Analyze the following quote. Is there really a difference between Seeking and Finding?
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“When someone seeks," said Siddhartha, "then it easily happens that his eyes see only the thing that he seeks, and he is able to find nothing, to take in nothing because he always thinks only about the thing he is seeking, because he has one goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: having a goal. But finding means: being free, being open, having no goal.”
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
There is a difference between seeking and finding because for me seeking is looking for a goal that you want to accomplish on your own, while finding means something you don't expect to happen in your journey to life.
ReplyDeleteGood point. I find that journeys are fun most of us are expected to seek for things, not find them though. (Sadly)
DeleteI think you indeed made a good point and stated it simple.
DeleteI agree as well. Seeking has more meaning then finding.
DeleteI agree with you too. Seeking has has to do with accomplishing a goal or something in life.
DeleteIf you're looking for something you don't really pay attention to anything else. If you're not seeking then you're not really "tied" to something, you can do what you want because you don't have that goal that you're paying attention to.
ReplyDeleteEx.) When you're working on something and trying to get it perfect, you find that most of your life is consumed by this thing and you literally have no time for anything else.
I get what you're trying to say but what about finding? How do you relate it to seeking?
DeleteGood point on the example because when we are working on a big project that might make our grades go up or down we work really hard to make it perfect and forget about are other class homework
DeleteJenae: Well, finding something can be a surprise, for example if you find a quarter somewhere, that could be a good thing. It doesn't consume your life though, so that's the difference.
DeleteBuilding on that:
Seeking: you don't wake up one day and say to yourself "I'm going to go look for a quarter at the pool," because it would be stupid and pointless.
Alicia: Yup, maybe if we didn't have to "seek" as much in certain classes we wouldn't be stressed out and oblivious to "the greatest years of our life."
Makes sense. I understand but what makes finding differ from seeking?
DeleteCommitment to the activity at least in my opinion.
DeleteWhen you seek something such as a goal you are usually too busy trying to make it happen. So busy that all your time gets consumed by it and you stop paying attention to other things happening. When you find something it's usually unexpected. Like a pleasant surprise.
ReplyDeleteReally good point. Its similar to what I was thinking and I can relate to when you said "When you find something it's usually unexpected. Like a pleasant surprise."
DeleteI agree with you. Seeking takes up a lot of your time while finding does not.
DeleteWhen you look for something(it could be anything), that one thing distracts you from everything else and you end up losing opportunities. Then you realize all those opportunities you've missed and suddenly that one thing doesn't seem so special anymore...
ReplyDeleteI think i went off track, blegh
I think seeking and finding are different. Seeking is looking for something with meaning and maybe life changing. Finding is just looking for something with not so much life meaning but something you want.
ReplyDeleteTo seek something is to reach or accomplish what you have set your mind to. To find is to encounter something or someone without even trying. The difference between seeking and finding is that for one you dedicate most of your time and for the other you don't it just happens.
ReplyDeleteSeeking is expecting that one goal. You become obsessed and put everything off just to do so. While finding is unexpected. You are not tied down to that specific goal. You're free and more open-minded to what you do find and what happened around you to get you there.
ReplyDeleteThere is a difference because when you seek there is usually a goal or a purpose for looking and when you are finding you are not searching you are taking a chance that you'll discover what you never knew you were looking for.
ReplyDeletewhen you're seeking you spend your life fantasizing about that one goal and when you reach it is never what you thought it would be and you end up regretting what you did with your life but when your finding you take what life gives you and do something with it that makes you happy
ReplyDeleteLooking for something isn't the same thing as finding something. When a person looks for something, they focus on their goal and block out everything that tries to get in their way of reaching it. As for finding something, it is because it is a surprise you don't expect, which makes it free and unplanned.
ReplyDeleteThe quote states it perfectly.When you seek something you focus on that one thing and only that thing. Seeking to me is comparable to when,like when are you going to seek this specific goal. While finding something gives you the freedom of how and why, how are you going to come across and why did it happen like this
ReplyDeleteWhen you seek a goal you are trying to make it happen, but there are obstacles the will get in your way. If you are trying to make your goals happen, you become more obsessed. When you are finding, it is very different. There is no goal. While seeking you are working much harder than finding. It's not the same because seeking has a goal and finding doesn't.
ReplyDeleteThere is a difference between seeking and finding, because seeking is when you are purposely looking for something like a goal you are trying to reach and finding is when it's not on purpose almost like an accident.
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