Daoxin's "Liberation"
Daoxin, the Fourth Patriarch, was walking when he encountered a man who had tied himself to a tree with a rope.
The man cried out, "
Master, please liberate me!"
Daoxin asked,
"Who has bound you?"
The man replied,
"No one has bound me."
Daoxin said,
"Then why ask me to liberate you?"
Upon hearing this, the man was enlightened.
Reflection
Breathe and let the story settle.