| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tanach: 2_Kings 18: 34 Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
2_Kings 18: 35 Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'
2_Kings 18: 36 But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying: 'Answer him not.'
2_Kings 18: 37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh.
2_Kings 19: 1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
2_Kings 19: 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
2_Kings 19: 3 And they said unto him: 'Thus saith Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
2_Kings 19: 4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD thy God hath heard; wherefore make prayer for the remnant that is left.'
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Apology by Plato: put him to death in order to escape the necessity of giving an account of
their lives. But his death 'will be the seed' of many disciples who will
convince them of their evil ways, and will come forth to reprove them in
harsher terms, because they are younger and more inconsiderate.
He would like to say a few words, while there is time, to those who would
have acquitted him. He wishes them to know that the divine sign never
interrupted him in the course of his defence; the reason of which, as he
conjectures, is that the death to which he is going is a good and not an
evil. For either death is a long sleep, the best of sleeps, or a journey
to another world in which the souls of the dead are gathered together, and
in which there may be a hope of seeing the heroes of old--in which, too,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Lesson of the Master by Henry James: "One has no business to have any children," St. George placidly
declared. "I mean of course if one wants to do anything good."
"But aren't they an inspiration - an incentive?"
"An incentive to damnation, artistically speaking."
"You touch on very deep things - things I should like to discuss
with you," Paul said. "I should like you to tell me volumes about
yourself. This is a great feast for ME!"
"Of course it is, cruel youth. But to show you I'm still not
incapable, degraded as I am, of an act of faith, I'll tie my vanity
to the stake for you and burn it to ashes. You must come and see
me - you must come and see us," the Master quickly substituted.
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