章 46: True love is spiritual affinity and connection rather than carnal debauchery

Ickapoo is eventually fulfilled in finding love. But is is transcendent, spiritual love rather than sensual, decadent, fornication,, lust/

The Novel Siddharta is about the quest for meaning, truth and peace: Siddharta searches for the meaning of life, and enters into the way of the Samarans and ascetics.However after a few years he finds himself stagnating and unable to attain further spiritual fulfilment

He seeks the counsel of the Buddha, and finds himself unsatisfied with the Buddha’s answers about how to achieve spiritual enlightenment.After turning himself away from the sensory world, he plunges back into it by finding sensual love with a courtesan Kamala.Kamala is a skillful lover and teaches him the intricacies of sexual love and satiates Siddharta in his senses.Instead of turning away from the sensory world, he indulges in sensual love and grows materially prosperous