Time and Voices According to the River

The river has a voice Siddhartha and Vesudeva listen to and learn from. Siddhartha asked Vesudeva “have you also learned from the river the secret that there is no time?” He said “ Yes, Siddhartha, this is probably what you mean: that the river is everywhere at once.” He also said “and that for it there is only the present, not the shadow called the future.” Then a light bulb turned on and Siddhartha understood that when he looked at his life he realized that is was like a river, because it was always flowing, changing and never ending. And when the river spoke to him, he didn’t just hear one voice he heard many. There is great importance to what this section means. It is that Siddhartha realizes that the river has a great important voice, which he can learn from. The present time is significant; just focusing on it is what he needs to be paying attention to. Everything is now, neither the past nor the future, just keeping your mind on time being now. Not worrying about the future he can set his mind on the essential things and to consider the present-day. In my opinion I believe that it is vital to just focus on what is happening now because the future or the past shouldn’t be a concern until the day comes.