“We are wont to imagine rare and delectable places in some remote and more celestial corner of the system, behind the constellation of Cassiopeia 's Chair, far from noise and disturbance.” (Thoreau 72). If I could the bane of my desires were conceptualized within a single quote, that would be that quote; as Henry David Thoreau wrote in …show more content…
Thoreau teaches us we must find enlightenment within ourselves and reach spiritual equilibrium in the root of our existence, our essence of life. Yet, we are made to think will reach enlightenment by reading the words of a man who existed centuries ago. Even so, I learned to discover my own spiritual enlightenment years ago.
In Thoreau’s Walden, he said “We are wont to imagine rare and delectable places in some remote and more celestial corner of the system, behind the constellation of Cassiopeia 's Chair, far from noise and disturbance.” (Thoreau 72). My mother once asked me if I wanted to die. To her question, I respond now,”No, I don’t want to die, but I want to be liberated of the pains that make me want to die. To escape to a celestial corner beyond Cassiopeia’s Chair; I want to exist with existence itself and be released from the vice grip of desolation. I wish to live freely. That is what I live for; to lead a simpler