In Chapter Eleven, Siddhartha is still emotionally wounded by the departure of his son. Out of desperation, Siddhartha attempts to seek out his son one last time. However, Siddhartha remembers that he had once left his father the same way his son left him. Then, the river laughs at him, and Siddhartha goes to tell Vasudeva, about his experience. Vasudeva brings him to show Siddhartha something he has not heard. They listen to the river intensely and Siddhartha finally hears all of the voices of the river as one continues flow of life. Further meaning, Siddhartha now realizes the entirety of the world. He now understands that all things exist at the same time. Life is an ever flowing river; where only the thing that exists is the present. This
