Be Wise, Like Unto The Monkey

Another tag, this time from Phish.



But those of you who fear the finger of fate, be glad.
The monkey came.

So.
What's with the monkey, you ask.

Focus on the monkey.

Alexys was surprised recently that I gave a slightly tongue in cheek response to a comment from her.
I think she would be shocked by the reality that RL me, is a very UNserious, frivolous seeming person, someone who never seems to really take life seriously.
Hey, it's a game.

I play to win.
But I DO try follow the rules.
If you took it TOO seriously, you wouldn't bother setting rules for yourself.
That's how games work.

Focus on the monkey.

My work colleagues think I can be very surreal. They think I have a monkey obsession.
But no, it is the philosophy.

It is about getting in touch with your inner monkey.

We are primates.
We evolved from creatures like monkeys.

The monkey is closer to us, than the dog.
Closer as in, to YOU, a closer genetic COUSIN.

The monkey has our emotions more so than any other type of creature.
An animal like us.
But but without our reason.

Without the love we bear eachother as a collective, communicative species that the monkey is not- not to our degree.

But without that hate too.



Monkey just reacts. He loves those who make him feel good TODAY. Monkey rewards today's kindness.
Monkey shows love to his fellow monkey. He doesn't need to analyse it, he feels it, or he doesn't. It relies entirely on whether you make him feel good.

Monkey forgives, but never forgets.

He doesn't carry the dark side of our humanity, the desire to own things- and people.
Or the bizarre concept that you can rectify the past by your actions now.

That's blame.
No use crying over spilt milk.
It is nice if the person who spilt it,cleaned it up.
But if they don't, it still has to be cleaned up.

Blame is useful, in that it enables people to find out why something happened, and how it can be stopped happening again.

But ultimately, the responsibility for unpleasantness continuing is not the person who started it, but the person who won't end it.

The past is history.
It is irrevocable.
The future is there for the taking.



Monkey knows this.
So be wise, like unto the monkey.

Hear no evil.
See no evil.
Speak no evil.

That's the real Monkey Magic.

So I'm tagging these people:

I tag anyone who feels that blame and revenge make them feel better.

The award? If you are in touch with your inner monkey, it's yours...