Ferry man-self-salvation of soul

? The Ferry Man is a novel by British writer Claire Mcfall. The author understands the warmth of human nature from the perspective of young people, and expresses everyone's yearning for the ultimate happiness of family, friendship and love through what the heroines Tristan and Dylan see and feel. The novel is not long, the language is simple, and it is a fantastic spiritual journey with dark elements, sunshine and strength. It is said to be a healing novel, perhaps because the heroine of the story was reborn at the end, but I prefer to regard my reading experience as a spiritual practice.

? Some people regard Tristan as China's version of black and white impermanence. Indeed, they take people's souls after they die. There are indeed similarities between them. Only in the legend of China people, black and white impermanence is always fierce and heartless. They obey everyone's fate, detain their souls when mortal life is about to run out, and then enter the next reincarnation. However, Tristan in the story is a ferryman. They have no fixed shape. After the soul leaves the body, it becomes the most acceptable appearance of the soul, accompanying them through a difficult journey, crossing the wasteland and reuniting with their dead relatives.

I believe that if there is a soul, everyone will be confused and lost at the moment after death, and will form a wasteland in their hearts. Someone crossed the wasteland and finally arrived at the home in memory, as if he had ascended to heaven; Some people are eroded by the devil and finally become a member of the devil. They will fall into hell forever. But these should not be the arrangement of fate, but the self-salvation of each soul.

? /kloc-Dylan, 0/5 years old, wants to get rid of her present life and look forward to seeing her father. But when the train had an accident in the tunnel, she climbed out of the train desperately, only to find that she was the only survivor, but in front of her, it was a wasteland. The boy sitting on the hillside not far away left the scene with her. They started their journey across the wasteland together, and Dylan finally discovered the fact that he was dead. Finally, they crossed many obstacles and arrived successfully. After life and death, Dylan fell in love with Tristan, the ferryman. They confided in each other before the dividing line, and Dylan looked forward to Tristan crossing the border together. But the ferryman can't go beyond the rules, he can only accept God's arrangement and continue to ferry the next soul. Dylan, who has reached the other side of the wasteland, and Tristan, who is wandering in the wasteland, seem to have no chance to meet again.

The story is not over. The sad Dylan intends to return to the wilderness to find Tristan. Although the demons she saw along the way frightened her, and the soul without the protection of the ferryman was more dangerous in the wilderness, the flame of love only became stronger when she thought that she would never see Tristan again in her life. She opened the door to the wasteland and constantly challenged her physical and psychological limits. She raced against the sun and the devil ... despite the twists and turns, they finally met. Maybe love is the source of strength to lead her back to the wasteland, but Dylan's inner persistence is the magic weapon for her to beat the devil alone in the wasteland. The meeting between them seems to verify the proverb: Everything will be fine, and jack shall have Jill, but I prefer to regard it as Dylan's beautiful attempt to overcome his inner loneliness. She was afraid that there would be no Tristan and that she would live a quiet life from now on. These are the loneliness that she predicted and refused to accept. She overcame her fears and broke the long-standing rules. Her rebirth is actually self-salvation, isn't it?

? Everyone is a city. Some people close the city gate and can't get out by themselves. Others can't get in, sometimes they don't want to, sometimes they dare not, but it always makes us feel lonely. Or walk alone in the bustling streets where people come and go, and the crowded people are unfamiliar faces; Or everyone is intoxicated with the lively party, but you suddenly feel lonely when the music reaches its climax; Or you stay up late and work overtime, but a colleague who is good at dancing with long sleeves has taken the credit; Or when the world you see is getting bigger and bigger, and you feel less and less important, you finally find that some people are born to live the life you want, and no matter how hard you try, there is no hope ... You don't want to integrate into the surrounding circles, and you don't want others to break into your world, so you are more and more lonely and afraid of loneliness.

? I don't know if there are really ferrymen like Tristan, waiting to take our souls across the wasteland at the end of the year. All I know is that we are still alive. When we have the pursuit and desire, life will never be smooth sailing. Some people may laugh at your overreaching, and some people may take your efforts as a joke. Your loneliness, no one can save you except yourself. Either indulge in the present comfort, or change, or be forced to change. Even if you expect someone to get rid of worldly troubles, you have to create opportunities, right? After all, life is not an idol drama, and it is impossible for God and all the gods and buddhas to care for anyone.

Dylan just wants to find Tristan with hope. If Tristan is his ferryman, she is not Tristan's ferryman. She made him bleed for the first time, making him want to live a normal life, not a ferryman who changed his form at will. She made him feel the beauty of human nature again after countless soul journeys, and finally became indifferent after experiencing human greed and selfishness. On the other hand, isn't she ferrying for herself? The moment she opened the door, she put herself in front of the demon who was eyeing up. Without the protection of the ferryman, she still walked stubbornly and bravely alone-she waded through the stinking black lake and struggled to death under the siege of the devil. She saw the weak soul torn by the devil and risked her life to help other souls. ...

There may be some ferrymen in our life. They appear in our lives, accompany us through difficult journeys and help us find ourselves. When we are confused, we need such ferrymen, but more importantly, we need to have enough perseverance and courage to be our own ferrymen in order to really get out of the quagmire of life. Life is so long, no one can always accompany you to protect you; Our world is so complicated that no one is really an ant in your heart and understands all your pain and anxiety. If there is, it would be terrible.

The more you grow up, the more lonely you are, because you begin to find that the world is far more complicated than we thought. You should learn to adapt to different situations with different faces. Under different faces, you also begin to find other people's different faces, social injustice, ugliness of human nature and fragile feelings ... You may find temporary comfort from others, but what about being confused and overwhelmed? You must always learn to face it.