Live Now Die Later: A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged IndividualistDavidAlanKraul, 2004 - 344 oldal 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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... answer all along . You enter the land of circumstances and conditions not of your own making and submit to the dominion of a powerful ruler whose law is not inscribed in your heart . Out of fear of rejection , you do not acknowledge ...
... 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 spontaneity . It gets right to the heart of the matter . It discerns immediately what lies in store and ...
... answer the question before it is asked . Do not answer your own questions . Do not override the subconscious . Do not suspend your own skepticism . Do not think for others . Listen to your intuition . The intonation of the mantra Ah ...
... answered accordingly . Ask for wisdom and guidance toward healthy choices and you will extend your lifeline exponentially . Be careful what you ask for , because it will come to live with you . This is the Lord thy God or the immutable ...
... said , This sign shalt thou have of the Lord , that the Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken : shall the shadow go forward ten degrees , or go back ten degrees ? And Hezekiah answered , It is a light thing for the shadow 121.
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