I still have two empty spots left open, in the middle. That means you can't capture me by surrounding me.
Yes. Yes, exactly. Your life is much like this Go board, my friend. You have allowed yourself to be surrounded by enemy pieces—people who wish to bend you to their will, to remove your unique voice from the board and replace it with one of… of mindless subservience. But as you correctly point out, you are still holding on to two empty places in the center. They are your heart, and your mind. They are the places that make you what you really are. Do you wish to surrender one of them so easily?