You are a parrot.

You are a parrot.

For a moment, consider that you are a parrot.

As a parrot, we learn from the world.

Whatever we learn, we store it in our memory and keep repeating it in front of others. (We call this our knowledge.)

Since birth, we have been accumulating more information from the world.

From something simple like, this is my mother, this is my father, to something very complex, like how to make a rocket that can fly to Mars. ( And we call this OUR knowledge ).

We think this is our life, whatever good or bad it brings for us.

THIS BELIEF IS OUR CAGE.

Because the reality is something else.

And that reality is within ourselves.

You meditate deeply on this scenario.

Close your eyes and meditate deeply, just witnessing yourself ( your body and mind ).

Contemplate what they have done so far in your whole life.

You will realize that you have been nothing more than a parrot in a cage.

Just witness this fact and ponder deeply.

If you do this sincerely and repeatedly, you will eventually realize that you have become free.

How? Why?

The subtle truth is –

THE WITNESS IS OUTSIDE THE CAGE.

That witness is your consciousness, your soul.

This realization makes you free ( from the mind, which is a storehouse of the Ego, dualities, and resulting sufferings ).

And you will find the freedom to fly the open skies of Advait.