Live Now Die Later: A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged IndividualistDavidAlanKraul, 2004 - 344 pages 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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... goals . There are many things in life that you want to do . " God " or good or the creative power within you tells you to act upon these desires . You will get nowhere in life if you are afraid to obey this command and act . You cannot ...
... goals . You need but ask yourself one question to test this principle . Does this person or situation present a threat ? Am I physically able to defend myself ? Can I get financially hurt , 67 John 8:58 68 John 5:26 lose my job , if I ...
... goal or ideal is to be king or ruler of the realm that is your mind . Your intuition , your wisdom , leads you there . Wisdom resides with the inner five senses or the 69 Genesis 25 : 4 70 Genesis 24 : 4 71 Genesis 24 : 2 72 Genesis 24 ...
... goal and not look at the obstacles , just as you would steer a ship down the middle of a channel . You have to negotiate your way past defeatist thinking . You have indeed arrived at a point where you know what you want , where mind and ...
... goal . We squander time , energy and resources going round and round with situations that could have been avoided in the first place had we stuck to our resolve and convictions and given more obeisance to discipline . Circumstances ...
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