# 213: Siddhartha — Too Early?
Story behind the Passage
On some days, it is really strange to be living among human beings who worry about money, clothes, and status. Well, this is strange every day but on some days, you become particularly aware of it. And on these days, I always ask myself if it is a blessing or a curse to be seeing these things? This is why I turned towards Siddhartha today. I love Hesse’s writing and I particularly loved reading Siddhartha. Or maybe that is a lie. I think, I loved Demian and Unterm Rad more. Is it not so funny how human beings always compare and judge? It does not matter, actually. It just matters what you do with your insights and that is a matter of choice. Sometimes I wish I were 50 already. My choices would be the same, actually, because they come from the same source. But they would look more plausible to outsiders.
Who cares about outsiders?
My Learnings
Can insight come too early in life?
Who brought me to lift the veil so soon?
Was it Siddhartha?
Was it the Bible?
How can it be that the journey ends so soon?
What do you do with life afterwards?
Where is the anchor of normalcy?
Where are the people who benefit?
Is it fair to be seeing in the dark?
Why does it make everything so unimportant?
Who else can feel the silence?
How can it be that words cause shivers?
How has humanity come to this?
Are there only seeing and blind?
Why is it so easy to say “yes” to everything?
Where has the longing for reunion with nature gone?
Why is “waiting to let things happen” easier in the desert?
How come that the warmth feels like home?
Should I have waited to learn what knowing means?
How often do I have to run from it?
Why does it feel so rich on some days?
Do I have to wait all life to pass it on?
How can I guide people better?
How can they see that they are the magic wand?
Reflection Questions
1)Why, do you think, are writers and artists, inlcuding Hesse, so much affected by mental struggles and depression?
2) What do you know about the book Siddhartha?
3) Who is/was your most important “teacher” in life so far?