Monkey Trap
Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 6:42 pm
The old story goes ...
That a good way to trap monkeys is to have a hollowed out coconut tethered to a stake.
Inside you place some cooked rice or other monkey delicacy which can be got at through a small hole.
The monkey puts his hand through the hole, grabs the food, but then can't withdraw unless he loses the food by un-clenching his fist.
The monkey is trapped - not physically but by a notion that when you see rice hold on tight - a principle that served him well in the past but has now become possibly fatal.
The problem is he can't let go of an old idea...
Could conventional cancer treatments be a monkey trap? The difficulty lies not in new ideas but in getting away from old ones. Perceptions can blind us to perhaps a better way of doing things.
Just a thought?
That a good way to trap monkeys is to have a hollowed out coconut tethered to a stake.
Inside you place some cooked rice or other monkey delicacy which can be got at through a small hole.
The monkey puts his hand through the hole, grabs the food, but then can't withdraw unless he loses the food by un-clenching his fist.
The monkey is trapped - not physically but by a notion that when you see rice hold on tight - a principle that served him well in the past but has now become possibly fatal.
The problem is he can't let go of an old idea...
Could conventional cancer treatments be a monkey trap? The difficulty lies not in new ideas but in getting away from old ones. Perceptions can blind us to perhaps a better way of doing things.
Just a thought?