Siddhartha Journey

Enlightenment? The road less traveled on is often the road of most resistance, but when the road evens out and clears up even for an instance it reveals that the worst has already come and gone. There might be a few more rough patches on the road ahead, but the beginning is always the hardest part to get past. When the end of the road appears the best feeling will occurs to us, while everything that has happened along the road replays in the back of our minds and we realize that the end outcomes of our different experiences is the best thing that has ever happened to us. With these realisation like the one that Siddhartha had in the book Siddhartha we come to realize that the path to self-discovery must be never ending.

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The reason for this is to get some sort of closure between the two people that will be able to last and not cloud the mind with guilt or to have a constant weight on their shoulders. Another example of this is when Siddhartha’s son steals from him and the ferryman and runs away from them due to all the rage that had built up inside of him. This shows that if we keep resentment bottled up inside that when it comes rushing out it has the potential to sever family bonds and hurt those around them. The final example of having family bonds weather good or bad is when Siddhartha finally passes the last test before he becomes enlightened. Which was his son and when “His face resembled that of another person, whom he had once known and loved and even feared. It resembled the face of his father, the Brahmin”(Hesse ). This shows that when we are most vulnerable, we start to realize that we have more in common with those that we love than we once thought was possible and that even though thousands of miles could be between them and they are always near to give

For instance, when Siddhartha was traveling among the people when he worked with the merchant “He found it so easy to speak to everyone, to learn from everyone” (Hesse 69). This shows that once done passing the first road block, it made it easier to realize that there is something to talk and learn from everyone about. This creates bursts of knowledge not only about that person, but about their life which if different than everyone else creating growth within ourselves. Another example was when Siddhartha and the Buddha were talking to each other and the Buddha said “ ‘You who are thirsty for knowledge, against the thicker of opinions and the conflict of words.’ ”(Hesse 33). This an excellent example that no matter what nothing should get in the way of the search for knowledge because if we let the first obstacle in our way to self-discovery deter us from our quest, than we would never be able to figure anything about ourselves. The final example is when Siddhartha is telling Kamala about all that he learned from the Samanas was that “Nothing is caused by demons; there are no demons. Everyone can perform magic, everyone can reach his goal, if he can think, wait and fast’” (Hesse 60). This shows that nothing bad that happens in life is caused by demons. There might be bad people in the world, there are no demons. And that any goal that we might have can be reached if we can Think about