| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Art of War by Sun Tzu: 19. Knowing the place and the time of the coming battle, we
may concentrate from the greatest distances in order to fight.
[What Sun Tzu evidently has in mind is that nice calculation
of distances and that masterly employment of strategy which
enable a general to divide his army for the purpose of a long and
rapid march, and afterwards to effect a junction at precisely the
right spot and the right hour in order to confront the enemy in
overwhelming strength. Among many such successful junctions
which military history records, one of the most dramatic and
decisive was the appearance of Blucher just at the critical
moment on the field of Waterloo.]
The Art of War |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: And when distress touches men they call upon their Lord, repentant
towards Him; then when He has made them taste mercy from Himself,
behold! a party of them associate others with their Lord, that they
may disbelieve in what we have brought them;-but enjoy yourselves; for
hereafter ye shall know!
Or have we sent down to them authority which speaks of what they
do associate with Him?
And when we have made men taste of mercy, they rejoice therein;
and if there befall them evil for what their hands have sent before,
behold! they are in despair.
Have they not seen that God extends provision to whom He pleases, or
The Koran |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Last War: A World Set Free by H. G. Wells: 'that there has to be some sort of hegemony, some sort of
Amphictyonic council----'
'There's got to be one simple government for all the world,' said
the king over his shoulder.
'But as for a reckless, unqualified abandonment, sir----'
'BANG!' cried the king.
Firmin made no answer to this interruption. But a faint shadow
of annoyance passed across his heated features.
'Yesterday,' said the king, by way of explanation, 'the Japanese
very nearly got San Francisco.'
'I hadn't heard, sir.'
The Last War: A World Set Free |
