Siddhartha hesse5/8/2023 ![]() What is the meaning of any of this? Is there any point to living anymore? He considers death, wishing Atman (God) to ease him from the pain of his existence. He increasingly grows depressed and sickened by who he let himself become. He gambles irrational amounts of money and becomes addicted to the rush. Siddhartha eventually finds himself old, sick and desperately pulling at straws, thirsty for feelings of being alive. ![]() He loses himself in it this world, falling into the same temptations that he previously looked at with distaste. ![]() He explores a romantic relationship to learn more about love and lives with a merchant to observe ‘the games’ that every day people play in work, love and greed. ![]() He then discards his spiritual quest to take on a life of the flesh. As a boy, Siddhartha left his home and life-long religious practice, for a contemplative life. Siddhartha is a story of a man’s spiritual journey. It’s a beautiful story that I will repeatedly read, each time learning a new and profound lesson. Have you read Siddhartha? So many realizations hit me throughout this short 150-page book. The path is a spiral we have already climbed many steps. We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. ![]()
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