| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: Lord! is
this.
4 Him for your sake I glorify as Lord of Strength who wrongeth
none,
The Hero Indra, conquering all, Most Bounteous, God of all
the tribes.
5 Those Goddesses, both Heaven and Earth, revere the power
and might
of him,
Him whom our songs increase in strength, the Lord of bounty
swift to
The Rig Veda |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Lover's Complaint by William Shakespeare: 'But woe is me! too early I attended
A youthful suit (it was to gain my grace)
Of one by nature's outwards so commended,
That maiden's eyes stuck over all his face:
Love lack'd a dwelling and made him her place;
And when in his fair parts she did abide,
She was new lodg'd and newly deified.
'His browny locks did hang in crooked curls;
And every light occasion of the wind
Upon his lips their silken parcels hurls.
What's sweet to do, to do will aptly find:
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Study of a Woman by Honore de Balzac: not always prudent to put a husband in possession of certain secrets."
The firm and gentle tones in which the marquise said these words, and
the imposing glance which she cast upon Rastignac made him aware that
he had posed in his cravat a trifle prematurely.
"Madame, I understand you," he said, laughing. "I ought, therefore, to
be doubly thankful that Monsieur le marquis met me; he affords me an
opportunity to offer you excuses which might be full of danger were
you not kindness itself."
The marquise looked at the young man with an air of some surprise, but
she answered with dignity:--
"Monsieur, silence on your part will be the best excuse. As for me, I
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