A caged existence is one thing.

It causes pain and a constant reminder of the need to be free.

The deeper, venomous tentacles that constantly keep the human

from being themselves, are at least glimpsed.

A caged existence that a human does not question

is a completely different thing.

It is a far more treacherous situation.

Because the human does not even

notice the tethers he is deeply catering to.

The tethers, that keep him from being full and free.

He basks in his predicament.

He numbs his occasional pain with petty socialization

or the even more degenerate social media.

He defends his caged existence by touting

"community first" or "humans thrive in groups"

or "humans need attention from others".

He does anything and everything to

keep viscerally arriving at the

truth...

When a human being suffers from attachment,

he is tied to himself.

His suffering is not because of the attachment to others,

as much it is because of that to himself.

All the magic that will unfold,

should he let his core burst through his

brittle self scares him to death.

What he is truly, truly capable of

is not Known to such a person.

And he continually runs away

from that Knowledge.

Because the knowledge hides in the darkness

that he dare not shine the light on.

Because today he thinks, the light will make

things too bright around him.

Too bright for him to continue his gloomy days

with his equally gloomy people.

After all,

"his days",

"his people",

and "his life"

have thoroughly convolved into himself.

He cannot tell which is which anymore.

The way out of this attachment is not simple.

Because this is not just another "self-help website".

Although I could, I will not list down what such a human

ought or ought not to do to break away from his predicament.

A part of me wants to jump the gun and say...

what this person lacks is Awareness

of his situation. Or remind him of

the infinite realms awaiting his

visceral desire for greatness

beyond himself.

But even these words will not register to him for what they are.

Because his intellect on "awareness" will lead him astray.

Or he will simply nod - "Yeah I know I am talented

and could be much more than who I am today."

And in stating this regurgitation, he will

have blatantly expressed his unseriousness

about the life that he is sitting on.

Oh, dear. Only if he knew...

Because he does not Know he is attached,

because he does not truly care to be not attached,

because he is almost completely okay living his life

as the days he is currently living...

there is nothing that can be

done to bring him out

Today.

All I can do,

is relay the words

of another great human to him

and others like him.

Dear human,

Attachment is great death.

Death, greater than death itself.

Your situation is far more complicated, however.

Your trickster and sinister Mind has you bound in a bound.

Because you have happily taken the death which

is Attachment to "your people" and "your life".

The statement above may not sound grave to

you. But I earnestly wish a day comes,

that after reading these, you tell

yourself - "told you so."

Thank you.