| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: And Malbihn's shout and shot had set the others going.
When their nervous energy had spent itself and they came to
take stock of what they had been fighting it developed that
Malbihn alone had seen anything clearly. Several of the blacks
averred that they too had obtained a good view of the creature
but their descriptions of it varied so greatly that Jenssen, who
had seen nothing himself, was inclined to be a trifle skeptical.
One of the blacks insisted that the thing had been eleven feet
tall, with a man's body and the head of an elephant. Another had
seen THREE immense Arabs with huge, black beards; but when,
after conquering their nervousness, the rear guard advanced upon
The Son of Tarzan |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tao Teh King by Lao-tze: why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is
because they do not live of, or for, themselves. This is how they are
able to continue and endure.
2. Therefore the sage puts his own person last, and yet it is found in
the foremost place; he treats his person as if it were foreign to him,
and yet that person is preserved. Is it not because he has no
personal and private ends, that therefore such ends are realised?
8. 1. The highest excellence is like (that of) water. The excellence
of water appears in its benefiting all things, and in its occupying,
without striving (to the contrary), the low place which all men
dislike. Hence (its way) is near to (that of) the Tao.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Koran: (XI. Mecca.)
ALIF LAM RA. A book whose signs are confirmed and then detailed,
from the wise one, the aware: that ye worship not other than God,-
verily, I am to you from Him a warner and a herald of glad tidings;
and that ye seek pardon from your Lord, then turn again to Him! He
will cause you to enjoy a good provision to a named and appointed
time, and will give His grace to every one deserving grace; but if
ye turn your backs, I fear for you the torment of a great day.
Unto God is your return, and He is mighty over all.
Do they not, verily, fold up their breasts, that the' may hide
from Him? But when they cover themselves with their garments, does
The Koran |
