about it; and when all this
Pagan and Christian Creeds |
