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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... follow a thread , a common theme that is expressed in several different ways but pointing in one direction . The common theme is simply that in order to live life to the fullest what you see , hear , touch , taste and smell must be a ...
... follow the path that takes you there . Several key figures portray the mind as it moves across a landscape of self - discovery and the quest for wisdom . Adam and Eve are thought and feeling , generated by your inherent , creative power ...
... follow as the night the day , thou canst not then be false to any man . This is a point of departure , perhaps the point of departure , for the entire Bible . You can rest assured in any given situation if you have confidence in your ...
... follow your innate curiosity , pursue your interests , take on something new and different and exciting if you expect to learn and grow , because if you are not growing , then you are dying . People make money and they buy things and ...
... follow what is in your heart . All the modern appliances and fancy cars are useless burdens to you if you are not physically fit and mentally strong . The beauty of it all is that it costs you nothing to exercise routinely . You can do ...
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