| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: salvation is of the Jews.
JOH 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers
shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh
such to worship him.
JOH 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in
spirit and in truth.
JOH 4:25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is
called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
JOH 4:26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
JOH 4:27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked
with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson: mighty small affair at the worst of it; and it belongs to a class
of accident to which my paint is quite inapplicable. Sin, my dear
young friend, sin is the sole calamity that a wise man should
apprehend; it is against sin that I have fitted you out; and when
you come to be tempted, you will give me news of my paint."
"Oh!" said the young man, "I did not understand that, and it seems
rather disappointing. But I have no doubt all is for the best; and
in the meanwhile, I shall be obliged to you if you will set my
leg."
"That is none of my business," said the physician; "but if your
bearers will carry you round the corner to the surgeon's, I feel
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Life of the Spider by J. Henri Fabre: youngsters begins, in glorious weather, during the hottest hours of
the morning. Laden with her swarming burden, the mother Lycosa is
outside her burrow, squatting on the parapet at the entrance. She
lets them do as they please; as though indifferent to what is
happening, she exhibits neither encouragement nor regret. Whoso
will goes; whoso will remains behind.
First these, then those, according as they feel themselves duly
soaked with sunshine, the little ones leave the mother in batches,
run about for a moment on the ground and then quickly reach the
trellis-work of the cage, which they climb with surprising
alacrity. They pass through the meshes, they clamber right to the
The Life of the Spider |
