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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... he said unto the woman , Yea , hath God said , Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden ? And the serpent said unto the woman , Ye shall not surely die.10 Tree mythologies bloomed in the ancient world . Greek philosophers Aristotle ...
... said unto him , Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain , vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold . And the Lord set a mark upon Cain , lest any finding him should kill him.16 15 Genesis 4 : 8 16 Genesis 4:15 The power of reason cannot be ...
... said unto them , Be fruitful , and multiply , and replenish the earth.26 The name Noah means rest . He was the first husbandman , one who cultivates the soil.27 You have every opportunity to reconsider your position and start all over ...
... 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 , and make thy name great ; and thou shalt be a blessing.44 Abraham , who has been ...
... he was come near to enter into Egypt , that he said unto Sarai his wife , Behold now , I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon ; Therefore it shall come to pass , when the Egyptians shall see thee , that they shall say , This is ...
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