The Journey Began 

In the second chapter of Siddhartha everything happens kind of Fast. It explains the little time he stays with the Samanas.

With them he practices respiration: “ Siddhartha sat upright and learned to save his breath, to manage with little breathing, to hold his breath. He learned, while breathing in, to lessen his heartbeats, until there were few and hardly any more”(Pg 11). This connects in a strange way with me because lately in important golf tournaments I have started to work with breathing exercises to calm down. It is an old technique but its still effective and we continue using it today.

After some time we can see how the boy starts to get bored with the Samanas and he wants more knowledge. In the text we see how he only wants useful things when he tells his friend “I have no desire to walk on water, let the old Samanas satisfy themselves with such arts.” He later goes searching for grater knowledge.

Later in the text when they talk about a homeless sage or the Buddha it actually connects with Jesus. It keeps saying how he lived in the forests, and how he is perfect, and how he goes from town to town and everyone adores him and follows him. I am sure that next chapter is going to be all about him and I will finally know who he really is.