Sidd's Recap

When Siddhartha looks back on his life, he realizes what a tangled mess it has been and laughs at himself for it. As a boy he was involved in gods and sacrifices. As a youth, he was into thinking, meditating, and looking for Brahman. When Siddhartha was a young man he turned a completely different direction when he joined the ascetics and suffered in order to dispose of his ego. He and Govinda heard the call of Gotama. After listening to Gotama, Siddhartha realizes that the unity he is looking for is within himself. After that, he went to the city to learn love from Kamala, business from Kamaswami, and indulge himself. Through his obsessive gambling and life of the child people, Siddhartha lost himself. Becoming exhausted and sick of the city life, he leaves and even considers suicide before hearing OM again. The passage ends with Siddhartha deciding to follow his inner voice from now on.