In the third section you can see that Kamala and Siddhartha have established a type of relationship but Siddhartha is forced to become a business man, this goes against his beliefs. Siddhartha analyses his relationship with kamala and concludes that they don't love each other , but for him it is a new opening to the world, and for her it is a chance to profit. I can relate this idea (of two people being with each other because they both benefit) to many different things , first of all to the movie the princess and the frog. In this movie the frog claims to be a prince, and charms one of the princess servants into kissing him, supposedly to make him prince. Here the servant profits because the prince had promised her a bakery, and the frog profits because he gets to become human. In the end the movie ends up making the servant a frog , along with the prince. In the book Siddhartha, Kamala benefits because her work consists of sex and Siddhartha is one of her regular clients and she gains from that. Siddhartha gains a new way to see love , to see the world, and Kamala teaches him to love even though they don't love each other. This allows Siddhartha to get closer to enlightenment.
This section also reminds me of a scientific term called mutualism. Mutualism is when two organisms establish a relationship in which each one benefits. In nature this is a very important part , for example a sloth allows algae to grow on his fur. The sloth benefits because the algae provides camouflage , allowing him to hide from his predators, and the algae gets closer to sunlight which allows it to go through the process of photosynthesis. So the message we get is that many times people use each other to benefit. Just like Siddhartha uses Kamala to get closer to enlightenment.
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