There was a saint who wanted to stop hunters catching songbirds for sale at the market. He trained a parrot so that whenever it saw a net covered in bird food it squawed, "Don't eat the food! It's a trap! When the other birds heard the parrot's warning they flew away and were saved.The parrot, however, had no idea what he was saying and, seeing the food, flew down to eat it and was captured. When we pay wisdom lip-service but don't live it, we are like that parrot. No matter how wise we seem to be, we will end up getting caught in the net of illusion.
Reference: THE HEART OF ISLAM BY TIMOTHY FREKE
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