| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Unseen World and Other Essays by John Fiske: gospels as Jesus of Nazareth in Galilee, where lived also his
father, mother brothers and sisters, and where very likely he was
born. His parents' names are said to have been Joseph and Mary.
His own name is a Hellenized form of Joshua, a name very common
among the Jews. According to the first gospel (xiii. 55), he had
four brothers,--Joseph and Simon; James, who was afterwards one
of the heads of the church at Jerusalem, and the most formidable
enemy of Paul; and Judas or Jude, who is perhaps the author of
the anti-Pauline epistle commonly ascribed to him.
Of the early youth of Jesus, and of the circumstances which
guided his intellectual development, we know absolutely nothing,
The Unseen World and Other Essays |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy: silent one among them. Mikhayeff is a very wise moujik, and he
surprises me very much. At his actions all the other peasants
seemed amazed."
"What did he do?"
"He did something remarkable. He was diligently ploughing, and
as I approached him I heard some one singing very sweetly.
Looking between the ploughshares, I observed a bright object
shining."
"Well, what was it? Hurry up!"
"It was a small, five-kopeck wax candle, burning brightly, and
the wind was unable to blow it out. Peter, wearing a new shirt,
The Kreutzer Sonata |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: "Oh, I've been in several things," he corrected himself. "I was in the
drug business and then I was in the oil business. But I'm not in either
one now." He looked at me with more attention. "Do you mean you've been
thinking over what I proposed the other night?"
Before I could answer, Daisy came out of the house and two rows of brass
buttons on her dress gleamed in the sunlight.
"That huge place THERE?" she cried pointing.
"Do you like it?"
"I love it, but I don't see how you live there all alone."
"I keep it always full of interesting people, night and day. People who
do interesting things. Celebrated people."
The Great Gatsby |
