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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... harvest . Its rays reveal the deep recesses of the mind and unfurl the seeds that blossom into wheat and corn across the land of our visions , dreams and expectations . It is the revelation of the power and energy contained deep within ...
... harvest or grain , to see her daughter Persephone six months out of the year . The other six compelled Persephone to remain with Hades in the underworld . Gods and goddesses leapfrogged each other over dynasties and centuries in the ...
... harvest is the third stage or completion of the process . Once the wheat is harvested , it is then made into flour and bread . The bread is the visible manifestation of what was accomplished in three stages . In other words , somewhere ...
... harvest , the role he played in Egypt , where the Pharaoh made him " ruler over all the land " 171 and he predicted " seven years of great plenty , " 172 and " gathered corn as the sand of the sea . " 173 In other words , whatever you ...
... harvest . You reap what you sow . Neglect cultivation of the soil or the process of growth in between , and you will reap a bad harvest or perhaps no harvest at all . You cannot expect productive results if you do not till the ground ...
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