| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn: pictures and poems and dreams...
INSECT STUDIES
BUTTERFLIES
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Would that I could hope for the luck of that Chinese scholar known to
Japanese literature as "Rosan"! For he was beloved by two spirit-maidens,
celestial sisters, who every ten days came to visit him and to tell him
stories about butterflies. Now there are marvelous Chinese stories about
butterflies -- ghostly stories; and I want to know them. But never shall I
be able to read Chinese, nor even Japanese; and the little Japanese poetry
that I manage, with exceeding difficulty, to translate, contains so many
Kwaidan |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from I Have A Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr.: In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check.
When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words
of the Constitution and the declaration of Independence, they
were signing a promissory note to which every American was to
fall heir. This note was a promise that all men would be
guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness.
It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory
note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of
honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro
people a bad check which has come back marked "insufficient
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tanach: Exodus 31: 8 and the table and its vessels, and the pure candlestick with all its vessels, and the altar of incense;
Exodus 31: 9 and the altar of burnt-offering with all its vessels, and the laver and its base;
Exodus 31: 10 and the plaited garments, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office;
Exodus 31: 11 and the anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for the holy place; according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.'
Exodus 31: 12 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
Exodus 31: 13 'Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying: Verily ye shall keep My sabbaths, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that ye may know that I am the LORD who sanctify you.
Exodus 31: 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore, for it is holy unto you; every one that profaneth it shall surely be put to death; for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Exodus 31: 15 Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD; whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
Exodus 31: 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
The Tanach |
