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Reading Hesse’s Siddhartha again, I realised that I read books as I look at a river. I read and read until I find a sentence, a paragraph that resonates with me. Then I stop. I wonder why my mind focused my intention on that idea. I immediately discard it… ‘No, that cannot be me’. But I push a little. ‘Ok, it cannot be me, but what if it were?’ A hypothetical self. What if I were in that situation, that character? I let myself float on that idea, sometimes uncomfortable, sometimes surprising, un
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Title Drifting on an idea
Reading Hesse’s Siddhartha again, I realised that I read books as I look at a river. I read and read until I find a sentence, a paragraph that resonates with me. Then I stop. I wonder why my mind focused my intention on that idea. I immediately discard it… ‘No, that cannot be me’. But I push a little. ‘Ok, it cannot be me, but what if it were?’ A hypothetical self. What if I were in that situation, that character? I let myself float on that idea, sometimes uncomfortable, sometimes surprising, un
Work type Article
Tags siddhartha, waiting and here, second half of life, hesse, soul searching
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Entry date Sep 25, 2024, 6:53 AM UTC
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