Complexion of Siddhartha In Siddhartha, Hesse proves to have a great understanding for eastern philosophy. It is a book about finding a path, a place in life, a way to be, a place where one can fit in and a task to fulfill. It is a long process of spiritual maturation Siddhartha goes through. He listens to many teachers, but always moves on. The quest brings him to both extremes - living as a rich …
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…There are two very real aspects to the world, the physical and the spiritual, which are very tightly interwoven. True happiness occurs when one can strike the balance between the two. Siddhartha finds a spiritual teacher in the river, a physical thing that Siddhartha recognized as having a spiritual aspect. Siddhartha recognized the illusion of time, but he failed to fully recognize the illusion that is the false division between the physical and the spiritual.