Siddhartha Part 3

"I never see what has been done, I only see what remains to be done."    
                                                     - Siddhartha Gautama

Part 3 is a crucial part of the book. It starts off by introducing Kamaswami, Siddhartha's boss in starting a new life. He gets a new job and plans to spend his whole life with the beautiful Kamala. He starts getting a job and experiencing things of a common person's life, even if he didnt take it seriously. Even though his life at work is practically a game, his love life changes. He knows for sure that Kamala is the woman of his dreams because she has the same simplicity and inner peace that he does.

After a while he starts losing himself. He sees the world differently. All his Samana qualities where replaced by pleassure and pain, which was one of the characteristics of a rich, vain man. He escapes this plastic world and goes back to the forest; his home. When he gets there, something in the back of his mind was telling him something; Om. He repeated the word for hours until his trance was over. Here he sees Govinda, his old friend taking care of him. After Govinda leaves, Siddhartha contemplates the simple flow of the river and compares it to his life.

This section really reminded me of the Tao. You can clearly see the example of non action when Siddhartha compares the flow of the river. Its like if Siddhartha followed the Tao. He followed the way and the beliefs that this book shows. The Tao is like a river. It has obstacles but always finds a way to pass through them. Siddhartha sees his future like this, just like the teachings of the Tao.