Siddhartha takes personal inventory of the events in his life. What realizations has Siddhartha come to that will best benefit him on his quest to find the Self?

Siddhartha realizes that Samsara or worldly desires only brings him suffering. While he enjoys a feast for the senses previously unknown to him, he loses sight of himself, his inner voice drowned out by the din of stimulation which Siddhartha experiences. It is interesting that Siddhartha experiences primarily the negative results of this existence, "the soul sickness of greed."