| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy: done by him and his mother, that the little maid-servant
might sit as guest. The mummers doffed their helmets,
and began to eat and drink.
"But you will surely have some?" said Clym to the Turkish
Knight, as he stood before that warrior, tray in hand.
She had refused, and still sat covered, only the sparkle
of her eyes being visible between the ribbons which covered her face.
"None, thank you," replied Eustacia.
"He's quite a youngster," said the Saracen apologetically,
"and you must excuse him. He's not one of the old set,
but have jined us because t'other couldn't come."
Return of the Native |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tanach: Ezekiel 18: 7 and hath not wronged any, but hath restored his pledge for a debt, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Ezekiel 18: 8 he that hath not given forth upon interest, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true justice between man and man,
Ezekiel 18: 9 hath walked in My statutes, and hath kept Mine ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 18: 10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth to a brother any of these things,
Ezekiel 18: 11 whereas he himself had not done any of these things, for he hath even eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
Ezekiel 18: 12 hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
Ezekiel 18: 13 hath given forth upon interest, and hath taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live--he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely be put to death, his blood shall be upon him.
Ezekiel 18: 14 Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins, which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,
Ezekiel 18: 15 that hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,
Ezekiel 18: 16 neither hath wronged any, hath not taken aught to pledge, neither hath taken by robbery, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,
The Tanach |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: moved as he was shooting and he missed again. Then he got
nervous and tried to please two at once. The sixth began to buzz
and four more arrived.
Berry lost his head and began to shoot wildly. One settled on
Daphne's veil and she screamed. The hive began to hum again.
With mistaken gallantry, Berry left the bees on his gauntlet and
turned to the one on his wife's veil. The next moment she was
reeling against the wall in a paroxysm of choking coughs. Some
more of the twenty-five thousand began to emerge from the skep,
and a moment later I was stung in the lobe of the right ear.
The pain, I may say, was acute, but it certainly broke the spell,
The Brother of Daphne |
