Live Now Die Later: A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged IndividualistDavidAlanKraul, 2004 - 344 էջ 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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... took the knife to slay his son . And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven , and said , Abraham , Abraham ; and he said , Here am I. And he said , Lay not thine hand upon the lad , neither do thou any thing unto him ; for ...
... took hold of Esau's heel . " 78 Your ability to nurture and cultivate your innate talents follows on the heels of the discovery that they have preceded you all along . The inner five senses lie dormant until this realization appears ...
... took and sent messes unto them from before him : but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs.122 The mind meets up again with itself . Life starts anew . Season falls upon season , month upon month and Joseph , the mind ...
... took for him an ark of bulrushes , " and " put the child therein . " 135 An " ark of bulrushes " is a basket made of water plants . Moses is " drawn out " of the basket , an allusion to the chest ( Latin , arca ) that contains the heart ...
... took too much for granted , got comfortable , and ceased to grow . Security has no autopilot on the job or in a marriage . Your horizons will shrink if you do not expand them . Moses is aware that an unpleasant existence is being ...
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Live Now Die Later: A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged Individualist David Alan Kraul Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2004 |