| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: These, their reward is, that on them is the curse of God, and of the
angels, and of men together; they shall dwell therein for aye- the
torment shall not be alleviated from them, nor shall they be respited;
save those who repent after that, and act aright, for verily, God is
forgiving and merciful.
Verily, those who misbelieve after believing, and then increase in
misbelief, their repentance shall not be accepted; these are those who
err.
Verily, those who misbelieve and die in misbelief, there shall not
be accepted from any one of them the earth-full of gold, though he
should give it as a ransom. For them is grievous woe, and helpers have
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Gobseck by Honore de Balzac: a fire of witticisms and bad jokes; faces are empurpled, eyes inflamed
and expressionless, unintentional confidences tell you the whole
truth. Bottles are smashed, and songs trolled out in the height of a
diabolical racket; men call each other out, hang on each other's
necks, or fall to fisticuffs; the room is full of a horrid, close
scent made up of a hundred odors, and noise enough for a hundred
voices. No one has any notion of what he is eating or drinking or
saying. Some are depressed, others babble, one will turn monomaniac,
repeating the same word over and over again like a bell set jangling;
another tries to keep the tumult within bounds; the steadiest will
propose an orgy. If any one in possession of his faculties should come
Gobseck |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: "And you - are you happy?"
He thought a while, and then replied - "No. No, I'm not happy. Love
is not happiness."
"What is it, Maskull?"
"Restlessness - unshed tears - thoughts too grand for our soul to
think ..."
"Yes," said Sullenbode.
After a time she asked, "Why were we created, just to live for a few
years and then disappear?"
"We are told that we shall live again."
"Yes, Maskull?"
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