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几个月前前看见一本书,题目是Natural Abundance: Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Guide to Prosperity,没有书页样本,但喜欢Emerson,也喜欢这个标题,就下了一单——昨天突然送来了,打开一看,原来是解读老爱的思想,特别是他的“自然观”(超验论)。原以为像剑桥的companion系列(有的中译本就称“指南”),错了;作者真的是在讲“指南”,为了普通的生活,不是为了“学问”——例如,讲了老爱名篇Spiritual Laws的“精义”之后,作者还列出了Applying the Principles,下面是一点:
Create a new calendar and to-do list for the next week made up of activities that you know you enjoy doing and want to do, remembering to schedule time for just being or sleeping in the sun (or shade). How does it feel? What thoughts do you have about this new list copared to the old one? Write down everything that comes to mind, and then cross these words off as you rewrite your list and calendar. Write down what you’re thinking now. do this until your thoughts are either quiet or supportive.
这当然是好建议,可感觉像解读《圣经》,也像我们时下解读诸子的“感悟”。这样的书,我是不看的。这本书,看走眼了。还好,可以无条件退货。
顺便想起,这个题目(连同它的“物理意义”——天然丰度)可以用《赤壁赋》的一段话来“解读”::
客亦知夫水与月乎?逝者如斯,而未尝往也;盈虚者如彼,而卒莫消长也。盖将自其变者而观之,则天地曾不能以一瞬;自其不变者而观之,则物与我皆无尽也。而又何羡乎?且夫天地之间,物各有主。苟非吾之所有,虽一毫而莫取;惟江上之清风,与山间之明月,耳得之而为声,目遇之而成色。取之无禁,用之不竭。是造物者之无尽藏也,而吾与子之所共适。
怀着这样的情怀,就跟爱老师心灵相通了,何必再听别人去解读呢?
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