25. The Goose Who Thought the Sky Was a Ceiling (Chinese — Zhuangzi)

A goose raised indoors believed it knew the sky because it had seen the rafters.

That is how most minds live: we mistake the ceiling for the cosmos.

The Fool Method rattles the beams, opens a window, and says:

“Try your wings. You were born for more than indoor thinking.”

And if the goose hesitates?

We wait.

 But we leave the window open.