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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... look upon , a virgin , " and Abraham's servant approaches her . Let down thy pitcher , I pray thee , that I drink . And she said , Drink , my Lord.73 may In Homer's Odyssey , Odysseus is cast by a storm on the shore of an island . Upon ...
... look at the obstacles , just as you would steer a ship down the middle of a channel . You have to negotiate your way past defeatist thinking . You have indeed arrived at a point where you know what you want , where mind and heart ...
... looks for growth , expansion and new experiences . Rachel's first - born is Joseph ; her second - born is Benjamin , whose late appearance or " hard labour " 98 underscores the point that at the end of a long journey in search of ...
... look at , but not very useful . You may take a beautiful beach for granted , until a developer threatens to destroy it . It is the law of nature that the mind , like the body , must have constant exercise . It must by nature strengthen ...
... look to the way out of those conditions and toward his own inner nature . The plagues , i . e . , the bloodied waters , the frogs , lice , flies , murrain ( animal and plant disease ) , boils , hail , locusts , darkness , 150 represent ...
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Live Now Die Later: A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged Individualist David Alan Kraul Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2004 |