Thoughts on Siddhartha (vlog)

Here is a quick look into the book Siddhartha presented in a vlog.

A Place in the World

"He realized that something had left him, like the old skin that a snake shed." Sometimes I feel the same as Siddhartha felt. As in a part was missing in his life that used to be there. I also feel like I have left something behind that I can't return to.

"I wanted to rid myself of the Self..." How can someone not relate to this. I think what he is saying is how he wants to learn and fully understand and control his life. No  one can truly control their own Self. I for one definately am not. Many factors that are in our lives control it. Ourselves are just part of it.

"I will no longer try to escape from Siddhartha." I, like Siddhartha wish to be free from the teachings and the daily troubles of life. I want to learn and live from experiences I have with myself. Once he freed himself from the "Sorrows of the world," he could cleary view it, and what had been blinding him.

"All this is over for me now." Siddhartha said this as he realized what he had done. He has nothing more to strive for. I sometimes wonder where my life will go and what I will do. This really takes time and pacience to find. It is definately hard to completely change your life and restart it in just a few moments.

Siddhartha was truly alone from then on. "He sought his place in this world." He was lost and was searching for his niche on the planet. Just like anyone else, Siddhartha didn't know who he will be. Many people, including myself, don't know where they will be, but keep searching. No-one knows where they will turn up ,but they hope for the best. We hope for our place to be known.

Siddhartha will eventually find himself. As will everyone, in time.

A Blog for the Learners to Teach

Of all that I read, the discussion between Gotama and Siddhartha got my mind wondering. First, where does Govinda fit into this story? Then a few pages later it says that he will leave Siddhartha and devote himself to Gotama. Why does Gotama teach if the way to enlightenment is to learn as Siddhartha said? Why does Gotama think the goal is salvation from suffering? Why is Siddhartha striving for so much knowledge? Will Siddhartha's cleverness come back to haunt him later? All of these questions I hope will be answered later in the book.

Entering Words on Something Worth the Words

     As I read from pages 9 to page 20, I thought of a movie that really reminded me of what I was reading. I thought of Avatar. It was strange to me how Siddhartha put his mind into another animal and into a carcass and even into rocks and water. Avatar was similar by the fact that the main character was transformed into an aliens body and would control, walk, and think while being in this other form, just like how Siddhartha did so. Then as Siddhartha had trained himself to the cold, heat, breathing, and essentially thinking, It reminded me of the discipline Batman went under while he was training.What also struck me was how it says Siddhartha uses a sort of Jedi mind trick on the eldest Samana. Just as how Obi-Wan controlled the storm troopers, Siddhartha communicated to the eldest Samana of what he had planned on doing. Doing so, the Samana blessed him on his journey.