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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... mind - boggling how many people can not or will not think for themselves . On the other hand , there have always been those who view life as a unique experience that demands wise choices and presence of mind , and it is this perspective ...
... presence of wisdom to put aside such doubts , not be beguiled by and caught up in negative contemplation . Life ... mind where it was conceived , knowing that a guiding light will always show the way . So he drove out the man ; and ...
... mind gets sidetracked , it can always return to that point where it finds the presence of wisdom , " unto the place of the altar , which he had made there at the first . " 49 Just as the Pharaoh sent Abram out of Egypt , adverse ...
... presence of mind once and for all . Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven ; and he overthrew those cities , and all the plain , and all the inhabitants of the cities , and that which ...
... presence of mind , and presence of mind is faith , the agreement or covenant that you have established with yourself , between " me and thee . " And Abraham stretched forth his hand , and took the knife to slay his son . And the angel ...
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