| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: speeding
nigh to us for our well-being.
19 May Ila, Mother of the herds of cattle, and Urvasi with
all the
streams accept us;
May Urvasi in lofty heaven accepting, as she partakes the oblation
of
the living,
20 Visit us while she shares Urjavya's food.
The Rig Veda |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain: the king, he lifted his hat a trifle just as he was begin-
ning his remark.
Mainly they were drinking -- from entire ox horns;
but a few were still munching bread or gnawing beef
bones. There was about an average of two dogs to
one man; and these sat in expectant attitudes till a
spent bone was flung to them, and then they went for
it by brigades and divisions, with a rush, and there
ensued a fight which filled the prospect with a tumultu-
ous chaos of plunging heads and bodies and flashing
tails, and the storm of howlings and barkings deafened
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Common Sense by Thomas Paine: 90 - - 29,886
80 - - 23,638
70 - - 17,795
60 - - 14,197
50 - - 10,606
40 - - 7,558
30 - - 5,846
20 - - 3,710
And from hence it is easy to sum up the value, or cost rather, of
the whole British navy, which in the year 1757, when it was
at its greatest glory consisted of the following ships and guns:
Common Sense |
