Live Now Die Later: A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged IndividualistDavidAlanKraul, 2004 - 344 pagini 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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... attention to the material world and the products of others and neglected your creative capacity . It is time to stop and think again , recast your thoughts and divest yourself of a way of thinking that was actually not suited to you in ...
... attention to what we believe is the source of what will lead to fulfillment . We become infatuated with the notion that there is a power outside of ourselves that will guide us day and night , in darkness and light , if we only pay it ...
... attention to those who are insecure and want to distract you for childish reasons . The bottom line here is to obey what your heart tells you at all times and your mind and body will do the work for you . You are allowing your creative ...
... attention to extraneous events , paying tribute to gods you do not worship . Your energy is expended in dealing with conditions you may not have foreseen , and the labor of the mind is recompensed with far less than its real value ...
... attention to the obstacles or the problems , but allows its subconscious powers to rise unhindered to the surface . And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came ; and Joseph called the name of the firstborn ...
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