2009年8月19日 星期三

愛情中有自由,靈魂中有自在。


And when the farmer has got his house, he may not be the richer but the poorer for it, and it be the house that has got him. As I understand it, that was a valid objection urged by Momus against the house which Minerva made, that she "had not made it movable, by which means a bad neighborhood might be avoided"; and it may still be urged, for our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed in them; and the bad neighborhood to be avoided is our own scurvy selves. I know one or two families, at least, in this town, who, for nearly a generation, have been wishing to sell their houses in the outskirts and move into the village, but have not been able to accomplish it, and only death will set them free.

人類為了解決生活上的問題,往往想了一個比此問題更複雜的問題給自己。為了喝杯牛奶養一條牛就是典型的此類情況。為了得到一些舒適,他設計了一連串的圈套, 卻沒想到先把自己給套牢了。這就是我們貧窮的原因,即便我們週遭都被奢華的物質給包圍,卻犠牲了所有野蠻人所能享受到的。為何當初智慧之神否決了享樂之神所造的房子,就是因為享樂之神所造的房子不能移動,要是碰到了壞鄰居怎麼辦?我的叔叔嬸嬸十多年前就想要搬家,到最近終於還是決定不搬了。梭羅說:只到了死才能讓他們撒手。

就連我之前想要從我原來租屋處搬到隔了兩條街父母親的房子去住,便覺得非常困擾。人的問題是,一旦在一個地方定下來,就不想再搬了。這樣到最後還是會陷入自己所設的圈套之中。也許我要去一個地方之前,要先想好要怎麼離開。要不就是買一個可供窩身的空箱子,打幾個孔,讓空氣進的來,重點是要讓愛情中有自由,靈魂中有自在。

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