So, this sense of wonder about life combined with being practical enough to gather clean water to drink and fire wood to stay warm (if you don't have central heating or electricity) down though thousands of years up until now.
Food can be optional. But only up to about 40 days or so for a healthy person or else you likely will eventually die. So "Carry Water Chop Wood" is a Zen saying about what the minimum someone needs to keep their body alive for the next week while trying to become more enlightened.
I first encountered the concept of enlightenment where I could actually understand it well from a friend from Sunday School in church. He was a couple of years older than I and his grandmother had given millions to our church so he was from a very wealthy family and he and his sister were expected to go to college like all rich people were then in the 1960s.
However, my father had been forbidden to go to college and was forced to work for his father along with his 2 brothers during the Great Depression even though my father was valedictorian of his High School Senior Class. So, Dad became and Electrician and Electrical Contractor like his Dad and older brother even though he wanted to be an Electrical Engineer instead. However, knowing my Dad he was such an out of doorsman I know he would have hated if he had to work in an office all day. He loved the cameraderie of men who built houses and factories and dams that he worked on as an electrician along the way.
My friend I met in church explained about enlightenment and philosophy and introduced me to Socrates and other Greek philosophers in funny ways because he was always telling jokes.
Eventually he graduated from California state University in Northridge and immediately became a High School Teacher in East L.A.
Because he was a conscientious objector to being drafted into the Army (I was not one) he felt very strong about being of service to his country in a non-military way. So, his whole life was dedicated to teaching underprivileged kids in East Los Angeles which I find very admirable. Eventually he got a Master's degree in Psychology to better help his kids in school and in life.
He also wrote something called "The Siddharthic Journey" which is basically about the "psychology of personal growth and development".
If you have never heard to the "Psychology of personal Growth and development" maybe it better might be called, "The personal Search for personal enlightenment through self discovery".
It is based loosely on Herman Hesse's book "Siddhartha". When he wrote this he was trying to write something that could work for everyone without offending anyone no matter their religion or lack of one. So, literally anyone could be helped by this "Journey of Self Discovery" which would lead to their whole lives ever after. If you are interested in "Self Discovery" of who you are and where you are going in life and why I recommend "Siddhartha" by Herman Hesse as a good place to start especially if you are 15 to 25 years of age. It doesn't matter whether you believe in God it will tend to help you with decisions you will be making in your life as to who you are, where you are going, and what you want to do with your life.
I took a course in the early 1970s at Palomar College in "The Psychology of Growth and Development" and found it personally more useful than most other courses I took in college in discovering who I was, where I wanted to go and what skills I had and needed to develop to get there.
Because of copyrights in place and since my friend has passed away I'm not sure how much I can share without upsetting anyone. But, in the meantime here are some sites about "Siddhartha: by Herman Hesse"
Siddhartha (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddhartha_(novel)Siddhartha is a novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha during the time of the Gautama ...
Siddhartha Timeline in Siddhartha - Shmoop
Siddhartha summary by Ph.D. and Masters students from Stanford, Harvard, ... While en route to see Gotama, Kamala is bitten by a snake near the river.
Siddhartha Gautama's Journey
iwebpd.saschina.org/stwebpd/.../Journeys/Buddhas_Journey.htmlSiddhartha Gautama's Journey. Back to Welcome Page. Buddha, in the language of Sanskrit, means the enlightened one. Now, it usually refers to the founder of ...
SparkNotes: Siddhartha: Important Quotations Explained
While Kamala teaches him to enjoy physical love, and Vasudeva teaches him to listen to the river, Siddhartha's journey remains self-directed for the remainder of...
Siddhartha Study Guide : Summary and Analysis of Part I | GradeSaver
www.gradesaver.com › Siddhartha › Study GuideBeing born a Brahmin means that one's soul, jiva, is nearing the end of its journey of self-consciousness, its journey to itself. As a Brahmin, Siddhartha's role in ...
A spiritual journey: Siddhartha by Herman Hesse | Writing Lives
memoryandyou.wordpress.com/.../a-spiritual-journey-siddhartha-by-her...Apr 1, 2012 - Hesse began to write Siddhartha around 1920, and the first English translation of it was published in 1951. For Hesse, this was his confession ...
Siddhartha s Spiritual Journey - Research Papers - Moneybags949
www.studymode.com › Home › MiscellaneousAfter his father tells Siddhartha that he may join the Samanas if he wishes, Siddhartha searches for the three stages on his journey to enlightenment that are the ...
Siddhartha's journey The Journey of the Hero
waynfleteenglish10.edublogs.org/2009/09/13/siddharthas-journey/Sep 13, 2009 - The most important moments in Siddhartha's journey occur when he experiences great changes in his thinking process and persona. Ultimately ...
Siddhartha's Journey toward Enlightenment - UniversalJournal ...
ayjw.org/articles.php?id=722856In Herman Hesse's Siddhartha, we see how the life of one man changes radically because of the various people who influence him throughout his journey ...
The Alchemist and Siddhartha Hero's Journey flashcards | Quizlet
quizlet.com/.../the-alchemist-and-siddhartha-heros-journey-flash-cards/Vocabulary words for stall 1) = The Alchemist 2) = Siddhartha . Includes studying games and tools such as flashcards.
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