Live Now Die Later: A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged IndividualistDavidAlanKraul, 2004 - 344 Seiten 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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... nature , what comes naturally and instinctively to you . Wisdom dictates that on your intelligence and the accumulation of your experiences and not hesitate . You cannot give in to fear of the consequences or worry about what others ...
... nature that your mind has created must take on a new life , a life of its own , and must go from capability to ability . This can be the most powerful , the most significant turning point in your life if you were always afraid to do ...
... nature . It is as Shakespeare said : This above all ; to thine own self be true , and it must follow as the night the day , thou canst not then be false to any man . This is a point of departure , perhaps the point of departure , for ...
... nature that unites with your first impressions and makes you whole . For as the Father hath life in himself ; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself.68 We are told early on in life to follow a certain path , college , law ...
... nature . You will definitely need to be in shape and have a self - defense trick or two up your sleeve in order to have this confidence . That idiot cannot hurt me because I will knock him out if he tries . By the same token , you had ...
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