| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Pupil by Henry James: Moreen hadn't been such a man of the world he would perhaps have
spoken of the freedom of such neckties on the part of a
subordinate. But Mr. Moreen was always enough a man of the world
to let things pass - he had certainly shown that. It was singular
how Pemberton guessed that Morgan, though saying nothing about it,
knew something had happened. But three hundred francs, especially
when one owed money, couldn't last for ever; and when the treasure
was gone - the boy knew when it had failed - Morgan did break
ground. The party had returned to Nice at the beginning of the
winter, but not to the charming villa. They went to an hotel,
where they stayed three months, and then moved to another
|
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James: way, brought about through the influence of an excited
imagination, or a CONSCIOUSLY received suggestion of an hypnotic
sort. Lastly, I believe that this change was the result of my
receiving telephathically, and upon a mental stratum quite below
the level of immediate consciousness, a healthier and more
energetic attitude, receiving it from another person whose
thought was directed upon me with the intention of impressing the
idea of this attitude upon me. In my case the disease was
distinctly what would be classed as nervous, not organic; but
from such opportunities as I have had of observing, I have come
to the conclusion that the dividing line that has been drawn is
|
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce: to the woods and get away home. My home, thank God, is as
yet outside their lines; my wife and little ones are still
beyond the invader's farthest advance."
As these thoughts, which have here to be set down in words,
were flashed into the doomed man's brain rather than evolved
from it the captain nodded to the sergeant. The sergeant
stepped aside.
II
Peyton Fahrquhar was a well to do planter, of an old and
highly respected Alabama family. Being a slave owner and
like other slave owners a politician, he was naturally an
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge |
