THOUGHTS ON: Siddhartha and the spiritual journey

Worth the accolades it has received over the years, Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha is a judicious reminder that you need to find your own way spiritually. I love that Siddharta’s Holy Om is almost tangible; you can feel the inner peace emanating from the pages.

"Was not then the source within his own heart? One must find the source within one's own Self, one must possess it. Everything else was seeking - a detour, error."

"When all the Self was conquered and dead, when all passions and desires were silent, then the last must awaken, the innermost of Being that is no longer Self - the great secret!"

But while every individual learns his own way, we can draw from Siddhartha's methods. He learns from experiences, life, teachers and himself and his spiritual journey encompasses the mind, the flesh and transcendence. He finds his individual way, but also that he is part of something bigger - he discovers the unity of all things; that he is in everything and everything is in him.

SM