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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... capacity the mind has to regenerate itself . Abraham , Isaac and Ishmael , Jacob and Esau continue the line of thought that leads to faith in the mind's innate capacity . One generation leads to the next as the lineage gives continuity ...
... 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 the first place . In other words , it is never too late to learn from your mistakes and ...
... capacity . Abraham is also a cognate of abhar , meaning to travel.42 Now the Lord had said unto Abram , Get thee out of thy country , unto a land that I will show thee ; 43 And I will make of thee a great nation , and I will bless thee ...
... capacity , your first - born . You must invest this inheritance wisely if you expect it to return a profit to you . As a child you may have been naturally inquisitive and sensitive and alert to your surroundings . This curiosity and ...
... capacity to create things as we would have them . It is this realization that brings out the best in us , that revives our talents and sends 93 Genesis 32 : 3,11 94 Genesis 32:24 , 26-28 blessings our way . It breaks the hold that fear 38.
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