As I reflect on the tragic end of the story of the legendary Welsh wizard Merlin, in which, according to some versions, he is locked up forever in a cage, tower or box of glass, in a kind of invisible prison that leads us to think that he is trapped in a kind of imaginary cell from which he cannot get out because he is lost in his own madness, a thought crosses my head; What if we are trapped in glass cells ourselves? What if we live our lives locked up like Merlin, trapped in prisons, which are, unlike this one, entirely created by our minds?
Perhaps many of us live day by day trapped in a box created by our minds, by our thoughts, by fear, and by all kinds of beliefs that limit us day by day and make us live as locked in our own bubble, in our own invisible prison, in our own glass box.
A box made up of everything that prevents us from acting naturally as we want, for everything that prevents us from leading a truly free life, and that keeps us tied to conformity and comfort. A box created by fear with which, unconsciously, we may find ourselves used to living, sometimes without realizing it.
It is a box that we drag with us everywhere and that does not allow us to live a life freely, a box that is closed inside and from which we don't leave, not because we cannot, but because we do not want to, because we have voluntarily chosen to stay there, because our insecurities make us believe that it is safer to be inside the box than outside.
In this state we find ourselves many times, in my opinion, like oysters locked in their shells, not wanting to leave because we are little aware of our condition and because we have become accustomed to living a life locked in a kind of inner slavery.
The way out of this box is having discipline and self-control to face our fears and control our thoughts, but mainly just trying, just recognizing our condition and trying to get out is a great change that will be reflected in our lives on a daily basis. We would be surprised to realize how much we can change simply by having the will to do so.
It only takes the will to get out of this box, but not everyone has the will to get out of it, some will continue to drag it to the end of their days, because it is easier, and it does not involve much work, but I suppose that the life of freedom does not it's for everyone. What about you, can you see the box?
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