"But now I think: The stone is stone; it is also animal, God and Buddha. I do not respect and love it because it was one thing and will become something else, but because it has already long been everything and always everything. I love it just because it is a stone, because today and now it appears to me a stone. I see value and meaning in each one of its fine markings and cavities, in yellow, in gray, in the hardness...each one is different and worships Om in its own way; each one is Brahman." (145)
In order to live freely, you have to have some sense as to why you are living. The reason so many people establish a religion within there life, is to have a reason to live on, to succeed. This quote reveals when Siddhartha begins to see meaning in every little thing. He understands each object, and how everything so different about it is what makes it more alike. Giving meaning to every little things opens up his ability to live free. Since Siddhartha was searching so hard to find this meaning, when he finds it, it is the beginning of his freedom to live. This quote conveys this idea because it shows self reflection and change, this is revealed when he says, "But now I think."
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