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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... pharaohs or on Wall Street . The courage to make the right decision is a timeless commodity that has generated countless stories , scripts and anecdotes everywhere on this planet , but courage requires going within to the sanctuary of ...
... Pharaoh and his house because of Sarai Abram's wife . And Pharaoh called Abram and said , Now therefore behold thy wife , take her , and go thy way . And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him ; and they sent him away , and his wife ...
... Pharaoh himself is stymied by his own dreams . Joseph is summoned to interpret them . And Joseph answered Pharaoh , saying , It is not in me ; God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.115 This is a mind that has regained its ...
... Pharaoh said unto Joseph , See , I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.118 This is the mind that is not giving undue attention to the obstacles or the problems , but allows its subconscious powers to rise unhindered to the surface ...
... Pharaoh , and Lord of all his house , and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.123 The god of vegetation has returned and is now face to face with spring and the abundance of crops and the " glory in Egypt , and all that ye have ...
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