The Quest into Siddartha"Siddartha" is a book about a man's struggle to find his true self. But his search leads him in all the wrong directions. Then finally after a long journey he stops looking. During his search he discovers four things, what the "oneness" of life is, how the four noble truths affect everything, enlightenment, wisdom and love. On page 142 and 143 Siddartha realizes that Atmen or the "oneness" of life is in everything. That no matter who you are, the Buddha, the dice player or the thief, “all is Brahman”. Even a rock is said to have Atmen, because eventually the rock would dissolve and become material for a human body. He understood that human beings needed certain outlets to release emotions, such as lust, desires and needs. The four noble truths encapsulate Siddartha's idea, where he believes that human beings need outlets. Throughout the book Siddartha struggles with the desire to find himself. In his life Siddartha was the son of a Brahmin, a Samana, a lover and a merchant. Through his life he realized that whatever you are, everything suffers. He also learned that most of his suffering comes from his desires. As seen in his longing for Kamala's love, he has done almost anything for that love. Siddartha finally realized that everything that satisfied his desires was all illusion. Eventually he became a ferryman and the realization of what life was about hit him; everything revolves around everything else and you have to live life and enjoy it. The realization of himself came in two stages, the first was when he left Gotama, arriving at the river on page 41 and 42. He realized that he had always tried to follow the ways and paths of others, but now he needed to follow his desires and simply live life. The second time Siddartha was enlightened, he was sitting by the same river with Vasudeva, on page 136 and 137, he realized that he did not have to fight against his destiny. This epiphany actually came when he described, to Govina, on page 143, what he thought life really was. It was not Samsara or Nirvana, but it was the realization that life is just an illusion, a person simply does what he can. Siddartha, on page 34, did not believe that a person could achieve "salvation through teachings", but that a person needed to find his salvation through himself and no words could ever describe someone's enlightenment when they have it. found.