| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: heels although it is a great thing save to those whom God doth
guide. But God will not waste your faith, for verily, God with men
is kind and merciful.
We see thee often turn about thy face in the heavens, but we will
surely turn thee to a qiblah thou shalt like. Turn then thy face
towards the Sacred Mosque; wherever ye be, turn your faces towards it;
for verily, those who have the Book know that it is the truth from
their Lord;- God is not careless of that which ye do.
And if thou shouldst bring to those who have been given the Book
every sign, they would not follow your qiblah; and thou art not to
follow their qiblah; nor do some of them follow the qiblah of the
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The First Men In The Moon by H. G. Wells: through the great sponge of galleries, in accordance with simple physical
laws. The caverns of the moon, on the whole, are very windy places. As the
sunlight comes round the moon the air in the outer galleries on that side
is heated, its pressure increases, some flows out on the exterior and
mingles with the evaporating air of the craters (where the plants remove
its carbonic acid), while the greater portion flows round through the
galleries to replace the shrinking air of the cooling side that the
sunlight has left. There is, therefore, a constant eastward breeze in the
air of the outer galleries, and an upflow during the lunar day up the
shafts, complicated, of course, very greatly by the varying shape of the
galleries, and the ingenious contrivances of the Selenite mind. ...
The First Men In The Moon |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Silas Marner by George Eliot: husband: the lovely bloom that used to be always on her cheek now
comes but fitfully, with the fresh morning air or with some strong
surprise; yet to all who love human faces best for what they tell of
human experience, Nancy's beauty has a heightened interest. Often
the soul is ripened into fuller goodness while age has spread an
ugly film, so that mere glances can never divine the preciousness of
the fruit. But the years have not been so cruel to Nancy. The firm
yet placid mouth, the clear veracious glance of the brown eyes,
speak now of a nature that has been tested and has kept its highest
qualities; and even the costume, with its dainty neatness and
purity, has more significance now the coquetries of youth can have
Silas Marner |
