| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: the
wealth bestowing Agni.
6 Root of wealth, gathering-place of treasures, banner of sacrifice,
who grants the suppliant's wishes:
Preserving him as their own life immortal, the Gods possessed
the
wealth-bestowing Agni.
7 Now and of old the home of wealth, the mansion of what is
born and
what was born aforetime,
Guard of what is and what will be hereafter,-the Gods possessed
The Rig Veda |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Plain Tales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling: wife. Nor will he. It was so sudden, rushing out of the dark,
unannounced, into our dull lives. The Captains' wives stood back;
but their eyes were alight, and you could see that they had already
convicted and sentenced the Senior Subaltern. The Colonel seemed
five years older. One Major was shading his eyes with his hand and
watching the woman from underneath it. Another was chewing his
moustache and smiling quietly as if he were witnessing a play. Full
in the open space in the centre, by the whist-tables, the Senior
Subaltern's terrier was hunting for fleas. I remember all this as
clearly as though a photograph were in my hand. I remember the look
of horror on the Senior Subaltern's face. It was rather like seeing
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: had disappeared, and with her had gone a dozen of her
household guard and body servants, including Sola the
green woman--Tars Tarkas' daughter, you recall. No word
left they of their intentions, but it is always thus with those
who go upon the voluntary pilgrimage from which none
returns. We cannot think aught than that Dejah Thoris has
sought the icy bosom of Iss, and that her devoted servants
have chosen to accompany her.
"Zat Arras was at Helium when she disappeared. He commands
this fleet which has been searching for her since.
No trace of her have we found, and I fear that it be
The Gods of Mars |
