Joy and Weight of Freedom

Freedom Gu flies to Ren Zu unbidden, and he seizes it with joy, puzzled why it favors him over the animals chasing it. It answers that his own attitude Gu, love, and wealth once abused it, but cognition Gu on him drew it in, since his delirious wishes strengthen freedom Gu. Freedom Gu demands release and refuses to serve him. When he grips tighter instead, responsibility Gu presses down on his shoulder, and cognition Gu tells him freedom obliges him to answer for himself. ^{ch. 1954}

Fate Gu’s spider silk binds him again as he struggles under the weight, and freedom Gu warns that holding on will only tighten the silk to death. He refuses to let go even as the silk pierces him, laughing that merely sensing a distant Gu satisfies him, and cognition Gu answers that whoever obtains freedom Gu can sense happiness Gu’s location too. He faints from the ordeal. He wakes with the silk slack and responsibility Gu no longer pressing, cognition Gu gone along with his sense of freedom Gu, and panicking, he opens his hands, and freedom Gu escapes. Humans do not understand freedom while they hold it, and realize it only after losing it. Only then does he recall the animals’ warning, and grieving, he says he would rather lose love or his own life than lose freedom again. ^{ch. 1954}