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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... capacity to create things as we would have them . It is this realization that brings out the best in us , that revives our talents and sends 93 Genesis 32 : 3,11 94 Genesis 32:24 , 26-28 blessings our way . It breaks the hold that fear 38.
... brings with it . Joseph's " sheaf " ( grain stalks bound together ) will survive the others and return to reign , just as one month stands out above the other eleven . Joseph , the symbol of returning vegetation , must therefore now ...
... bring inner self - confidence to the table in the first place . Your true love is what you want to do with your life . Do not deviate from that . Do not consort with feelings of inferiority or attach yourself to some notion or some ...
... brings you , that is , not on your neighbor's possessions . The Ten Commandments are an imperative to stay on track in your thinking . Think straight and you will get where you 182 Exodus 20:17 want to be . There are always distractions ...
... bring me an offering : of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.18 The offering is to be of " gold and silver , fine linen and oil and precious stones . " 185 Wisdom is priceless . It buys ...
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