Recently, I’ve been having a difficult time managing where I want to go in the future, like completing a college class next year or even to college in general. It has been making my head spin and my emotions run wild. During my struggles, so coincidentally I was reading Siddhartha. This novel deeply impacted me by the lesson the author settled on; if one isn’t delighted with their current situation, then they should explore their various options that are available in the world. This shows me that if I feel unsatisfied with the situation that I’m in, I can always change it to my liking. I can find my purpose or the path I want to be successful or even ecstatic about when it comes to my life in the future. The author, Hermann Hesse’s novels
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Siddhartha, after leaving Kamala, would embark to a river where he would meet the next benefactor of this novel, the ferryman Vasudeva. This would be the inspiration that Siddhartha would obtain by observing him in the first place, where he would meet Vasudeva in his travels to the city Kamala lived in. Siddhartha would trek his way to the river after abandoning his fortune, property, and his lover. Siddhartha would fall asleep, and be awaken by a Buddha monk, who so happened to be Govinda, that protected him from a poisonous snake that attempted to kill Siddhartha in his slumber. Siddhartha notices it’s Govinda and so does Govinda himself. Siddhartha tells Govinda that he wants to change himself; he doesn’t want to be the rich man that he was. Govinda understands and leaves Siddhartha to find a new path. As Siddhartha wandered along by the river, he spots Vasudeva and begs him to become his apprentice. Vasudeva takes him and teaches him the ways of the river. Siddhartha would learn many things from the river: “to wait, to have patience, to listen.” He would sit on the dusty road next to the river and listen to his “heart.” He would listen for hours to his heartbeat wearily, in search of a “voice.” He would whisper the “Om,” to be able to feel the river, and the river felt back the emotions that Siddhartha was feeling. (127) Years later, after learning a new technique of experiencing enlightenment, Siddhartha comes upon a new troubling conflict in his life. About eleven years prior to joining Vasudeva in enlightenment with the river, he left Kamala, whom was with child at the time, encountered with him due to her pilgrimage to see the great Buddha. The Buddha, at that time, was dying of old age. The son was very upset that he had to go with his mother because she didn’t want to leave her son alone. The son wanted to be in the city, where he
Siddhartha, after leaving Kamala, would embark to a river where he would meet the next benefactor of this novel, the ferryman Vasudeva. This would be the inspiration that Siddhartha would obtain by observing him in the first place, where he would meet Vasudeva in his travels to the city Kamala lived in. Siddhartha would trek his way to the river after abandoning his fortune, property, and his lover. Siddhartha would fall asleep, and be awaken by a Buddha monk, who so happened to be Govinda, that protected him from a poisonous snake that attempted to kill Siddhartha in his slumber. Siddhartha notices it’s Govinda and so does Govinda himself. Siddhartha tells Govinda that he wants to change himself; he doesn’t want to be the rich man that he was. Govinda understands and leaves Siddhartha to find a new path. As Siddhartha wandered along by the river, he spots Vasudeva and begs him to become his apprentice. Vasudeva takes him and teaches him the ways of the river. Siddhartha would learn many things from the river: “to wait, to have patience, to listen.” He would sit on the dusty road next to the river and listen to his “heart.” He would listen for hours to his heartbeat wearily, in search of a “voice.” He would whisper the “Om,” to be able to feel the river, and the river felt back the emotions that Siddhartha was feeling. (127) Years later, after learning a new technique of experiencing enlightenment, Siddhartha comes upon a new troubling conflict in his life. About eleven years prior to joining Vasudeva in enlightenment with the river, he left Kamala, whom was with child at the time, encountered with him due to her pilgrimage to see the great Buddha. The Buddha, at that time, was dying of old age. The son was very upset that he had to go with his mother because she didn’t want to leave her son alone. The son wanted to be in the city, where he