| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Land of Footprints by Stewart Edward White: example. It is built up in youth by chance reading and chance
pictures, and does as well as a pink place on the map to stand
for a part of the world concerning which we know nothing at all.
As time goes on we extend, expand, and modify this picture in the
light of what knowledge we may acquire. So the reading of many
books modifies and expands our first crude notions of Equatorial
Africa. And the result is, if we read enough of the sort I
describe above, we build the idea of an exciting, dangerous,
extra-human continent, visited by half-real people of the texture
of the historical-fiction hero, who have strange and interesting
adventures which we could not possibly imagine happening to
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo: restaurant."
"Oh, you do, do you?" answered Jimmy shaking his fist at her
across the foot of the bed. For the want of adequate words to
express his further feelings, Jimmy was beginning to jibber, when
the outer door was heard to close, and he turned to behold Aggie
entering hurriedly with something partly concealed by her long
cape.
"It's all right," explained Aggie triumphantly to Zoie. "I've
got it." She threw her cape aside and disclosed the fruits of
her conquest.
"So," snorted Jimmy in disgust, slightly miffed by the apparent
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: fires aflame.
8 O Maruts, Visinu, Asvins, Pusan, haste away with minds turned
hitherward to Me.
Let the Strong Indra, famed as Vrtra's slayer, come first with
the
winners of the spoil.
9 Ye Guileless Gods, bestow on us a refuge strong on every
side,
A sure protection, Vasus, unassailable from near at hand or
from afar.
10 Kinship have I with you, and close alliance O ye Gods, destroyers
The Rig Veda |
