Siddhartha's recap of his life

Siddhartha’s recap of his life

In the chapter, By the River, Siddhartha has a sudden awakening and thinks back on his life. Siddhartha thinks about how as a child and man, he had been so dedicated to his meditating, and attaining the life of an ascetic. He had once gained the wisdom of the great Buddha and learned about the unity that the whole world has. From Kamala and Kamaswami he learned the pleasures of love and learned how to be a businessman. He had now become one of the child people. He had lost all of his knowledge and inner thoughts. After losing all of these things, he realized he has to experience all of these things, in order to re-awaken, and hear om again. He thinks that the path he is following may just be a circle, but he is going to follow the path anyways. This is important because it is the first time he sees his mistakes, and knows he has to do something about it. Siddhartha sees that maybe all of the things he has done in the past are not mistakes. They were just things that he had to experience himself in order to see that he needed all of those things to help him become a child again, and re-learn what he has already been taught. My opinion on this is that Siddhartha’s recap is correct because I think you have to learn things by experience. Without learning from your mistakes, you cannot really see what is wrong and right. Becoming a child again would probably be the best thing for him so he can have a fresh start, and do the right things this time.