thousand of voices from the river. But one day, when he mastered the art of listening, he realizes that all of the voices were interwoven, interlocked, and entwined in a thousand ways. And that all the voices, goals, yearnings, sorrows, pleasures, good, and evil, all of them together was the world. Vasudeva said that he had waited for this time to come. He said goodbye to the hut, river, and Siddhartha, and disappeared into the forest, full of peace.After years, Govinda comes to the river again. He heard that there is an old ferryman whom many considered to be a sage. Although he was old, he still couldn't find complete peace in himself. Again, Siddhartha recognized him instantly, but because Siddhartha changed a lot, he couldn't recognize him till Siddhartha gave him a hint. Siddhartha says to him words is always one-sided, but the world itself is never one-sided. Because of that, nobody can learn from teaching. Things are never one-sided because there is no such thing as time. You can't divide the thing into past and future without time. He says that if you love everything, nothing can harm you. Govinda couldn't understand all of what Siddhartha said, but he realized that he was perfect, just like Buddha, who died many years ago. He asked one more advice that he can understand. Siddhartha asked him to kiss his forehead. When he did, he saw a thousand of different faces continuously streaming. He saw all these forms and faces in a thousand relationships to each other, all helping each other, loving, hating, and destroying each other and become newly born. When he came back to the real world, he saw on Siddhartha's face, a perfect one smile. Govinda bowed low, right down to the ground with uncontrollable tears trickling down his face. The smile reminded him of everything that he had ever loved in his life, of everything that had ever been of value and holy in his life.There is a lot of things you can learn from 'Sid...
