Live Now Die Later: A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged IndividualistThe 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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... Moses said , I will now turn aside , and see this great sight , why the bush is not burnt.141 Greek philosopher Heraclitus , who lived from 540 to 475 B. C. , considered the act of becoming to be the sole actuality . All phenomena are ...
... Moses is the mind or the awareness or the thought that leads us to where we want to be in life . This is a dynamic perspective that carries us up the steps to increasingly higher levels of self - development . This is the mind that is ...
... And the Lord said unto Moses , Wherefore criest thou unto me ? speak unto the children of Israel , that they go forward.157 155 Exodus 12 : 12-13 156 Exodus 12:23 157 Exodus 14:15 Israel is the mind that is not satisfied with its 58.
... Moses between a rock and a hard spot . And Moses cried unto the Lord , saying , What shall I do unto this people ? they be almost ready to stone me . And the Lord said unto Moses , Behold , I will stand before thee there upon the rock ...
... Moses went up unto God , and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain , saying , Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians , and how I bare you on eagles ' wings , and brought you unto myself . 161 What you gain with a positive ...
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Live Now Die Later: A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged Individualist David Alan Kraul No preview available - 2004 |