Live Now Die Later: A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged IndividualistDavidAlanKraul, 2004 - 344 من الصفحات 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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... keep that thou hast unto thyself . And Jacob said , Nay , I pray thee , if now I have found grace in thy sight , then receive my present at hand : for therefore I have seen thy face , as though I had seen the face of God , and thou wast ...
... keep your mind active if it is to produce growth . The twelve sons of Jacob were conceived near Harran , where moon - worship prevailed . Joseph and his brothers are now about to spend time in Egypt , where the sun was an extremely ...
... keeping . It was a challenge to reconcile the solar year of 365 days with the twelve 30 day periods in which the moon revolved around the earth . Twelve times thirty is 360 , leaving five days hanging . In order to keep track of the ...
... Keep your wits about you . Stay focused . Concentrate on your goal . Instinct is self - preservation . You will be tempted as was Abraham and you will pass this test with flying colors when you act spontaneously . Do not answer the ...
... keep your feet on the ground , stay down to earth , and allow your inherent capacity to go to work for you . And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see , God called unto him out of the midst of the bush , and said , Draw not nigh ...