Because of this, many outstanding figures in the history of civilization are struggling to find a "home" where their thoughts can stop.
Jesus, the founder of Christianity, realized that the salvation that Jews urgently needed was not the salvation of external fate, but the improvement of internal morality. He shouted to the Jews, "The time is up, and the death of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel. "
Undoubtedly, Jesus wanted to replace the law with "love" and seek spiritual conversion to save the suffering Israelis, but his religious reform violated the interests of the upper class of Judaism and was crucified by the Jewish church on the charges of "false prophet" and "false Christ".
"I only know one thing, that is, I don't know anything." Who said that? Although he is ugly and comes from a blacksmith's family, his thoughts are shining. He is Socrates, the leader of western philosophy.
He guided human beings to know themselves, pursue spiritual home, and learn to doubt and criticize. It was these problems that led him to a dead end. How could the Athenian ruler let him guide the people to have their own ideas?
As a result, he was shackled and despised by the world. Thousands of years later, they can still imagine how painful it was for the sages to look at the stupid and conceited eyes on both sides of the street!
History is strikingly similar. In the East, Confucius, a sage who also advocated "benevolent politics", was ill-fated. In order to let the people live a stable life, let the monarch accept his own ideas and achieve political harmony, he took pains to lead his disciples to lobby in various vassal States. However, the sage ran into a wall all the way and was described as a "dying dog." What a mess!
Novalis said: "Philosophy is to find a home with eternal homesickness." Zhuangzi, another lovely "saint", has been looking for a spiritual home all his life. The world is poor, chaotic, poetic and colorless. When his wife died, he sang a stirring song to celebrate her return to her hometown of life. Even if it is a "carefree trip", you can't find a hometown that will never disappear. You can only sing an eternal love song to the sunset. What a sad tone! The "Utopia" in the dream goes further and further, and the sage would rather "drag his tail and live in the mud".
In order to find a spiritual home, human beings have to pay the price of blood and fire, and every step of it is thrilling. But it is precisely because of the ancestors and actions that have been exploring for the spiritual home that the human spirit is no longer lonely and hesitant.