| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Little Britain by Washington Irving: Sheriffs and Aldermen in his train, as the grandest of earthly
pageants. How they exult in the idea that the King himself
dare not enter the city without first knocking at the gate of
Temple Bar, and asking permission of the Lord Mayor: for if
he did, heaven and earth! there is no knowing what might be
the consequence. The man in armor, who rides before the
Lord mayor, and is the city champion, has orders to cut down
everybody that offends against the dignity of the city; and then
there is the little man with a velvet porringer on his head, who
sits at the window of the state-coach, and holds the city sword,
as long as a pike-staff--Odd's blood! If he once draws that
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: shelter
for our happiness.
13 Untouched by any evil, every mortal thrives, and, following
the
Law, spreads in his progeny.
Whom ye with your good guidance, O Adityas, lead safely through
all
his pain and grief to happiness.
14 That which ye guard and grace in battle, O ye Gods, ye Maruts,
where the prize is wealth, where heroes win,
That conquering Car, O Indra, that sets forth at dawn, that
The Rig Veda |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson: He caught up the next paper; it was a brief note in the
doctor's hand and dated at the top. "O Poole!" the lawyer cried,
"he was alive and here this day. He cannot have been disposed of
in so short a space; he must be still alive, he must have fled!
And then, why fled? and how? and in that case, can we venture to
declare this suicide? O, we must be careful. I foresee that we
may yet involve your master in some dire catastrophe."
"Why don't you read it, sir?" asked Poole.
"Because I fear," replied the lawyer solemnly. "God grant I
have no cause for it!" And with that he brought the paper to his
eyes and read as follows:
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
