Want to break free?

All of us would surely answer this quetion in 'yes'...but here follow yet other questions- break free from what? What is it that has tied you or caught you?  

Look carefully .....there is nothing that can bind you unless and until you hold onto it...we can understand it better with an example of a monkey who put his hand in a pitcher containing grains and held a handful in his fist....now he tried to take his hand out of the pitcher but no matter how hard he tried ,the fist wouldnt come out of the pitcher....what will awise man do in such situation ? He will simply open his fist, let the grains go...and pull his hand out.

If we wish to break free we also need to open our fist of worldly desires and possessiveness......and lo! we step into the world of freedom & happiness where nothind binds and constrains us.....It is not the pitcher nor the grains which has caught the monkey it is his own hand (fist) ...so friends freedom & happiness or slvery of mind & misery the choice lies in our hands....tighten your fist (try to grab the worldly possessions & relations) and you are trapped OR loosen your grip open your hand and break free from the ties that hinder you.

Thanks to Guru