| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: lies, we will bring them down by degrees from whence they know not.
I will let them range;- verily, my stratagem is efficacious!
Do they not then reflect that their companion is not possessed? he
is but an obvious warner! Do they not behold the kingdoms of the
heavens and of the earth, and what things God has created, and (see
that), it may be, their time is already drawing nigh? in what relation
then will they believe? He whom God leads astray there is no guide for
him! He leaves them in their rebellion, blindly wandering on.
They will ask you about the Hour, for what time it is fixed?- say,
'The knowledge thereof is only with my Lord; none shall manifest it at
its time but He; it is heavy in the heavens and the earth, it will not
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte: giddiness here; What would Mr. Linton say if he heard you?'
'Excuse me!' answered a familiar voice; 'but I know Edgar is in
bed, and I cannot stop myself.'
With that the speaker came forward to the fire, panting and holding
her hand to her side.
'I have run the whole way from Wuthering Heights!' she continued,
after a pause; 'except where I've flown. I couldn't count the
number of falls I've had. Oh, I'm aching all over! Don't be
alarmed! There shall be an explanation as soon as I can give it;
only just have the goodness to step out and order the carriage to
take me on to Gimmerton, and tell a servant to seek up a few
Wuthering Heights |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dreams by Olive Schreiner: Men and women sat at the tables quaffing great bowls. Some rose, and threw
their arms about each other, and danced and sang. They pledged each other
in the wine, and kissed each other's blood-red lips.
Higher and higher grew the revels.
Men, when they had drunk till they could no longer, threw what was left in
their glasses up to the roof, and let it fall back in cascades. Women dyed
their children's garments in the wine, and fed them on it till their tiny
mouths were red. Sometimes, as the dancers whirled, they overturned a
vessel, and their garments were bespattered. Children sat upon the floor
with great bowls of wine, and swam rose-leaves on it, for boats. They put
their hands in the wine and blew large red bubbles.
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