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Thoreau, Henry D - Walden - Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in
Identifier
001852
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Henry D. Thoreau - Walden
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains. I would drink deeper; fish in the sky, whose bottom is pebbly with stars. I cannot count one. I know not the first letter of the alphabet. I have always been regretting that I was not as wise as the day I was born.........
I think the richest vein is somewhere hereabouts; so by the divining rod and thin rising vapours I judge; and here I will begin to mine.
The source of the experience
Thoreau, Henry DConcepts, symbols and science items
Science Items
Activities and commonsteps
Activities
Overloads
TuberculosisSuppressions
Being left handedCommuning with nature
Dont hurt
Reducing desires
Reducing opportunities
Reducing threats
Suppressing memory
Suppressing obligations