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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... subconsciously save or conserve energy , it becomes an investment that accumulates to serve you when you really ... subconscious mind productive , constructive thoughts , without impatience , and they will come back to serve you ...
... or stagnation that it presents , and move on . You can be re - inspired , rise to new heights above the deluge of external circumstances , come out of the subconscious depths and be enlightened by new insights that alight from ix.
... subconscious powers , and you become carried away captive , beside yourself . But you can depart from the exile of Babylon and return to the sanctity of Jerusalem and repossess your soul , rebuild your temple , regain your sovereignty ...
... subconscious , wrapping itself around your spontaneity or suffocating your inherent creative impulses . You may have discovered late in life that you have unique and valuable talents , but fear of rejection rears its ugly head and ...
... subconscious awakens and rises to the surface where it finds expression and the mind is enlightened . You have created a world in your own image . It is this world of ideals and ideas that engenders thoughts . You have taken matter ...
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