| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: with success; is he to be held equal with him who bids what is just
and who is on the right way?
God's are the unseen things of the heavens and the earth; nor is the
matter of the Hour aught but as the twinkling of an eye, or nigher
still! Verily, God is mighty over all!
God brings you forth out of the wombs of your mothers knowing
naught; and He makes for you hearing, and sight, and hearts,- haply ye
may give thanks!
Do they not see the birds subjected in the vault of the sky?- none
holds them in but God: verily, in that is a sign unto a people who
believe.
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Moral Emblems by Robert Louis Stevenson: I marked them steadfast in the field.
Death grimly sided with the foe,
And smote each leaden hero low.
Proudly they perished one by one:
The dread Pea-cannon's work was done!
O not for them the tears we shed,
Consigned to their congenial lead;
But while unmoved their sleep they take,
We mourn for their dear Captain's sake,
For their dear Captain, who shall smart
Both in his pocket and his heart,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Father Damien by Robert Louis Stevenson: other priests so easily do) into something of the ways and habits
of thought of a Kanaka; but he had the wit to recognise the fact,
and the good sense to laugh at" [over] "it. A plain man it seems
he was; I cannot find he was a popular."
B. "After Ragsdale's death" [Ragsdale was a famous Luna, or
overseer, of the unruly settlement] "there followed a brief term of
office by Father Damien which served only to publish the weakness
of that noble man. He was rough in his ways, and he had no
control. Authority was relaxed; Damien's life was threatened, and
he was soon eager to resign."
C. "Of Damien I begin to have an idea. He seems to have been a
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