| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: puberty; then do ye become old men,-though of you there are some who
are taken away before,-that ye may reach an appointed time, and
haply ye may have some sense.
He it is who quickens and kills, and when He decrees a matter,
then He only says to it, 'BE,' and it is.
Hast thou not seen those who wrangle concerning the signs of God how
they are turned away? Those who call the Book, and what we have sent
our apostles with, a lie, soon shall they know-when the fetters are on
their necks and the chains, as they are dragged into hell!-then in the
fire shall they be baked.
Then it shall be said to them, 'Where is what ye did associate
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot: Bringing rain
Ganga was sunken, and the limp leaves
Waited for rain, while the black clouds
Gathered far distant, over Himavant.
The jungle crouched, humped in silence.
Then spoke the thunder
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DATTA: what have we given?
My friend, blood shaking my heart
The awful daring of a moment's surrender
Which an age of prudence can never retract
The Waste Land |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum: they reached a crossroads. Here were many paths,
leading in various directions, and there was a
signpost so old that there were now no words upon
the sign. At one side was an old well, with a
chain windlass for drawing water, yet there was no
house or other building anywhere in sight.
While the party halted, puzzled which way
to proceed, the mule approached the well and
tried to look into it.
"He's thirsty," said Betsy.
"It's a dry well," remarked Shaggy. "Probably
Tik-Tok of Oz |
