Live Now Die Later: A Book for the Sensitive Mind and Rugged IndividualistDavidAlanKraul, 2004 - 344 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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... called Woman , because she was taken out of Man.4 What you feel in your heart is an extension of what you think . The rib is an extension of the chest , where the heart is located . The Latin noun for chest , basket or box is " area ...
... called herself his daughter Ida , goddess of fertility . In the great epic the Mahabharata , Manu embarks with the seven " rishis " or wise men ( the seven stars of the Great Bear ) , and takes with Genesis 6:12 18 Genesis 6:13 19 ...
... called Babel , because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth.35 Babel means " gate of the god " and was the portal toward that side of the city where the temple faced the rising sun in homage to Marduk , god of the ...
... called upon to come out of the darkness of contemplation and into the light of realization . In a manner of speaking , we must spend an equal number of hours thinking and acting in order to create a balance between night and day , so ...
... called Abram and said , Now therefore behold thy wife , take her , and go thy way . And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him ; and they sent him away , and his wife , and all that they had.48 No matter how often the mind gets ...
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