00:00Have you heard the story of that bird that wanted freedom?
00:03So there was this bird in a cage and it was continuously chirping
00:08freedom, freedom, freedom like a chant, like a mantra
00:11and a young man passes by, really young and rebellious
00:16and he says, the bird wants to fly, the bird wants freedom
00:22and I must help the bird. So he opens the door of the cage
00:26so that the bird may just fly out.
00:28To surprise, the bird doesn't fly out. He waits. The bird still does not come out
00:33but the bird is incessantly saying, freedom, freedom, freedom.
00:39Now the young man is a young man. He puts his hand inside
00:43and he says, I'll give you freedom. I want to pull you outside.
00:48Now he's in for a shock. The bird bites his fingers.
00:52The bird hurts his hand. The hand starts bleeding
00:56but the young man is determined. After all, he's a young man.
00:59He says, whatever may be, you'll have to come out.
01:01So with a bleeding hand, he brings the bird out and he releases the bird
01:07and the bird somehow flaps its wings and flies away.
01:10The young man is happy. He says, yes, freedom is our nature.
01:15And he goes away. He returns after a while. And what does he find?
01:19Door of the cage is open. The bird is comfortably sitting inside.
01:24The bird is eating all the fruits and vegetables that the master has given it
01:29and chanting, freedom, freedom, freedom.
01:33So cage is all right. It's a cage.
01:36But at least my master is giving me some food to eat.
01:39We deeply disagree with freedom.
01:41We may keep saying we want it, but we agree only with the cage.
01:45You will have to agree with freedom because freedom really is your nature.
01:51You will never feel at ease without freedom, without flight,
01:58without realization and intelligence.
01:59You will never feel at ease.
02:02Never, never.
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