Live Now Die Later: A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged IndividualistDavidAlanKraul, 2004 - 344 Seiten 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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... comes down through the centuries in figures of speech , allegory , metaphor , parable and mythology . The mind is ... come out of the subconscious depths and be enlightened by new insights that alight from ix.
... comes a point at which you may look around you and realize that you have drifted from your true course , that you are no longer the person you wanted to be , that your decisions tend to be more influenced by those people around you than ...
... come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and , behold , I will destroy them with the earth.18 ... comes from the Latin diluvium , flood , and the verb diluere , to wash away . The Sanskrit text of the Indian ...
... comes naturally and instinctively to you . Wisdom dictates that on your intelligence and the accumulation of your experiences and not hesitate . You cannot give in to fear of the consequences or worry about what others might think of ...
... comes back to serve you . You sacrifice the lesser for the greater . Once you have reached your goal , it is precious to you because it is an addition to who you are . They shall take to them every man a lamb . Your lamb shall be ...
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