Birds in the Heart - Embracing a Tree

One day, a master took a disciple to the mountain.
They walked and walked.
All of a sudden, the master, as if possessed by demons,
embraced a tree, and cried out loudly,
"Hey my dear, hurry, hurry! Come rescue me!"
The disciple asked, "Master, how shall I rescue you?"
The master answered,
"Hurry up and pull me away from the tree.I have been holding on to this tree,
and I am suffering a lot!"
The disciple then pulled and pulled, with all his might,
trying to free the master,
but he could not pull him away from the tree.
Finally, the master put his arms down by himself,
and he said, "What a stupid disciple! All I had to do
is release my arms and let go!"
Our distress is just like the act of embracing a tree.
We do it willingly.
Why not just set yourself free?
There will be no more afflictions.
Therefore, the Dharma teaches us to learn "letting go";
release afflictions quickly,
and do not hold on to them tightly.