Siddhartha Blog Assignment #4

I have just followed Siddhartha in his journey to enlightenment. I saw him leave Kamala, befriend Vasudeva, gain and lose a son, and reunite with his old friend Govinda. After following Siddhartha, I think that he learned that everything has a good and bad side to it, and I think I saw him learn this lesson best when he was with Vasudeva by the river.

When Vasudeva sat with Siddhartha as they listened to the river, Siddhartha heard everything jumbled into one. It turned out that the one word was Om, meaning perfection. This told Siddhartha that there was perfection in everything, good and bad in everything, or just a different side to things. Like on page 135, when Siddhartha says, "He could no longer distinguish the different voices-the merry voice from the weeping voice, the childish voice from the manly voice." 

I feel as if Siddhartha has reached Nirvana. He has lost his Self into the big picture of things. Witnessing all these things makes me feel hopeful for other people out there searching for Nirvana.