| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: Falcon amid the vultures, Axe of forests, over the cleansing
sieve
goes Soma singing.
7 He, Soma Pavamana, like a river, hath stirred the wave of
voice, our
songs and praises.
Beholding these inferior powers in cattle, he rests among them
as a
Steer well-knowing.
8 As Gladdener, Warrior never harmed in battle, with thousand
genial
The Rig Veda |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: Lay hands upon these traitors and their trash.--
Beldam, I think we watch'd you at an inch.
What, madam, are you there? the king and commonweal
Are deeply indebted for this piece of pains;
My lord protector will, I doubt it not,
See you well guerdon'd for these good deserts.
DUCHESS.
Not half so bad as thine to England's king,
Injurious duke, that threatest where's no cause.
BUCKINGHAM.
True, madam, none at all; what call you this?--
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Falk by Joseph Conrad: whole fairly happy, we sat back and told our artless
tales. We talked of the sea and all its works. The
sea never changes, and its works for all the talk of
men are wrapped in mystery. But we agreed that
the times were changed. And we talked of old
ships, of sea-accidents, of break-downs, dismast-
ings; and of a man who brought his ship safe to
Liverpool all the way from the River Platte under
a jury rudder. We talked of wrecks, of short ra-
tions and of heroism--or at least of what the news-
papers would have called heroism at sea--a mani-
Falk |
