| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Foolish Virgin by Thomas Dixon: only a prosaic doctor and physiologist I may shock your
ideals a little."
"No matter," she interrupted. "They couldn't well
get a harder jolt than they have had already."
He nodded and went on:
"There are two elemental human forces that maintain
life--hunger and love. They are both utterly simple,
otherwise they could not be universal. Hunger compels
the race to live. Love compels it to reproduce itself.
There has never been anything mysterious about either
of these forces and there never will be--except in the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy: triumphant. He immediately takes her bishop: she looks surprised.
Five minutes longer: she makes a dash and takes his only remaining
bishop; he replies by taking her only remaining knight.
Two minutes: he gives check; her mind is now in a painful state of
tension, and she shades her face with her hand.
Yet a few minutes more: he takes her rook and checks again. She
literally trembles now lest an artful surprise she has in store
for him shall be anticipated by the artful surprise he evidently
has in store for her.
Five minutes: 'Checkmate in two moves!' exclaims Elfride.
'If you can,' says Knight.
A Pair of Blue Eyes |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: 1. AGNI, be kind to us when we approach thee good as a friend
to
friend, as sire and mother.
The races of mankind are great oppressors burn up malignity
that
strives against us.
2 Agni, burn up the unfriendly who are near us, burn thou the
foeman's
curse who pays no worship.
Burn, Vasu, thou who markest well, the foolish: let thine eternal
nimble beams surround thee.
The Rig Veda |
