Live Now Die Later: A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged IndividualistDavidAlanKraul, 2004 - 344 pagina's 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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... wisdom articulated by few or by many . It is that choice that elevates one life to a level that soars above the rest . A careful reading of the Old and New Testaments of the King James version of the Bible reaches to that level ...
... wisdom . Adam and Eve are thought and feeling , generated by your inherent , creative power . Cain and Abel are the products of that union . Noah illustrates the natural capacity the mind has to regenerate itself . Abraham , Isaac and ...
... wisdom to put aside such doubts , not be beguiled by and caught up in negative contemplation . Life dictates that you overcome fear in making intelligent choices , for " ye shall not surely die . " In the cool of the day when the sun is ...
... wisdom . The Babylonian sun - god Marduk gained overwhelming popularity and absorbed the attributes of Bel , " lord , master , king of the lands . " The names Marduk and Bel came to be used interchangeably and it was not long before ...
... wisdom within . When the heart and mind are not working hand in 33 Genesis 11 : 6 34 Genesis 11 : 7 35 Genesis 11 : 9 36 Encyclopedia Britannica III , page 98 . 37 Encyclopedia Britannica Vol III , page 98. As noted by Philo of ...
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