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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... stand in the way of progress , but always play an important role in carrying out that progress , and so must be recognized as a necessary faculty to it . And the Lord said unto him , Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain , vengeance shall be ...
... stand . You will stand on nothing , and stand for nothing , until this awareness is clear and irrefutable . You may be inclined to believe in yourself and have seme vague idea of who you are or can be , but the temptation to seek ...
... stand fast , to hold on to character and integrity of purpose evolves the promise of endless opportunities to grow and add to one's worth and potential . And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham a second time . And said , By myself ...
... stand in the way of your 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 ...
... stand up to an unpleasant co - worker ? Once you realize that you cannot get physically hurt , then you are not ... stands on knowing what you can do at any given moment . It points to the fact that you cannot live in a vacuum . You must ...
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