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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... abilities , then you are not using them and there is " famine in the land . " You bypass Canaan and turn away from your true self and look for answers elsewhere . You think that someone else has more wisdom than you , or you seek advice ...
... abilities , in what you know . Knowledge is worthless if you do not use it , apply it , employ it , and so you have to sacrifice that knowledge in order to give it life . For whosoever will save his life shall lose it ; but whosoever ...
... store for you . Courage is unnecessary where there is no fear , and there is no fear , or stress or fatigue or frustration , if you have presence of mind built on viable abilities . And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac.69 Abraham 29.
... abilities with new - found strength , poise and equanimity . It is an immutable law of life that you will get nowhere on the road to happiness unless and until you tap into the unique potential that nature has given you . Esau was ...
... abilities . Do not tell yourself that you do not have what it takes . You certainly have what it takes to find out if you have the aptitude to be a pilot or a lawyer or doctor or violinist or whatever arouses your interest . Do not sell ...
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