Hear this miracle

Betty 2022-09-18 23:04:29

"This is a meadow somewhere on the earth at dawn. Under the prairie is a huge world like a planet. Compared with our world, the thick grass has become a forest, the small stones are like mountains, and the small water droplets are like an ocean. The sea, time passes in different ways, an hour is like a day, a day is like a season, a season is like a lifetime, to explore the world, we must remain silent and listen to this miracle.” The opening remarks are also the only lines. There is not a single line in the text, and the creatures in nature use their lives to deduce the miracles of the microscopic world. Through the white and silent clouds in the sky, this vast land is overgrown with green grass and gurgling water. In the depths of this green grass and flowing water, there are countless weak and beautiful lives. Following the camera to the green grass, it turns out that there is such a grand, bright and unknown world here. I saw extremely tiny droplets of water on every slender hair of the caterpillar. I saw crystal clear dewdrops hanging on the spider web, like pearl necklaces, shiny and white. I saw a drop of water resting on a green leaf, and the ant was sucking it, soaking its thirsty throat. I saw a pale yellow chrysalis on a stem. The life inside was struggling to break through the shackles. Finally, a butterfly leaned out, revealing beautiful spots and a graceful body. I saw how the morning glory bloomed, how the petals opened, how the stamens were revealed. I saw the frequency of the bee flapping its wings so fast, it lingered among the delicate flowers, picking honey and singing. I saw how the lady beetle opened its elytra and fluttered its soft wings, swallowing the aphids and fighting the ants that protected them. I saw two snails touch each other with their slender tentacles, they stick together like glue and compose a song of love. I saw the spider waiting for the prey that was about to hit the web, ready to go, quickly wrapped the prey with silk, and then enjoyed it. I saw baby wasps lying lazily in the hive, sweetly sucking the food from the wasps. I saw the dung beetle pushing the dung ball and kept going forward for a moment, never giving up when encountering obstacles, just persisting like that, as if everything had nothing to do with it. I saw the pheasant pecking at the ant colony under its feet. It was so delicious and tempting. I saw sundew silently wrap around an unsuspecting bee, and it would be its meal. I saw a group of caterpillar babies lined up in a circle gnawing at the leaves, like a group of greedy urchins, very cute. I saw a luminous larva on the calm water leaning out of the water little by little. It turned out that it was a mosquito. I see the ripples on the water when the storm comes, the raindrops on the water The water splashes and the ripples are pushed away a little bit, and finally calm down. I saw the shadows of foxtail and unknown insects in the light of night, so quiet and moving. I saw the shadows of trees, the moon, the clouds, and the night light reflected on the calm lake, like a poem of the night, quiet and deep. … As the film opens: Time passes in different ways, an hour passes like a day, a day passes a season, a season passes a lifetime, and to explore the world, we must remain silent and listen to the miracle. Compared with humans, the life of insects is really short. Suddenly, I feel that "well frogs can't talk about the sea, summer insects can't talk about ice" is not a derogatory term. The life of insects is short. . However, isn't the competition, slaughter, hostility, and mutual benefit among insects just like human society? The only thing we have in common should be the love and reverence for life. The film reminded me of the "Insects" I watched in the beginning, and awakened my memory of a series of insects such as scarabs, beetles, fireflies and wasps. At the same time, it reminds me of Rachel Carson's earnest alert to human beings in "Silent Spring". In the balance of natural systems, insects play an important role. If you want to control the number of a certain species, natural enemies are The best option has never given way to pesticides. Humans are always condescending, we always pay attention to the macro universe but often ignore the micro world, just as we always pay attention to the whole and ignore the details. When we stopped, lowered our heads, and looked at nature with the eyes of a child, we suddenly found out that every tiny world is unique! We are not the masters, nor should we be arrogant because we stand at the top of the food chain, the world is ours and theirs, and "and" is the eternal theme. If we want to explore this mysterious world, we should not establish the consciousness of the master who holds the right to life and death of all things, but should treat all life with the attitude of companions and friends. Keep silent, feel the heartbeat of the earth, listen to the laughter of the wind, listen to the breath of the rain, listen to the sound of flowers blooming, listen to the sound of this miracle of nature. Time passes in different ways, an hour is like a day, a day is like a season, a season is like a lifetime, and to explore the world we must remain silent and listen to the miracle. Compared with humans, the life of insects is really short. Suddenly, I feel that "well frogs can't talk about the sea, summer insects can't talk about ice" is not a derogatory term. The life of insects is short. . However, isn't the competition, slaughter, hostility, and mutual benefit among insects just like human society? The only thing we have in common should be the love and reverence for life. The film reminded me of the "Insects" I watched in the beginning, and awakened my memory of a series of insects such as