"Siddhartha" by Herman Hesse.

What is enlightenment? What does it mean, and how can you find it? In the movie The Little Buddha by Bernardo Bertolucci, it explains the relation between people, cultures and the ways that enlightenment effects everyone. "...If the string is too tight it will break. If it's too loose it won't play," this quote is from the movie and inspired my essay as well as many others. In this movie it is a very important …

…this lesson, illustrates life and makes it a little easier to understand because of the visual aprrocach. Enlightenment and balance are possible and are achievable. The question then lies within. Do you have the balance in your life? Do you know how to balance you life or do you fit in to one of the paragraphs above? My last question for you is do you want the balance or prefer to go through life pretending?