“Slowly blossomed,
slowly ripened in Siddhartha the realisation, the knowledge, what wisdom
actually was, what the goal of his long search was. It was nothing but a
readiness of the soul, an ability, a secret art, to think every moment, while
living his life, the thought of oneness, to be able to feel and inhale the
oneness. Slowly this blossomed in him, was shining back at him from Vasudeva's
old, childlike face: harmony, knowledge of the eternal perfection of the world,
smiling, oneness”.
Siddhartha-
An Indian Tale | Hermann Hesse
In
this passage, Siddhartha wants to experience life by his own free will in order
to comprehend the “beauty and ugliness” of life. He states “through his own experience the importance and the meaning of
it and the meaning of everything that exist in the world” which he’s implying
only through experiences not from teaching of others. Furthermore, Siddhartha
is influenced by Buddha teaching, but wants to follow his own path. This
passage is important to me because as an individual, I believe we should strive
to explore life on our own terms.
I agree with you. Life should be explored on our own terms.
ReplyDeleteI also think that without experience, it is very difficult to understand the real meaning of live. We actually need to feel by ourselves how things are so we can value to what really matter.
ReplyDeleteThank you Geeta Rambhajue and Neysi Cepeda for the comments. I truly believe our experience is what guide us to developed wisdom.
ReplyDeleteYou all are right, Experience can only take us far in life.
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