'Someday' as a comparison

[Aksa]

Siddhartha rejects the concept of “someday” because he believes that it does not exist. Early in the novel, Siddhartha hoped to “someday” reach enlightenment, however, was met with disappointment when neither the doctrines of the Samanas or the Brahmans satisfied his thirst. When Siddhartha reunites with Govinda he shares “When someone seeks, [...] it is all to easy for his eyes to see nothing but the thing he seeks, so that he is unable to find or absorb anything anything because he is always thinking exclusively about what he seeks, because he has a goal, because he is obsessed by that goal. Seeking means having a goal. But finding means being free, reimagining accessible, having no goal” (Hesse 74). Those who long to be enlightened work towards that goal, hoping that someday their wishes will covert to reality. Siddhartha emphasizes that by driving oneself to a specific goal is an acknowledgment that time will bring them forth to what they desire. To clarify, Siddhartha continues to explain that “The world, friend Govinda, is not imperfect or on a slow journey toward perfection; no, it is perfect at every moment” (77). Life is not a cycle because the concept itself implies that a journey must take place, Siddhartha disregards “someday” or the notion of time itself because he believes that everything exists as is and that time does contribute to finding but only seeking. Those who seek are unable to value what is right before them because they are blinded by their goal.