马小秋秋言物语2第六十三章：地球病了(4)

The people who set the wildres—they are criminals. The people who cut down rainforests—they are stealing from future generations. The people who hunt a priceless heritage of ancient life—the Rhino—for greed and lust. They are destroyers. We will reap what we sow.
Tao is mindless. We will not be able to cope with the forces of nature we unleash by our actions.
We should reect on our willful massacre of other creatures that upset the ecological balance that made way for the spreading of the virus. If we all acted according to Tao with regard for other creatures and self- discipline, we can “attain the utmost in passivity and hold rm to the basis of quietude” to reach a state of “original simplicity”, we will be healthy and generate wisdom. The planet will recover if given the chance.
In this global pandemic, few of us are qualied to act as rst responders. Still, we can do our bit to benet the family. In the time when we cannot go out, we can revive the art of conversation and do the other things we have put aside. This is what we call “returning home”. Each meal warms us together, as if around a campre. Each plant we grow at home, each bowl and glass, are signs of civilization, which, like time, is a precious thing. We can read and study. The Earth wants us to provide her with silence and peace.
Are we listening?