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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... cast into a pit , " and the pit was empty , there was no water in it . " 113 What gets buried , gets resurrected ; a seed planted grows into a shoot , but not without water , a subtle allusion to the well of life . The life of the seed ...
... attach value and legitimacy to your thoughts and feelings , that they are valid and important and not to be cast aside like an unwanted child . It is vital to 177 Exodus 20:12 your self - esteem that you honor what you think 68.
... integrity . 231 232 When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it , and hath Exodus 2 : 9-10 Numbers 33 : 51-53 233 Deuteronomy 1:38 cast out many nations before thee , the Hittites , 89.
A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged Individualist David Alan Kraul. cast out many nations before thee , the Hittites , and the Girgashites , and the Amorites , and the Canaanites , and the Perizzites , and the Hivites , and the ...
... cast out from before the children of Israel , and of the kings of Israel , which they had made.292 Ignore the dictates of your own inherent nature , the Lord thy God , and you enthrone another power to take its place . Show kindness in ...
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