The Fixated Mind

To provide an example, we can see our situation in the modern world similar to a bird that has been taken from nature, and placed within a cage. The bird, upon entering the cage, becomes stripped of its natural way of living. Over time it loses the knowledge that it once had to survive in nature based on the fact that it is now forced to only know the limits of the enclosure that it is contained within. Not only does this weaken the bird, but also it creates an illusion of reality for the bird to focus on. Depending on how long the bird is caged, it becomes virtually impossible for it to then return back to the wild and survive if let free.