The whole world, looks everybody is free
nobody is
handcuffed
nobody is
bound to a rope
but look a little closely
you are bound to too many ropes
which are pulling you in certain directions
and perhaps in contradictory directions
that creates a split personalities
that creates
fragmentary personalities
but there are ropes you may call those ropes love
you may call those ropes
Ambitions
desires
jealousies
hate
it does not matter what you call
but if your mind has any content in it
that content becomes your rope
only a contentless mind
knows what freedom is
from the outside everybody looks free
but he is talking about the ropes that are invisible
and you can understand
you can see your own ropes
your fixations
with the mother, with the father,
with the wife, with the husband, with the children,
with your friends, with your enemies...
if you come across a man
who has no ropes
no chains, no conditionings
you will immediately see the difference between yourself and the person
his freedom
will be almost tangible
and you will see your slavery clearly in comparison to him
of how many things you are a slave
your slavery is multi-dimensional
but you go on living
because everybody else is also living
in the same way you think perhaps
this is the only way of life
this is not the only way of life
in fact it is not a way of life at all
it is a way
of missing the life
without blossoming into your
full potential
you have dragged yourself from Cradle to the Grave
but you have not lived