Live Now Die Later: A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged IndividualistDavidAlanKraul, 2004 - 344 עמודים 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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... hand , there have always been those who view life as a unique experience that demands wise choices and presence of mind , and it is this perspective , a meaningful life , rather than a meaningful death or an encounter with a supreme ...
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A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged Individualist David Alan Kraul. hand , the power within is disengaged and the object of our desire crumbles in the wind , unfulfilled , " left off to build . " The project you set out to ...
... hand will be against every man , and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.55 52 Genesis 17 : 1-2 53 Genesis 19 : 24-25 54 Genesis 19:26 55 Genesis 16:12 Anyone who never or rarely learns ...
... hand , and it must be put into the background in order to free the creative side of us . Wherefore she said unto Abraham , Cast out this bondwoman and her son ; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son , even with ...
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