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=Kara Williams's Self-Realization Scrapbook= =With the Samanas:= =The Assignment=



To understand how the Samanas feel, we gave up something we enjoy for a week. I chose to give up lemonade because even though I drink it everyday it is not a necessity.

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=The Beginning=


 * Whenever I get something to drink it is always lemonade that I grab out of the refrigerator.**
 * Instead, I would drink a nice glass of water. I didn't really miss my lemonade that much yet.**
 * I thought I would " become empty of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure and sorrow" ( Hessem14).**
 * Without lemonade I thought I would feel empty but, it wasn't all that bad. At least yet.**

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=The Middle=


 * By day three I started to miss drinking lemonade. I would try to replace the thought of it quickly though.**
 * When I was in the refrigerator I would hide it behind other containers so I would not have to see it.**
 * Even looking at the lemonade made me want it more and more.**
 * I almost forgot one morning and grabbed the lemonade.**
 * Then, I sadly put it back down and got a bottle of water.**
 * I can not imagine how Siddhartha felt when he would go long periods of time without eating.**
 * Siddhartha was "conquering of pain, through hunger, thirst, and fatigue." (15)**
 * I know Siddhartha has more strength than I ever would because**
 * I do not believe I could go without food that long nor**
 * would I want to.**



= = =The End=


 * By the end of the week I would open up the refrigerator and just stare at the lemonade.**
 * I could almost taste the bitter sweet taste of the lemonade and feel it running down my throat.**
 * By day six I was craving lemonade all day long!**
 * I knew my week was almost up and I would not give in.**
 * I knew that some people all over the world are not fortunate to even have a glass of water.**
 * Siddhartha said, "are we on the right road? Are we gaining knowledge?" (17)**
 * By the end of the week, I had had so many thoughts that had run through my head and**
 * thought about all the less fortunate people that I really enjoyed that glass of lemonade I**
 * had when I was finished.**

=The River:=

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 * What does Siddhartha's "Awakening" look like? I chose to draw this picture because Siddhartha sees "The world was beautiful strange and mysterious. Here was blue, here was yellow, here was green, sky and river, woods and mountains, all beautiful, all mysterious and enchanting, and in the midst of it, he, Siddhartha, the awakened one, on the way to himself. All this, all this yellow and blue, river and wood, passed for the first time across Siddhartha's eyes. It was no longer the magic of Mara, it was no more the veil of Maya, it was no longer meaningless and the chance diversities of the appearances of the world, despised by deep-thinking Brahmins, who scorned diversity, who sought unity. River was river, and if the One and Divine in Siddhartha secretly lived in blue and river, it was just the divine art and intention that there should be yellow and blue, there sky and wood -- and here Siddhartha." (39). I imagined a river going into the distance of the mountains and the sun rising from behind the mountain. I invisioned everything having eyes and lots of trees.**

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==Looking For: I'm looking for a man in fine clothes, fine shoes and plenty of money in their purses. Not a man in torn clothes. A man mus bring presents for Kamala. I want a man whom will respect me and my body and not kiss my lips against my will.==

=Samsara:= 1.Wake up 2. Actually get out of bed 3. Get ready for school (brush teeth, makeup, hair, ect.) 4. Make breakfast 5. Go to school 6.Go home 7. Eat dinner 8. Workout 9. Do homework 10.Go to sleep

**Quote from Siddhartha:**
"He had tasted riches, passion and power, but for a long time he remained a Samana in his heart." (75) "His life was always directed by the art of thinking, waiting and fasting." (75) "He had become rich. He had long possessed a house oh his own and his own servants, and a garden at the outskirts of the town, by the river. People liked him; they came to him if they wanted money or advice." =The Comic!=

Analysis:
My week days are on a strict routine. I get waken up at 6:00am by my father. Then I actually get out of bed at 6:10am. After getting up, I go in the bathroom, get dressed, do my makeup, fix my hair, and brush my teeth. Then I go into the kitchen and make me breakfast. I then quickly grab my stuff and run to get on the bus. Then I am in school for almost 7 hours. I ride the bus home which takes an hour and as soon as I get home I eat dinner I finish my dinner, I workout. After I workout I take a shower then do my homework. Right after homework, I fall asleep because I had such a tiring day. Week days seem to go by really quick. I think mainly because i have a schedule to go by.

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**Lyrics:**
"As I went down in the river to pray Studying about that good ol' way And who shall wear the starry crown? Good Lord show me the way!"

**Quote from the text:**
"It is a beautiful river," he said to his companion. "Yes," said the ferryman, "it is a very beautiful river. I love it above everything. I have often listened to it, gazed at it, and I always learned something from it. One can learn much from a river." (49)

**Analysis:** In the story, the river symbolizes life and enlightenment. The rivers sounds
suggest sounds of all living things. In the song the river represents a place of knowledge, peacefulness and calmness. The river is a place to that is peaceful to pray. In both text the river symbolizes knowledge, peacefulness and calmness.

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**Lyrics:**
"Somewhere between that setting sun I'm on fire and born to run." "I was so alive, never been more free"

**Quote from the text:**
"Siddhartha looked up and around him, a smile crept over his face, and a strong feeling of awakening from a long dream spread right through his being. Immediately he walked on again, quickly," (39) "Here was blue, here was yellow,here was green, sky and river, woods and mountains," (39)

**Analysis:**
Siddhartha had finally reached enlightenment. I feel as if the feeling that overtook Siddhartha made him feel free and alive. In the lyrics to the song the guy is in love with this girl and when your in love you just feel alive and free. "Somewhere between that setting sun" Siddhartha had saw enlightenment and it had awakened him.

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**Lyrics:**
"River of love, River of love, River of love. Rolling on the river of love, Let's go rolling, rolling on the river of love. Let's go rolling on the river of love. Rolling on the river of love. Rolling on the river of love. Let's go rolling, rolling on the river of love."

**Quote from the text:**
"I will remain by this river, thought Siddhartha. It is the same river which I crossed on my way to the town." (101) "May my present path, my new life, start from there! He looked lovingly into the flowing water," (101) "How he loved this river, how it enchanted him, how grateful he was to it! In his heart he heard the newly awakened voice speak, and it said to him: "Love this river, stay by it, learn from it." (101)

**Analysis:**
Like I mentioned above. The river symbolizes life and enlightenment. I can imagine Siddhartha saying this river shows me "my new life". "How he loved this river." His "newly awakened voice" told him,"Love this river, stay by it, learn from it." The river can also represent knowledge. In the song by George Strait "River of love, River of love, River of love" is repeated multiple times. Those lyrics make me think of Siddhartha and his love for the river.