1. " Remember my dear, Not eternal is the world of appearances, not eternal, anything but eternal are our garments and the style of your hair, and our hair and bodies themselves."
Siddhartha is saying that things in this world that you adore or consider important to you in this life such as clothes, movies, T.V, video games, and books won't matter in the after life. Those things won't be with you forever nor will you consider them important to you all throughout your life. Another thing that he is saying is that there are more important things in life then the kids of clothes you wear, what's popular, or what you should look like.
Some ways that I could follow this teaching is to try not to put things that are not really important or will have a huge effect on my life in the backseat of things that are actually important such family, school, health, and even yourself.
2. " The enchantment, which had happened inside of him in his sleep and by means of the Om, was this very thing that he loved everything, that he was full of joyful love for everything he saw. And it was this very thing, so it seemed to him now, which had been his sickness before, that he was not able to love anybody or anything."
In this part of Siddhartha, Siddhartha is saying he has finally learned from his mistakes from past lives. This passage can also be looked at in a different view, that love is the key to all happiness not material things like clothes, video games, movies, and other sources of personal pleasure. When he doesn't mean love in a sexual way but love by showing compassion, peace and kindness towards others. This kind of love is the heart of many religions and philosophies.
I can put this in my life my simply showing love, compassion, respect, and caring to all living things. Though it may sound simple, it isn't. I might even break it several times by accident. However, I must try because it won't just benfit me, it will also benfit others as well.
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