| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tanach: Psalms 4: 3 (4:4) But know that the LORD hath set apart the godly man as His own; the LORD will hear when I call unto Him.
Psalms 4: 4 (4:5) Tremble, and sin not; commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah
Psalms 4: 5 (4:6) Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
Psalms 4: 6 (4:7) Many there are that say: 'Oh that we could see some good!' LORD, lift Thou up the light of Thy countenance upon us.
Psalms 4: 7 (4:8) Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than when their corn and their wine increase.
Psalms 4: 8 (4:9) In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for Thou, LORD, makest me dwell alone in safety.
Psalms 5: 1 (5:1) For the Leader; upon the Nehiloth. A Psalm of David. (5:2) Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
Psalms 5: 2 (5:3) Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; for unto Thee do I pray.
Psalms 5: 3 (5:4) O LORD, in the morning shalt Thou hear my voice; in the morning will I order my prayer unto Thee, and will look forward.
Psalms 5: 4 (5:5) For Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with Thee.
Psalms 5: 5 (5:6) The boasters shall not stand in Thy sight; Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Stories From the Old Attic by Robert Harris: hesitated to crush, kill, or otherwise persecute anyone who offended
him in the slightest, realized that she could not tell the truth or
say simply that the child had been found during one of the princess'
walks, because the king would then send it to a harsh life in an
orphanage--and that would be if she found him in a good mood. She
decided instead to declare to the king that the child was her own
and take the guilt, together with any other consequences, upon
herself, for she loved her lady in waiting very much.
When the king learned that his daughter had given birth (or so he
believed), he was unutterably furious, and spent the better part of
an hour ranting and shouting execrations and breaking things. But
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Phaedrus by Plato: receives the effluence of beauty through the eyes, the wing moistens and he
warms. And as he warms, the parts out of which the wing grew, and which
had been hitherto closed and rigid, and had prevented the wing from
shooting forth, are melted, and as nourishment streams upon him, the lower
end of the wing begins to swell and grow from the root upwards; and the
growth extends under the whole soul--for once the whole was winged. During
this process the whole soul is all in a state of ebullition and
effervescence,--which may be compared to the irritation and uneasiness in
the gums at the time of cutting teeth,--bubbles up, and has a feeling of
uneasiness and tickling; but when in like manner the soul is beginning to
grow wings, the beauty of the beloved meets her eye and she receives the
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