| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tanach: 2_Kings 22: 4 'Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the money which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people;
2_Kings 22: 5 and let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of the LORD; and let them give it to the workmen that are in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house;
2_Kings 22: 6 unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons; and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.'--
2_Kings 22: 7 Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.
2_Kings 22: 8 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe: 'I have found the book of the Law in the house of the LORD.' And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it.
2_Kings 22: 9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought back word unto the king, and said: `Thy servants have poured out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.'
2_Kings 22: 10 And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying: 'Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book.' And Shaphan read it before the king.
2_Kings 22: 11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the Law, that he rent his clothes.
2_Kings 22: 12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying:
The Tanach |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: 7 Approach, and on my right hand hold thy station: so shall
we slay a
multitude of foemen.
The best of meath I offer to support thee: may we be first
to drink
thereof in quiet.
HYMN LXXXIV. Manyu.
1. BORNE on with thee, O Manyu girt by Maruts, let our brave
The Rig Veda |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Red Inn by Honore de Balzac: conception, a prompt inward verdict, a fugitive shadow of our mental
apprehension, much like the flashes of sentiment which constitute
taste. Let us vote."
"Let us vote!" cried all my guests.
I have each two balls, one white, one red. The white, symbol of
virginity, was to forbid the marriage; the red ball sanctioned it. I
myself abstained from voting, out of delicacy.
My friends were seventeen in number; nine was therefore the majority.
Each man put his ball into the wicker basket with a narrow throat,
used to hold the numbered balls when card-players draw for their
places at pool. We were all roused to a more or less keen curiosity;
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