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[seeker]

"When someone is searching," said Siddhartha, "then it might easily<br>happen that the only thing his eyes still see is that what he searches<br>for, that he is unable to find anything, to let anything enter his mind,<br>because he always thinks of nothing but the object of his search,<br>because he has a goal, because he is obsessed by the goal. Searching<br>means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having<br>no goal. You, oh venerable one, are perhaps indeed a searcher, because,<br>striving for your goal, there are many things you don't see, which are<br>directly in front of your eyes."<br> - I think the above paragraph conveys the essence of this book -