So the abroad has proved to be an amazing setting for the swapping of all sorts of amazing and inspiring books, and one of the them, purchased by Amelia in the Delhi airport, is Herman Hesse's Siddhartha. Here's a quote from the end of the book, when Siddhartha shares some wisdom with his childhood friend Govinda:
“'When someone is seeking,' said Siddhartha, 'it happens quite easily that he only sees the thing that he is seeking; that he is unable to find anything, unable to absorb anything, because he is only thinking of the thing he is seeking, because he has a goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal. You, O worthy one, are perhaps indeed a seeker, for in striving towards your goal, you do not see many things that are under your nose.'”
I've been thinking about that a lot--how we don't actually progress without that receptive and freedom.
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