| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: shine.
Thou, Indra, knowing, thinking, Lord of Tawny Steeds, above
all
glories waxest great.
3 The heaven with streams of golden hue, earth with her tints
of green
and gold-
The golden Pair yield Indra plenteous nourishment: between
them moves
the golden One.
4 When born to life the golden Bull illumines all the realm
The Rig Veda |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon: look on, but nothing to health and sweetness.
For the heath, which was the third part of our
plot, I wish it to be framed, as much as may be, to
a natural wildness. Trees I would have none in it,
but some thickets made only of sweet-briar and
honeysuckle, and some wild vine amongst; and
the ground set with violets, strawberries, and
primroses. For these are sweet, and prosper in the
shade. And these to be in the heath, here and there,
not in any order. I like also little heaps, in the na-
ture of mole-hills (such as are in wild heaths), to
Essays of Francis Bacon |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from On Horsemanship by Xenophon: and about a pound in weight; the whole to be fenced round with a
skirting of iron to prevent scattering. The mere standing on these
will come to precisely the same thing as if for a certain portion of
the day the horse were, off and on, stepping along a stony road;
whilst being curried or when fidgeted by flies he will be forced to
use his hoofs just as much as if he were walking. Nor is it the hoofs
merely, but a surface so strewn with stones will tend to harden the
frog of the foot also.
[7] Lit. "A damp and smooth floor may be the ruin of a naturally good
hoof." It will be understood that the Greeks did not shoe their
horses.
On Horsemanship |