scarabs, beetles, fireflies and wasps. At the same time, it reminds me of Rachel Carson's earnest alert to human beings in "Silent Spring". In the balance of natural systems, insects play an important role. If you want to control the number of a certain species, natural enemies are The best option has never given way to pesticides. Humans are always condescending, we always pay attention to the macro universe but often ignore the micro world, just as we always pay attention to the whole and ignore the details. When we stopped, lowered our heads, and looked at nature with the eyes of a child, we suddenly found out that every tiny world is unique! We are not the masters, nor should we be arrogant because we stand at the top of the food chain, the world is ours and theirs, and "and" is the eternal theme. If we want to explore this mysterious world, we should not establish the consciousness of the master who holds the right to life and death of all things, but should treat all life with the attitude of companions and friends. Keep silent, feel the heartbeat of the earth, listen to the laughter of the wind, listen to the breath of the rain, listen to the sound of flowers blooming, listen to the sound of this miracle of nature. Time passes in different ways, an hour is like a day, a day is like a season, a season is like a lifetime, and to explore the world we must remain silent and listen to the miracle. Compared with humans, the life of insects is really short. Suddenly, I feel that "well frogs can't talk about the sea, summer insects can't talk about ice" is not a derogatory term. The life of insects is short. . However, isn't the competition, slaughter, hostility, and mutual benefit among insects just like human society? The only thing we have in common should be the love and reverence for life. The film reminded me of the "Insects" I watched in the beginning, and awakened my memory of a series of insects such as scarabs, beetles, fireflies and wasps. At the same time, it reminds me of Rachel Carson's earnest alert to human beings in "Silent Spring". In the balance of natural systems, insects play an important role. If you want to control the number of a certain species, natural enemies are The best option has never given way to pesticides. Humans are always condescending, we always pay attention to the macro universe but often ignore the micro world, just as we always pay attention to the whole and ignore the details. When we stopped, lowered our heads, and looked at nature with the eyes of a child, we suddenly found out that every tiny world is unique! We are not the masters, nor should we be arrogant because we stand at the top of the food chain, the world is ours and theirs, and "and" is the eternal theme. If we want to explore this mysterious world, we should not establish the consciousness of the master who holds the right to life and death of all things, but should treat all life with the attitude of companions and friends. Keep silent, feel the heartbeat of the earth, listen to the laughter of the wind, listen to the breath of the rain, listen to the sound of flowers blooming, listen to the sound of this miracle of nature. Viewing the universe often ignores the microscopic world, just as always pays attention to the whole and ignores the details. When we stopped, lowered our heads, and looked at nature with the eyes of a child, we suddenly found out that every tiny world is unique! We are not the masters, nor should we be arrogant by standing at the top of the food chain, the world is ours and theirs, and "and" is the eternal theme. If we want to explore this mysterious world, we should not establish the consciousness of the master who holds the right to life and death of all things, but should treat all life with the attitude of companions and friends. Keep silent, feel the heartbeat of the earth, listen to the laughter of the wind, listen to the breath of the rain, listen to the sound of flowers blooming, listen to the sound of this miracle of nature. Viewing the universe often ignores the microscopic world, just as always pays attention to the whole and ignores the details. When we stopped, lowered our heads, and looked at nature with the eyes of a child, we suddenly found out that every tiny world is unique! We are not the masters, nor should we be arrogant because we stand at the top of the food chain, the world is ours and theirs, and "and" is the eternal theme. If we want to explore this mysterious world, we should not establish the consciousness of the master who holds the right to life and death of all things, but should treat all life with the attitude of companions and friends. Keep silent, feel the heartbeat of the earth, listen to the laughter of the wind, listen to the breath of the rain, listen to the sound of flowers blooming, listen to the sound of this miracle of nature.

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Microcosmos quotes

  • Narrator (English version): [beginning narration] A meadow in early morning, somewhere on Earth. Hidden here is a world as vast as our own, where the weeds are like impenetrable jungles, the stones are mountains, and even the smallest pond becomes an ocean. Time passes differently here: an hour is like a day, a day is like a season, and the passing of a season is a lifetime. But to observe this world, we must fall silent now, and listen to its murmurs.

  • Narrator (English version): [ending narration] The night gives way once more. Nothing will stop what's now in motion, what hides in shadow, what searches forward, what flutters toward the light. Here, where time is measured out in moments, and new lives emerge from darkness, a day begins like any other. Beyond anything we can imagine, and yet almost beneath our notice.

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