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=With the Samanas=

The Assignments
To get a feeling for how the Samanas, Indian ascetics that are found in the novel //Siddhartha//, try to reach enlightenment, we gave up something we enjoy for a week. I chose to give up tv, because it's technically not something I **need**. Technically.



Beginning of the Week
The first few days of giving up TV were pretty easy. Was either at school, dance, or working on homework. I didn't have time for TV. Whenever I thought about any of my shows I was missing, I reminded myself that I could always watch it later. I told my self "I do not desire to walk on water" (Hesse 14). If I couldn't have what I wanted, then I told myself that it was something I no longer desired.

Middle of the Week
By the middle of the week I was swamped with homework, causing TV to be the last thing on my mind. When my schedule calmed down and I had down time, my mind would drift to what I had given up. As soon as this started to happen, I pushed the idea away telling myself that I only had a few more days.



=End of the Week= The final day was a Thursday. The majority of my favorite shows premered on this day. When I got home, I busied myself with assingments that needed completion. But after I finished my first worksheet it was around 8:00PM. I ended up giving in and watching one of my shows before returning to work. = = ===Siddhartha reached awakening after. Siddhartha "pondered deeply, like diving into deep water, he let himself sink down to the bottom of the sensation, down to the place where the causes lie." (Hesse 20) To him, this was his awakening.=== = =

=Kamala=

My name is Kamala. I have hair as black as the darkness that surrounds us, and eyes that have been described as being "clever and alert"(Hesse 28). I live outside town in the grove of Kamala and am looking for a man who can provide me with materialistic things such as shoes, clothes, and money. My hobbies consist of degrading the ego of my suitors by leading them on and then rejecting them.
 * About Me:**

We all go through our daily routine. Some differing more so than others. As Siddhartha said, "It is not for me to judge another man's life. I must judge, I must choose, I must spurn, purely for myself." (Hesse). To me, this translates saying that it is not fair of us to judge someone else's life, when it is very likely we do not know the facts needed to make an accurate opinion. Instead, we should focus on what we can improve within our own lives.

=Dan Fogelberg - River Of Souls Lyrics= media type="youtube" key="-pXoTp9-6EI" height="315" width="420" align="left" "I take my place along the shore and I wait for the tide it seems I've passed this way before in an earlier time"

This song represents when Siddhartha has returned to the river with the ferryman a second time, a new man. He "felt a deep love for this flowing water and decided that he would not leave it again so quickly." (Hesse 81). Siddhartha realizes that maybe he was to quick to leave his former life. He now has a new appreciation for the life his father worked so hard for him to have.

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=The Judds - River Roll On=

"River roll on Wish I could be like you No looking back  And no heart that breaks in two"

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"River Roll On" represents someone who has had something dramatic happen to them that has mad their heart "break in two". As if words of encouragement, Siddhartha says, "anyone can do magic, anyone can reach his goals if he can think" (Hesse 66). I can picture Siddhartha saying this to someone in need of a boost. River Of Despair media type="youtube" key="BG6vrXtuvp4" height="315" width="420" align="right"These dark waters Are the mirror of my soul This longing sorrow Like a river flows

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This final song has a sort of melancholy feel to it. This song represents Siddhartha's one "goal-to become empty, to become empty of thirst, desire, dreams, pleasure, and sorrow-to let the self die." (Hesse 14) He had in a way given up.=====