Live Now Die Later: A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged IndividualistDavidAlanKraul, 2004 - 344 páginas The sensitive mind and the rugged individualist are portrayed in the literature of antiquity by two brothers, the first-born and the second-born. The mind is the father of two sons. One side of us is conservative, cautious; the other side is radical and adventurous. A part of us is content with the status quo; another part of us seeks change and improvement. The mind perceives first with the outer five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell. Those perceptions are recorded and processed for future use, and thus the mind has five inner senses, the second-born son. In the Old and New Testaments this concept is expressed through several pairs of brothers. Cain and Abel, Ishmael and Isaac, Esau and Jacob, Joseph and Benjamin, Aaron and Moses, John and Jesus are all characters created to illustrate the mind's journey. The eastern Mediterranean became a marketplace for the exchange of ideas that had their provenance not just in Athens or Alexandria, but made their way westward from India and China well over 2,000 years ago. The lunar calendar and the appearance of the full moon was not just vital to agriculture in Mesopotamia; it spawned metaphors that illustrated the mind at its brightest. Abraham, for example, Hebrew for "father is high," was a moon god who symbolized the full moon, i. e., the moon straight up or high. "Father" is high because the mind is the father of two sons. Obviously, many concepts evolved independently, but migration and commerce exported and imported more than just figs and wine. Adam and Eve, the male and female of Genesis, are reflected in the yang and the yin of Taoism in ancient China. Elizabeth, Mary and Jesus are a variation of Demeter, Persephone and Dionysus. Thinkers over the ages have struggled to come to terms with the rough and tumble of daily life. Some have even suggested that life begins in some faraway place after death. Others have tried to find the way to live now and die later. |
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... carried to the sea , where it revealed to Manu the time of the flood and persuaded him to construct a ship for his deliverance . When the time came , Manu went on board unaccompanied . The grateful fish towed the ship through the water ...
... carry you above and beyond the deluge of the world around you . You can rid yourself of tired , old ways of thinking that have led nowhere , that have not brought you forward to a higher level of accomplishment and self - esteem . All ...
... carry its thoughts forward , flees from itself . It is overwhelmed by fear . And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house because of Sarai Abram's wife . And Pharaoh called Abram and said , Now therefore behold thy wife , take her , and ...
... carry the situation or walk away from it and hold your head high . This is the blessing that you keep as long as you live by the principle that if you obey wisdom it will serve you exponentially . This blessing is the send - off to a ...
... carrying a pitcher of water . And he sendeth forth two of his disciples , and saith unto them , Go ye into the city , and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water : follow him.74 Athene was the goddess of counsel or wisdom ...
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