JulieScrabook7

Julie's Self Realization Scrapbook
= With the Samanas = === My self-deprivation experience was not as difficult as I had previously expected it to be. I chose to give up Netflix and any other online movies and tv shows. On the first day I felt quite confident and thought that the whole thing was going to be a piece of cake. I was excited to get started and thought this would be a positive experience for me. Instead of coming home and watching Neflix, I chose to do other valuable things with my time. I went to my room and read a book. I had previously started a new novel that I had put down due to my obsession with Netflix and this had given me the opportunity to finally finish it. In this novel, Siddhartha partakes in his own self deprivation, "He fasted 28 days. The flesh disappeared from his legs and cheeks. Strange dreams were reflected in his enlarged eyes" (12). Although I am not going to such extremes, the escence of what Siddhartha is doing is portrayed in my assignment. ===

=== The next day I came home and was feeling very tired. I wanted nothing more than to hop in my cozy bed curled up with my laptop but I stayed strong and refused to give up that easily. Instead I thought that this would be a great opportunity to start my homework. Now that I was choosing not to waste hours of my time watching Netflix, I got started on my homework earlier and also finished earlier which let me go to bed earlier and get much more needed sleep. I learned a lot about myself and that I am able to stick to something if I am truely willing to get it done. I think that this was a good test of my mental endurance and I am proud to say that I managed to do what I had originally set out to accomplish. === === On the last day I felt very proud of myself. I had managed to stick to my goal and follow through with what I set out to do. I am happy that I chose to give up Netflix and I think in the end I positively benefited from it. ===



= Awakening =



==== Siddhartha reached awakening after exploring many different paths. To reach enlightenment, he chose to leave his friends and family to join the Samanas with his best friend Govina. To Siddhartha, awakening was a very stunning and intriguing experience. when he says, "The world was beautiful and colorful (37)" he explains how he percieved this new world he was viewing for the 'first time'. To him, awakening let him see all of the different colors of the earth. "Here was blue, here was yellow, here was green (38)" he says while trying to describe his experience. I chose to draw a tree, a river, and mountains because of this quote: "All of this, the yellow and blue, river and frost entered Siddhartha for the first time though the eyes (38)". ====

=Samsara= My Daily Life


 * 1) Wake up
 * 2) get dressed
 * 3) make breakfast
 * 4) go to school
 * 5) come home and watch tv
 * 6) go to bed

"For a long time siddhartha had lived the life of the world without belonging to it. His senses, which he had deadened during his ardent samana years, were again awakened. He had tasted riches, passion and power, but for a long time he remained a Samana in his heart.......His life was always directed by the art of thinking, waiting and fasting. The people of the world, the ordinary people, were still alien to him, just as he was apart from them." (page75)



My life is fairly routine. I wake up every moring and get ready for school. I eat breakfast and leave my house in time to get to the bus. When i finally get to school I attend all of my different classes. Although I am at school every day and go to most of the same classes, new and exciting things happen that make school interesting. I enjpy hanging out with all of my friends and learning new things. Every school day is different and I enjoy being there most of the time. At 3:45 i am allowed to go home. When i get home i usually do my homework and then later on that night i eat dinner. After dinner, i watch about an hour of television before taking a shower and going to bed. The next morning i do it all over again.

=The River= media type="youtube" key="20OiXaEL16o" height="315" width="420" AINT NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH Ain't no mountain high Ain't no vally low Ain't no river wide enough, baby If you need me, call me No matter where you are No matter how far Just call my name I'll be there in a hurry You don't have to worry 'Cause baby, There ain't no mountain high enough Ain't no valley low enough Ain't no river wide enough To keep me from getting to you

"He wandered painfully along the river bank, listened to the rippling of the water, listened to the gnawing hunger in his body (p102)".

This song is relevant to Siddhartha because it talks about a river and the singer tells us that there isn't anything he wouldn't endure to get to his lover. This can be related to Siddhartha because in the book, Siddhartha wants so badly to give up and give in to his hunger and thirst, but he is stronger than that and sticks to his gut. In the song, the singer is just as determined as Siddhartha is and is confident that there is nothing that can stop him from getting to the one he loves.

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JUST AROUND THE RIVERBEND What I love most about rivers is: You can't step in the same river twice The water's always changing, always flowing But people, I guess, can't live like that We all must pay a price To be safe, we lose our chance of ever knowing What's around the riverbend Waiting just around the riverbend

"I have learned that from the river too; everthing comes back. You, too samana, will come back back (p49)".

This particular song stuck out to me because of the meaningful lyrics. Pocahontas sings "the waters always changing, always flowing" which is very similar to the message in Siddhartha, who tells us that "everything comes back" meaning that there is an endless cycle of life and we all benefit from eachother and help eachother out in more ways than we realize.

media type="youtube" key="C8OBlq_svBY" height="315" width="420" UNDER THE SEA

The seaweed is always greener In somebody else's lake You dream about going up there But that is a big mistake Just look at the world around you Right here on the ocean floor Such wonderful things surround you What more is you lookin' for? Under the sea Under the sea

"the river looked at him with a thousand eyes- green, white, crystal, sky blue. How he loved this river, how it enchanted him, how grateful he was to it! (p101)".

This has always been one of my favoite Disney songs since i was a child. The crab sings about the wonders of the ocean, and how beautiful it is. In the book, Siddhartha is also mesmerized by the beautys of the river and is just realizing how great and enchanted it is. =Kamala=




 * Name**: Kamala


 * Location**: The Pleasure Grove


 * Eyes**: Dark Brown


 * Hair**: Chocolate Brown with Caramel Streaks


 * About Me:** she has "...A bright, very sweet, very clever face, a bright red mouth like a freshly cut fig, artful eyebrows painted in a high arch, dark eyes, clever and observant, and a clear slender neck above her green and gold gown (p51)". I am a very beautiful woman. I have a bright fair face and arched elegant eyes. I have long brown hair and fine clothes. I have fair red lips and very am young. "....hands were firm and smooth, long and slender, with broad gold bangles on her wrists (p51)".