| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: the LORD:
PRO 1:30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
PRO 1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be
filled with their own devices.
PRO 1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the
prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
PRO 1:33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be
quiet from fear of evil.
PRO 2:1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments
with thee;
PRO 2:2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: 7 Even Earth hath spread herself wide at their coming, and
they as
husbands have with power impregned her.
They to the pole have yoked the winds for coursers: their sweat
have
they made rain, these Sons of Rudra.
8 Ho! Maruts, Heroes, skilled in Law, immortal, be gracious
unto us,
ye rich in treasures,
Ye hearers of the truth, ye sage and youthful, grown mighty,
dwelling
The Rig Veda |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Christ in Flanders by Honore de Balzac: painting, like poetry, could not prolong the existence of the picture
presented by sea and sky at that moment beyond the time of its actual
duration. Art demands vehement contrasts, wherefore artists usually
seek out Nature's most striking effects, doubtless because they
despair of rendering the great and glorious charm of her daily moods;
yet the human soul is often stirred as deeply by her calm as by her
emotion, and by silence as by storm.
For a moment no one spoke on board the boat. Every one watched that
sea and sky, either with some presentiment of danger, or because they
felt the influence of the religious melancholy that takes possession
of nearly all of us at the close of the day, the hour of prayer, when
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