But the box is safe

If you ever get the chance to watch the Truman Show starring Jim Carrey, please do. 

The whole premise behind the movie is that we are in someway controlled by "the" system. Jim's character teaches us to think outside the box and to realize just how  powerful the mind can be.

We are conditioned to feel comfort in our "3 feet of personal space" to give us a sense that we own the space in someway. In that case, you would "own" a lot of space as you move from place to place throughout your day.

The only space you actually "own" is between your ears. Your ego roars over the whisper of your mind ensuring that you stay inside the societal box. When you realize that you are the watcher of your mind, of your thoughts, you can shush the roar and hear the truth of your being. You can think like there is no box. 

James Allen - As A Man Thinketh (1903) - "Mind is the master power that molds and makes, and man is mind, and evermore he takes the tool of thought, and shaping what he wills, brings forth a thousand joys, a thousand ills: - He thinks in secret and it comes to pass: environment is but his looking glass. The aphorism, “As a man thinketh in his heart so is he”, not only embraces the whole of a man's being, but it is so comprehensive as to reach out to every condition and circumstance of his life. A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts."

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