Peng Wei 彭薇
Migrations of Memory No.8 平沙落雁 — 八, 2017
Rice paper, plain painting 宣紙水墨
38 x 60 cm
Copyright The Artist
From The John Lennon Letters Dear Mr. Bulla, Thanks for your letter. If every request like yours was granted, there would be no ‘huge treasure’ as you call it. You...
From The John Lennon Letters
Dear Mr. Bulla,
Thanks for your letter.
If every request like yours was granted, there would be no ‘huge treasure’ as you call it. You say ‘peace of mind minus all other things on earth is equal to nothing’ – this doesn’t make sense. To have peace of mind one would have to have all that one desires – otherwise where is the peace of mind?
Even a ‘poor’ clerk can travel the world—as many people do—including friends of mine, some of whom are at this academy, nearly all equally ‘poor.’ All you need is initiative – if you don’t have this, I suggest you try transcendental meditation through which all things are possible.
With love,
John Lennon.
jai guru dev.
John Lennon to Mr. Bulla / Rishikesh / April 196
摘自《約翰·列儂書信集》第123頁
親愛的布拉先生,
謝謝來信。如果我滿足所有和你一樣的要求,你所說的“巨大的財富”早就不存在了。你說“心靈的平和減去世界上其他所有的東西就等於虛空”——這就話毫無意義。要達到心靈的平和,人要實現所有的慾望——不然心靈的平和在哪裡?
即使一個“窮”小職員也能環遊世界——很多人這樣做過——包括我的一些朋友,包括這所學校中的一些人,他們和你一樣“窮”。你需要的是動力——如果你沒有動力,我建議你試試超驗冥想,在冥想中,一切都變得有可能。
愛你的,
約翰·列儂
感謝古魯
約翰·列儂致布拉先生/瑞詩凱詩/1968年4月
Dear Mr. Bulla,
Thanks for your letter.
If every request like yours was granted, there would be no ‘huge treasure’ as you call it. You say ‘peace of mind minus all other things on earth is equal to nothing’ – this doesn’t make sense. To have peace of mind one would have to have all that one desires – otherwise where is the peace of mind?
Even a ‘poor’ clerk can travel the world—as many people do—including friends of mine, some of whom are at this academy, nearly all equally ‘poor.’ All you need is initiative – if you don’t have this, I suggest you try transcendental meditation through which all things are possible.
With love,
John Lennon.
jai guru dev.
John Lennon to Mr. Bulla / Rishikesh / April 196
摘自《約翰·列儂書信集》第123頁
親愛的布拉先生,
謝謝來信。如果我滿足所有和你一樣的要求,你所說的“巨大的財富”早就不存在了。你說“心靈的平和減去世界上其他所有的東西就等於虛空”——這就話毫無意義。要達到心靈的平和,人要實現所有的慾望——不然心靈的平和在哪裡?
即使一個“窮”小職員也能環遊世界——很多人這樣做過——包括我的一些朋友,包括這所學校中的一些人,他們和你一樣“窮”。你需要的是動力——如果你沒有動力,我建議你試試超驗冥想,在冥想中,一切都變得有可能。
愛你的,
約翰·列儂
感謝古魯
約翰·列儂致布拉先生/瑞詩凱詩/1968年4月