Chapter 62 Heaven

Nietzsche once wrote: If man's eyes are really opened, he will see God in heaven everywhere, because heaven is the current hidden in every inner depth. In Hesse's "Song of the Wanderer", the protagonist of the story is young and handsome, with both wisdom and insight, but what he pursues is not short-term worldly achievements, but the ideal of eternal transcendence, so he gave up everything and started Find the way of truth.He tried everything, including being an ascetic monk in the forest, falling in love with a prostitute, enjoying wealth and success, and even meeting the Buddha Sakyamuni who was preaching in India at that time, but he still got nothing.

At first, when he left home to search for the way, he passed a river. There was an old man on the river who dedicated his whole life to rafting people to the other side. All his wisdom and experience were learned from this river.The protagonist of the story finally returns to the river and takes over the task of supporting the raft. Finally, he obtains spiritual liberation from the river, or more correctly, from his heart, realizes the true meaning of Tao, and sees God in heaven. The outward search can always be obtained only in one's own heart. The Buddha's gatha said: "The Buddha is in Lingshan, don't seek far away, Lingshan is only in your heart."

As the poet Eliot said: Keep looking out, but eventually you will return to the beginning and learn for the first time that the place exists.