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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... vernal equinox , an extra month was added every six years . In the ancient Hebrew calendar , an intercalary month , called Veadar , was added in the so - called embolismic years in order that Passover , the 15th day of Nisan , could be ...
... vernal equinox . Equinox of course means equal day and night when the sun crosses the equator . and at night he shall divide the spoil.104 Joseph - Pisces precedes Benjamin - Aries , and the older and younger brothers are born of ...
... spring , the thirty day period from the end of March through April , the vernal equinox . He follows on the heels of Joseph and , just as your second nature derives from your inherent nature , Benjamin's reappearance is essential . 118 ...
... vernal equinox and April brought harvest . In Mesopotamia and Palestine , winter rains began in November , usually with heavy thunderstorms , and ended in April . They fertilized the winter crops of barley and wheat , which were ...
... vernal equinox and signifies spring . The Israelites while in Egypt were dependent on its corn . The beginning of the barley harvest is generally associated with the date of the Passover . The wheat harvest is connected with the ...
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