Whoa, so this chapter was pretty happening. First off, Siddhartha here decided to be all hipster "A goal stood before Siddhartha, a single goal: to be- come empty, empty of thirst, empty of wishing, empty of dreams, empty of joy and sorrow."
This makes me think of the book Into the Wild ,even though Alexander Supertramp's goal wasn't to become empty like Siddhartha. McCandless saw the wilderness as a pure place where he could be free. Ultimately his goals end up being more selfish, as he hurts so many poeple around him by dying. He spent most of his days trying to survive then really appreciating what he set out to live. I wonder if this will happen to Siddhartha, will his compassion and intentions end up biting him in the butt?(I know that was cliche) Or will the message I think he's trying to send be recieved? I guess I'll have to read on...
A part that I found interesting was when he decided to learn to breathe with only a few breaths, and found out that it was possible.
It's kind if like taking things for granted. The cliche saying "you never know what you have until you lose it" that kind of stuff. Maybe we do know what we have, we just never thought we would lose it.
Going back to the whole breathing thing, it's like we fill up on all these material things and ideas but they're all things we can live without.
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