Live Now Die Later: A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged IndividualistDavidAlanKraul, 2004 - 344 páginas 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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... Assyria , the god Nebo was the originator and patron of writing and knowledge in general . One can recognize it in the word nebulous , cloudy . The Russian word for cloud is nebo . A higher level of thinking , an elevated point of view ...
... Assyria ; Astarte in Phoenicia ; Isis in Egypt , Gaia in Greece . It was imperative to cultivate a tender , loving relationship with the soil if it was to produce healthy offspring . In Greek mythology , Themis was the daughter of ...
... Assyria she was thus called upon as the goddess of war and battles . Her double character is portrayed in the change of seasons , life- giving and life - depriving . At the onset of winter she descends into the netherworld , shedding ...
... Assyrians to Philistia , a coastal area that stretches from Jaffa to the Egyptian desert south of Gaza . It makes its Biblical debut in Exodus . 249 Genesis 49:10 250 Judges 1 : 2 251 Judges 1 : 9 The people shall hear and be afraid ...
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