| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: tormented; but warn thy clansmen who are near of kin. And lower thy
wing to those of the believers who follow thee; but if they rebel
against thee, say, 'Verily, I am clear of what ye do,' and rely thou
upon the mighty, merciful One, who sees thee when thou dost stand
up, and thy posturing amongst those who adore. Verily, He both hears
and knows!
Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend? they descend upon
every sinful liar, and impart what they have heard; but most of them
are liars.
And the poets do those follow who go astray! Dost thou not see
that they wander distraught in every vale? and that they say that
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum: dinner."
"I think you are mistaken," replied the
Scarecrow. "There is no orange marmalade around
here."
"Ah, but I eat other things," asserted Mister
Yoop. "That is, I eat them when I can get them.
But this is a lonely place, and no good meat has
passed by my cave for many years; so I'm hungry."
"Haven't you eaten anything in many years?"
asked Dorothy.
"Nothing except six ants and a monkey. I thought
The Patchwork Girl of Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: window. If he could reach that tree and had strength to
do so, he could easily climb out upon the branch and escape,
at least, from the enclosure of the lions. But in order to
reach the tree he must pass the full length of the enclosure,
and at the very bole of the tree itself two lions lay sprawled
out in slumber.
For half an hour the man stood gazing longingly at this
seeming avenue of escape, and at last, with a muttered oath,
he straightened up and throwing back his shoulders in a ges-
ture of defiance, he walked slowly and deliberately down the
center of the courtyard. One of the prowling lions turned
Tarzan the Untamed |
