Walden

Walden is a record of Thereau's two-year life beside the lake Walden.It recorded Thereau's desire, conflicts and his self-adjustment during the time.Thereau demonstrated how the life would be without technique and the excessive material desire. He pictured a imaginary life to us in which we have nothing but necessities, chasing nothing but our true needs and spiritual wealth. He called for a economic lifestyle and the harmony between nature and us humanity. The book was published in the mid of 19th century, during the second industrial revolution. In that era, with the accelerating development of technique, more power was generated and more goods were producted. Thus, people's material desire surged. And they lost their spiritual pursuit during their chasing for the superior. Meanwhile, during the expanding, people occupied natural resources and polluted the river unlimitedly, which would ultimately threaten human's own life. Walden is a book against the crisis of Thereau's age, but these long-lasting issues made the book prevalent and influential nowadays. Confronted with the global warming and other hazard environmental concerns, we still need to learn from Thereau's wisdom which is full of foreseeing and philosophy. From another aspect, Walden is a book about solitude and isolation. Thereau lived on the shore of Walden alone, just like the youngsters nowadays, living alone and are isolated from the others. Solitude is sometimes inevitable, and Thereau pointed out some methods through which we can get through these hard times. For one thing, enjoy the nature. Thus, void would be filled and the loss of emotion would be compensated. Secondly, enjoy yourself. Medicating, that was what Thereau had done when there's nothing but nature and solitude. It would heighten your spirituality and your soul would be liberated from your own pain. You will see something bigger. It feels like a feather floating in the sky, light and graceful. Nowadays many youngster indulge in the virtual world of the Internet to release their solitude. However, we should not let the virtual world replaced our own spiritual world. On the one hand, spiritual world is original. It can enable us to live our own life. What's more, the virtual world occupied our imagination to exist. But we shall not be restrained by it. Infinity, that is what spirits means. Besides, Walden was a book full of emotions and kinks. Thereau was a master of metaphor.He had a gorgeous expression, solely using the most concise and natural words. You will immerse in the slient and simple world that Thereau created while reading. And that will refresh yourself and assist you to gather the underlying power of the universe to triumph over the terror inspired by your own self. The nature nourished us humanity and our thinkings and emotions are closely related to the nature. Thereau had found this hidden connection, and he led us to it. To be frank, Walden is not a easy reading book. It's a kind of book that would be placed on the top of the shelf. Similar to Meditations written by the Imperator Caesar, concepts are scattered over the book. But the pocess of reading is also a course, which can help you to settle down and being peace. Reading is a journey which needs courage and determination, just as our life.