What is a cognitive cage? Many people miss out because of their cognition!

Immortal: I will guide you so you can be reborn as a human.
Maggot: Hearing that, I’m so happy! I quickly ask, if I become a human, will all the poop in the cesspits belong to me?
Immortal: The human world is very clean; we don’t eat those things.
Maggot: As soon as I hear that, I lose interest. If I can’t even eat a mouthful of poop, what’s the point of living?
Forget it, I’d rather stay a maggot forever.
Bodhisattva: Do you want to go to a place without worries and sorrows?
Person: Yes, how can I get there?
Bodhisattva: Give up all greed and desires in the human world.
Person: There’s food, drink, companionship, and love in the human world. That’s already the greatest happiness. If I give those up, what’s the point of living?
Forget it, I’d rather be the person I am now.