Free Siddhartha Essays: Wisdom is Difficult :: Hesse Siddhartha Essays

As human beings, we sometimes can not synchronize our minds and heads. When we are at our achiever of knowledge or intellect, we blind our mind with our ambition which comes along in reaching the knowledge or intellect. As a young brahmin, Siddhartha, has been taught that Brahmin is the soul of Atman or the Only One (Chapter 1, page 5). It means that Brahmin is the highest position beside the Creator. This intellect alienates Siddharthas Self. He does not think that his superiors Self will give him salvation. Siddhartha thinks his Self conquers himself. He wants his Self to die to find lore and spiritual knowledge.   Rather than searching for his soul, Siddhartha attemps to destroy his Self through suffering of Samanic asceticism. He sees that Samanas knowledge might lead him to his salvation. In page 11 chapter 2, we read ...had one(a) single goal--to become empty, to become empty of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure and sorrow--to let the Self die. No longer to be Self, to experience the peace of an emptied heart, to experience pure thought... Although Siddhartha does the scourge, he does not find his salvation. He quests his torment which is only escaped from the Self for temporarily. Again, Siddhartha rejects and leaves the Samana ascetic knowledge.   Siddhartha ends his knowledge quests Brahminism, Samanic asceticism, and Buddhism. He turns to the use of his senses in finding his goal. His main goal is to be his Self. His sense of being is isolated by his knowledge. He realizes that he does not know his Self which he has spent his life avoiding. He vows him self to explore the Self.   The second tone of voice of Siddharthas journey is realizing that although he has knowledge, knowledge is not enough without experience. Experience can be gained through practicing knowledge. Also he realizes that thought and sense must be used together to find the way. He meets with Kamala whose beauty and intellegence overwhelms him. Kamalas observation an d sensitiveness religious service Siddhartha to develop his sense of love. To paid for her lectur, he has his think, wait, and fast(chapter 5, page 46). With Kamalas help in another lecture, he gains the combination of the simplicity and intelegence.   As he grows older, he makes a friend with Vasudeva, the rivers man. Their life is near to the end of the harmonization of the universe.