Live Now Die Later: A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged IndividualistDavidAlanKraul, 2004 - 344 sidor 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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... rise to the feeling that conveys the thought into words or action , or both , but if you give in to fear , doubt ... rise above negative or non - productive thinking and the paralysis or stagnation that it presents , and move on . You ...
... rise to the surface and change your world . You can harness your true capabilities and set in motion what has lain dormant like the night awaits the rise of the sun . And the earth was without form , and void ; and darkness was upon the ...
... rise on our reflections , we carry the ideal forward from the place in our heart and mind where it was conceived , knowing that a guiding light will always show the way . So he drove out the man ; and he placed at the east of the garden ...
... rising sun , " east of Eden . " It is a senseless waste of energy to fight opposition to your desires on a negative level ... rise above it all and say and do what is in alignment with who you really are . Of course , getting along is ...
... rise above it all . A new and higher point of view lightens as it does enlighten . When you have cast away unconstructive thoughts and sought the higher level of yourself , a new outlook will come to you as if from on high . And the ...
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Live Now Die Later: A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged Individualist David Alan Kraul Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2004 |