“Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.”

- Alejandro Jodorowsky

COMMENT Let me share with you an analogy. One day, as a man was passing by elephants held by a circus troupe, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these massive creatures were held captive only with a thin rope tied to their front leg. There were no chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at any time, break away from their bonds. But for some reason, they did not.

He asked their trainer as to why these animals merely stood still and made no attempt to get away. “Well,” trainer said, “when they were very young, we used the same rope to tie them up. At that age, it was enough to tie them down. As they grew up, they have been conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope will still hold them back, and because of that, they never try to break free.”