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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... mental intoxication arising from ignorance , sensuality or craving after future life . ) Evil dispositions have ceased in me ; therefore is it that I am conqueror ! " 24 Arhats were enlightened sages in the Buddha's era , the sixth ...
... mental landscape , the origin of your thinking . It is the hardest journey in life , the most illusive of destinations , to find worth in oneself . You cannot and will not make use of your worth if you do not know that you have it . You ...
... mental landscape that signifies a point of origin or departure . It was there that Abram dwelt on his journey from Ur of the Chaldees to the land of Canaan.81 Jacob , or the creative side of us , is moved by the inspiration that he is ...
... mental health . Regardless where you are , everything you think , feel , say and do must build on the cornerstone that underlies the faith you have in who you are . You must never doubt this , not even for a second . And the Lord said ...
... Mental concepts from " heaven above " and their physical expression " in the earth beneath " do not constitute the whole picture any more than do visions from the subconscious or " in the water under the earth . " You need ongoing input ...
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