| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn: some disease of the brain. And there is a strange story now about that poor
Riki
"When Riki died, his mother wrote his name, 'Riki-Baka,' in the palm of
his left hand,-- putting 'Riki' in the Chinese character, and 'Baka' in
kana (1). And she repeated many prayers for him,-- prayers that he might be
reborn into some more happy condition.
"Now, about three months ago, in the honorable residence of Nanigashi-Sama
(2), in Kojimachi (3), a boy was born with characters on the palm of his
left hand; and the characters were quite plain to read,-- 'RIKI-BAKA'!
"So the people of that house knew that the birth must have happened in
answer to somebody's prayer; and they caused inquiry to be made everywhere.
Kwaidan |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and
to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.
DAN 1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile
himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he
drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might
not defile himself.
DAN 1:9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the
prince of the eunuchs.
DAN 1:10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord
the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he
see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort?
King James Bible |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Shadow Line by Joseph Conrad: They had kept the pole on their shoulders, and all
my worldly goods, still tied to the pole, were resting
on the ground between them. As far as the eye
could reach along the quay there was not another
soul abroad except the police peon, who saluted us.
It seems he had detained the coolies as suspicious
characters, and had forbidden them the jetty. But
at a sign from me he took off the embargo with
alacrity. The two patient fellows, rising together
with a faint grunt, trotted off along the planks, and
I prepared to take my leave of Captain Giles, who
The Shadow Line |
