LOCKUP

A vain locksmith would often boast that he could escape from any lockup in less than an hour. Some of his friends built a new lockup and challenged him to break free. In the presence of a large crowd present, the locksmith marched into the cell, and the door was closed. He immediately went to work. Hidden in his belt was a flexible, yet tough and durable ten-inch piece of steel, which he used to work on the lock.

After an hour of elusive result, his buoyancy began to desert him. His reputation was at stake and he was soaked in sweat. Every passing minute seemed an eternity. At the end of two hours, he literally collapsed against the door... and it opened! Actually, the door had never been locked, except in his own mind...

The door had never been locked except in the locksmith’s own mind, which meant that the door was as firmly secured as if a thousand locksmiths had put their best locks on it. Indeed it is easy to unlock any physical locks, but not the lock that lies in the mind. The locks, in our own mind, prevent us from getting out of our “lockup”.

Most of us are confined in a “belief lockup”. In order to break out, we need to first recognise the fetters in our mind. Next we need to seize ownership of situation and choose the path for true liberation of our mind. And it is pertinent to remember that to be better at overcoming the mind lockup; we must give a little push to the mental restrictions rather than exert excessive pulls that keep us confined in the lockup zone.

Let’s BE BETTER at escaping the lockup in the mind
The little progressive push is all it takes, you will find...

- Pravin K. Sabnis