| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: waits
upon Indra as the Sun attends the Dawn,
Then. he who with his might unflinching kills the gloom stirs
up the
dust aloft, with joy and triumphing.
5 When thou with might, upon the framework of the heaven, didst
fix,
across, air's region firmly, unremoved,
In the light-winning war, Indra, in rapturous joy, thou smotest
Vrtra
dead and broughtest floods of rain.
The Rig Veda |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: of Wertz's rifle, and took more than his share of the part-sack of
beans. Also he appropriated the bearskin, and caused grumbling
among the tribesmen. And finally, he tried to kill Sigmund's dog,
which the girl had given him, but the dog ran away, while he fell
into the shaft and dislocated his shoulder on the bucket. When
the camp was well looted they went back to their own lodges, and
there was a great rejoicing among the women. Further, a band of
moose strayed over the south divide and fell before the hunters,
so the witch doctor attained yet greater honor, and the people
whispered among themselves that he spoke in council with the gods.
But later, when all were gone, the shepherd dog crept back to the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Gobseck by Honore de Balzac: selling his practice?'
" 'How did you know that?' said I; 'he has not spoken of it as yet
except to me.'
"The old man's lips were drawn in puckers, like a curtain, to either
corner of his mouth, as a soundless smile bore a hard glance company.
" 'Nothing else would have brought you here,' he said drily, after a
pause, which I spent in confusion.
" 'Listen to me, M. Gobseck,' I began, with such serenity as I could
assume before the old man, who gazed at me with steady eyes. There was
a clear light burning in them that disconcerted me.
"He made a gesture as if to bid me 'Go on.' 'I know that it is not
Gobseck |
