| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: resurrection day. Whenever they light a fire for war, God puts it out;
they strive for corruption in the earth, but God loves not the
corrupt.
But did the people of the Book believe and fear, we would cover
their offences, and we would make them enter into gardens of pleasure;
and were they steadfast in the law and the gospel, and what has been
sent down to them from their Lord, they should eat from above them and
below them. Amongst them are a nation who are moderate, but many of
them- bad is what they do.
O thou Apostle! preach what has been revealed to thee from thy Lord;
if thou do it not thou hast not preached His message, and God will not
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from 'Twixt Land & Sea by Joseph Conrad: The desire-tormented Dutchman found old Nelson (or Nielsen) at his
drying-sheds, very busy superintending the manipulation of his
tobacco crop, which, though small, was of excellent quality, and
enjoying himself thoroughly. But Heemskirk soon put a stop to this
simple happiness. He sat down by the old chap, and by the sort of
talk which he knew was best calculated for the purpose, reduced him
before long to a state of concealed and perspiring nervousness. It
was a horrid talk of "authorities," and old Nelson tried to defend
himself. If he dealt with English traders it was because he had to
dispose of his produce somehow. He was as conciliatory as he knew
how to be, and this very thing seemed to excite Heemskirk, who had
'Twixt Land & Sea |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Snow Image by Nathaniel Hawthorne: precious draught. The poet, as he listened, felt that the being
and character of Ernest were a nobler strain of poetry than he
had ever written. His eyes glistening with tears, he gazed
reverentially at the venerable man, and said within himself that
never was there an aspect so worthy of a prophet and a sage as
that mild, sweet, thoughtful countenance, with the glory of white
hair diffused about it. At a distance, but distinctly to be seen,
high up in the golden light of the setting sun, appeared the
Great Stone Face, with hoary mists around it, like the white
hairs around the brow of Ernest. Its look of grand beneficence
seemed to embrace the world.
The Snow Image |
