Thread by @segalink

In a small village, there lived a potter. He had a donkey. Everyday his donkey would carry soil from the field to his house. Since the field was quite far off, the potter would rest under a tree midway, tying his donkey nearby.

One day, the potter forgot to take the rope with which he tied the donkey everyday. When he reached the tree, he thought, “How do I tie this donkey today? He might run away if I sleep.” The potter decided to hold the donkey’s ears so that the donkey would not run away.

But this way neither the donkey was comfortable nor the potter was able to take a rest. A wiseman, who happened to be passing by, saw the potter holding on to the donkey’s ears. Then he wanted to know what the problem of the potter was.

When the potter told the wiseman what the problem was, the wise saint said, “Take the donkey to the place where you tie him everyday. Pretend to tie him using an imaginary rope. I assure you he won’t run away." The potter did what the saint had said.

He left the donkey and went to take a nap. When he woke up, to his surprise and relief, he found the donkey standing in the same place. Soon the potter prepared to leave for home. But the donkey did not move. “What is wrong with this donkey!" exclaimed the potter in frustration!

Luckily, the potter saw the wiseman again. He ran up to him and told him about the donkey’s strange behavior. He said, “You tied up the donkey, but did you untie him?" Go and pretend to untie the rope with which you had tied the donkey." The potter followed the saint’s advice.

Now the donkey was ready to leave for home. The potter understood that donkey was the bonded donkey. The potter thanked the wise saint and went home happily with his donkey.

Mental Slavery remains the worst of all forms of Slavery, giving the inflicted the illusion of freedom. But a mind that knows, understands and values itself can not be enslaved. Many are locked up in gate-less cells & birds in Cages never sing...they weep.

Can we ever be free until we free ourselves from the prison of our own false thoughts? 🤔

End.

“Sometimes a fruit falls from a tree and rolls so far away from its roots that it’s no longer of the tree. The hard fall & long journey, bruises the fruit so much that it totally changes it.” Many people around you are like this. Some may be beyond redemption in their state...

This is why some can’t be awakened regardless of how much truth you present to them. This journey has totally brainwashed and indoctrinated them to such a degree that they are no longer of the original tree. 😞 (Paraphrasing Malcolm X).

Every four years, Political potters Are advised by their marabouts to bring the masses to the usual place where they are tied while they rest and gain momentum for another round of abuses. Even when no rope is used, we play along & fight ourselves with great hate on their behalf.

Yet you wonder why we are stuck in the cycle of elect and regret cum turn by turn politics of ethnic extraction and religious bigotry? When will we stop being Donkeys? When will we realize they are playing with our minds? When will we emancipate ourselves from mental slavery?🤔