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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... holy of holies , and then , and only then , do you cross the Jordan and take possession of your desires , take possession of your mind , the promised land . You cannot rest on your laurels . You must constantly put idle and negative ...
... holy fires of the Aryans . Zeus and Dionysus were , as " endendros , " gods , regarded as occupants of trees . Syrian writers speak of a " king of the forest , " and of a tall olive tree to the worship of which Satan seduced the people ...
... holy city of western Asia . In 689 B. C. its walls , temples and palaces were razed to the ground in the wake of a revolt stemming from Sennacherib's failure to gain the support of the priesthood . A new era of architectural activity ...
... holy ground.142 It is time again to get away from the delusion that people or circumstances prevent us from obtaining what we want in life . It is time again to turn away from the fixation we have with the negative side of a proposition ...
... holy nation.163 Throw caution to the wind , do something against your better judgment , defy your own premonitions , and you may pay dearly . Wisdom is not to be taken lightly and you must not doubt it if it is to give you the force of ...
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