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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... moves from its present place and creates something new under the light of the rising sun , " east of Eden . " It is ... move forward to your next objective no matter how small or insignificant that step might seem . This is a never ...
... moved across the desert from one settlement to the next in accordance with the rise and fall in popularity of one deity or the other . An , Bel and Ea were the gods of the heavens , the earth , and the watery deep , respectively , and ...
... move , to carry its thoughts forward , flees from itself . It is overwhelmed by fear . And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house because of Sarai Abram's wife . And Pharaoh called Abram and said , Now therefore behold thy wife , take ...
... move forward and achieve your goals if you allow yourself to be pulled back into the abyss of defeat and fear . Abram's nephew Lot was sent east of the Jordan River where he could not contaminate the ground reserved for growth and ...
... moving forward . But his wife looked back from behind him , and she became a pillar of salt.54 Anger , jealousy , hatred , resentment are products of a mind that cannot release itself from disappointing experiences and unpleasant ...
Contenido
| 1 | |
On the Move | 50 |
Streamline Your Thinking | 81 |
Think Strategically | 83 |
Stay on Your Feet | 93 |
Stay Down to Earth | 96 |
The Prophets | 113 |
Keep Your Word Or Lose Your Mind | 116 |
Talk Straight | 125 |
Matthew | 128 |
Mark | 233 |
Luke | 267 |
John | 304 |
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Live Now Die Later: A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged Individualist David Alan Kraul Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |