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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... , the male and female sides of the mind . Such a mind has doubled its worth and is at home with itself . 122 Genesis 43:34 123 Genesis 45 : 5 , 7-8 124 Genesis 45:13 125 Genesis 45:14 And to his father he sent after this manner : 47.
... side . And his father refused , and said , I know it , my son , I know it ; he also shall become a people , and he also shall be great : but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he , and his seed shall become a multitude of ...
... side of a proposition . It is time again to acknowledge our own natural capabilities , increase our awareness and grow into the image we have of ourselves and our ideals . Certainly I will be with thee : When thou hast brought forth the ...
... side - posts , was sacred to him . The two faces of Janus express the inner and outer sides of the mind that is true to itself . Your inner sanctuary , what you truly think , feel , believe , must preserve itself when you go out and ...
... side posts and on the upper door post of the houses , wherein they shall eat it.154 When your true nature or inner capacity is expressed in what you say and do , what you have accomplished , then there is no longer a fixation with all ...
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Live Now Die Later: A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged Individualist David Alan Kraul No preview available - 2004 |