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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... desire for something new and different presents . We are afraid to change , to grow , to improve , to add to or give up our holdings because risk can bring suffering and pain , and so we negate those creative urges without which change ...
... desire crumbles in the wind , unfulfilled , " left off to build . " The project you set out to accomplish gets left undone because your heart was not in it . What you wanted to say did not get said because you did not have the courage ...
... desire . They are real in that everyday life does present certain situations to which you must respond . You must be able to respond if you are to get past them . They are imagined if you make excuses for not doing what is necessary to ...
... desire or the bride that carries that desire to fruition . Behold I stand here by the well of water.72 Rebekah appears , " a damsel very fair to look upon , a virgin , " and Abraham's servant approaches her . Let down thy pitcher , I ...
... desire . You may find yourself giving in to compromises that divert your resources and prolong your sojourn . It may seem that you are giving too much attention to extraneous events , paying tribute to gods you do not worship . Your ...
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