As a Man Thinketh and Siddhartha

As a Man Thinketh’ is a self-help book by James Allen (24th November 1864 – 24th January 1912). When Allen was just 15 years there happened a tragedy his businessman father was robbed and murdered. Due to this his family suffered huge financial crises. That compelled Allen to do some job so that he could support his family. Allen was highly inspired by the writings of Leo Tolstoy. After that along with his wife and daughter he shifted to Devon England. There he led a simple life and he wrote for 9 years resulted in 19 works. It was published in 1903. He was a British philosophical writer and poet known for his inspirational and self-help books. He was one of the most popular writers on spirituality. ‘As a Man Thinketh’ is an essay and self-help classic book. ‘As a Man Thinketh’ is an essay and self-help classic book. It narrates how one could make life better by harnessing his thoughts which further cultivates the philosophy and best attitude of a successful person. The author has kept this book very lucid simple and easy to understand language. The main focus is on giving power to your thoughts and thus making your life powerful. The book narrates how actions matter a lot? How thoughts help you act faster? So man is the master of thought the moulder of character and the maker of destiny. Mind is our master of inner and outer world. Our thoughts are the fountain of our life. Good thought always bring good in your life. Bad thoughts and actions never produce good & positive results. The author has nicely narrated how our mind is like a garden; as good thoughts bear good fruit bad thoughts always a bad fruit. The aphorism– ‘As a man thinketh in his heart so is he’ is well suited to human’s life. Also man holds the key to every situation. Let this book show you how the way you think affects your daily life. You’ll learn how to be happier wealthier and lead a peaceful and stress free life. Also the book will surely help you to do self-analysis of your life. A must read book for everyone.. SiddharthaHermann Hesse the author has narrated a lot about Siddartha and his spiritual journey. A lot has been discussed about Siddhartha.He is loved by everyone. He is a source of joy for everybody but he Siddhartha is not a source of joy for himself he finds no delight in himself.Siddhartha has started to nurse discontent in himself he has started to feel that the love of his father and his mother and love of his friend will not bring him joy forever and ever will not nurse him d him satisfy him.Siddhartha has many queries in his mind like as ‘Do the sacrifices give a happy fortune?’ ‘What about the Gods?’ ‘Was it really Prajapati who had created the world?’ ‘Was it not the ‘Atman’ the singular one?’ Siddharatha meets his father and says ‘With your permission my father I have come to tell you that it is my longing to leave your house tomorrow and go to ascetics. My desire is to become a Samara.’His father says-’You will go into the go forest and be a Samara when you will find blissfulness in the forest come back and teach me to be blissful.’This is just an excerpt the whole book consists of spiritualistic way of narration thus becomes interesting one. Once you start reading can’t resist to leave the book in the mid.