Every time I am in the library, facing the millions of books on the shelf, I can't help but sigh at the vastness of the book sea. However, being able to get to know David Thoreau through a thin copy of "Walden" can Said to be a lifetime of luck. What kind of book is "Walden"? As Mr. Xu Chi said in "Preface": ""Walden" is a quiet book, a lonely book, a book A lonely book is a book of loneliness, tranquility, and wisdom." It can be said that "Walden" is a book that has nothing to do with impatience, and is only suitable for reading quietly when "loneliness and tranquility" - if your If the mind cannot be quiet, it is impossible to read the wit of Walden. Reading a good book is like tasting a good pot of tea or tasting a piece of cake.
Looking for a quiet afternoon, on the quiet balcony, holding a quiet cup of coffee, accompanied by the quiet winter sunshine, I quietly re-read this book and close the dark green cover. , a cool lake has long since flowed into the heart, crystal clear, as if it has been baptized, the whole mind has been washed like a clear pool, spotless. In addition to being at ease physically and mentally, the author couldn't help but start thinking: what if we could live like Thoreau today?
I have to say that in today's post-industrial era, it is indeed a happy thing to live like Thoreau. So what kind of person was Thoreau? According to records, although he graduated from Harvard University, he was reluctant to become an official or businessman like his classmates and friends: Although there were opportunities for promotion and fortune everywhere, he Alone _ ran into Concord Forest with an axe and built a wooden house on the remote Walden Pond. , and left a huge spiritual wealth for future generations - "Walden"; although his book was not accepted by the world when it was first published, it has withstood the fire of time and is recognized It is a classic work of philosophical prose, a book that shapes the soul of human beings, and a "green bible" that advocates getting close to nature and protecting the environment: although he only stayed in the world for more than 40 years and died young, He was never married and was alone all his life, but he was remembered by the world for "Walden", shining in the annals of history, and immortal. Today, it has become the consensus of more and more people, and he himself is regarded as a pioneer of environmentalism, and is enshrined on the altar of American literature...
Open "Walden" and follow Thoreau's We can meditate on the quiet and peaceful lakeside, linger among the chirping birds, roam in the pine forest full of flowers, plants and mushrooms, stop in front of the naughty and lovely squirrel, and experience the purity of nature and life. Flawless beauty. Perhaps only a person who is lonely and sober, firm and wise, simple and peaceful like Thoreau, can put aside the complexity and complexity of the world, throw away all the burden of sorrow and trouble, walk lightly, walk into the jungle, and find the soul The Holy Land - Walden Pond. In the book, he wrote: "I went into the jungle because I wanted to live meaningfully and deeply, to absorb all the essence of life, lest when I die, I find that I have never lived. . . . "The log cabin he built by the lake is the pilgrimage place for his soul, the winding paths in the pine forest are the pilgrimage road for his soul, and the daily walk by the lake is the pilgrimage journey for his soul.
We may not understand Thoreau's real motive for putting aside the complex world, and we may not agree with his profound ideas of advocating a simple life, but his inner peace and serenity, his determination to stay away from the world, that This kind of self-discipline spirit that transcends materialistic desires has convinced the world. He just lives in the natural world simply and freely, sitting and watching the clouds, lying quietly and listening to the rain, so leisurely and happy. We are both envious and jealous of this. We, who originally wanted to ride the wind back home, have too many worldly materialistic fetters and cannot let go. So I had to laugh at myself: it’s not that we don’t want to, nor that we can’t live like Thoreau, but that his way of life is unacceptable in modern society – now that technology is so advanced and the population is so large, where to find such a place as Walden Pond What about the holy land of the soul and the pure land of the soul? Where to go to get close to nature, think about society and life, and think about the meaning of life and the true meaning of life? We are not even given the time, space and energy to study - study and work day after day And life has long alienated you and me into busy bipeds.
Therefore, in order to live a prosperous and luxurious life in the eyes of others, in order to allow themselves to have a place in this noisy and impetuous society, many people wish they could be decathlons and have three heads and six arms, no matter how much time and effort they spend on this. They do not hesitate, because they are too afraid of being laughed at, rejected, and rejected by this secular society, and all of this is due to the barrenness and barrenness of their spiritual home. In a sense, human beings do not only live on food - without material food, human beings can still breathe for a while, but without spiritual food, human beings cannot survive for a moment. When human beings are so poor that only money is left, the day will be the destruction of the earth.
As Thoreau wrote in "Walden": "I am rich, though it has nothing to do with money, because I have countless suns and summers." In Thoreau's view, we can completely give up some worldly things. Desire, change to a simpler and more natural way of living. Only by living naturally can we live unrestrainedly: only by living on the lake of our own clear heart can we live a true and happy self. As the saying goes, the weak water is three thousand, only take a scoop to drink. Even though there are thousands of lakes in the world, what we are ultimately looking for is the clear and deep Walden in the depths of our hearts.
Living by the lake is just a gesture and a theoretical possibility for Thoreau to escape from the clutter of the world, and the two years and two months he spent on the shore of Walden Pond is more like a mental journey History: The height of thought depends on the depth of the lake in the heart - the spring water is gurgling, the deep water is silent - if the mind is quiet, the world will be quiet. If Thoreau were still alive today, he might still be writing on a computer, cooking with gas, heating with a heater, but he would still chop wood, feed his horses, travel the world...and his heart would still face Walden Lake, spring flowers bloom.
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