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"The MONKEY AND BANANA" - a parallel to human insecurity

Academic Paper Summary by: lufalcao     

Original Author: Luzia Aparecida Falcão Costa
It has to be assumed that the search of the property itself depends on the willingness of each person, since happiness is
guaranteed to anyone so unconditional. It is curious to observe how the beings that are part of current society, contrary to what one might expect, are not showing any commitment to that natural instinct, called home. Obviously everyone wants to be okay in life, but only wish, hope, are not sufficient to achieve what is, is achieved. And it became an almost accomplished fact for most people: they want to, want, but little or no effort is made to achieve that ambition. , Or when they do, is not concerned about the consequences of such a procedure, if it is based on ethics and morality: what counts is the same wish, conquered at any cost and price. Analyzing these types of behavior presented, we find that much to do with what is described in the parable called "The Monkey and Bananas." According to this parable, individuals belonging to a certain African tribe had reached the end of starvation because they do not have with that food. Resolved then catch some monkeys still others, to satisfy the hunger that felt uncontrollable. However, as we all know, monkeys are very shy animals, clever and always find a way to escape from those who pursue. To resolve this problem, some members of the tribe developed a strategy that worked perfectly. Cumbuco took several close-mouthed and, within them, have the only remaining bananas, but not sufficient to satisfy the hunger of the whole tribe. Following such Cumbuco were hanging on branches of trees frequented by the targeted monkeys. As they had expected, the few, and the monkeys came to realize that there was a banana in the Cumbuco, none vacillated: instinctively, swabs inside one of his feet, trying to get the desired fruit. There were twisted for a long time, looking for a way to remove it from Cumbuco, and could not, ended up being caught and processed into food for the hungry members of that tribe. Well, the great debate that is contained in this parable is this: that the monkeys insisted on finding, at any cost, a way to remove the bananas, even at the risk of being caught and killed by individuals of the tribe? Does this attitude was maintained by the hope that they had to find a way to remove them from Cumbuco, and finally tasting them? Or is that it is a new fact, an experience not previously experienced, were not with the help of memory, since this is where they are kept and recorded both pleasant results, like those that cause different types of pain or frustration? If there is no way to define because the monkeys had such procedures, moreover, it is an excellent material to be established a correlation between the procedures provided by the monkeys face a situation like that involved with the actual human behavior. There are many lessons in life that can be drawn that parallel, considering that many people are acting in a way very similar and very similar to those giving answers given by the monkeys, when faced with certain situations that they inspire the aforementioned desire. Among them, the emphasis should be highlighted that demonstrate when they wish to get something or achieve a result favorable to them, even knowing in advance the low probability of success, since it is totally adverse. And this is one of the main reasons that causes a endless number of people you are unhappy, is at work, in family relationships (especially marriage), and in spite of so much suffering, still, years on end, focusing on a possible reversal of the reason for launching such dissatisfaction. Do not realize that this is no great sense of will, as such frustrating situations, certainly, are now considered as triggering factors for many degenerative diseases and junk in the world today. Do not understand that these sick mental processes are closely related to the radical human insecurity, as can be seen, dominates most of the world nowadays. And that leaves the question posted here is: even when people and more people will continue putting at risk both the physical and the mental health simply because it can not be bold enough to open to change? What else must happen to be men and women understand they need time to make the rescue of themselves, being real, creative and critical not to let dominate by castrating certain circumstances that prevent the subjectivity try a different way of living , satisfactory to the ego and the very essence individual? This new world in which we entered, inadvertently, requires many assumptions and principles are reviewed and reformulated, because otherwise the explosion of psychosomatic diseases and illnesses, but nonexistent, but tends to expand, drawing the people that have to greatest, ie, the brightness of the gaze, the desire to be well with oneself, other people and with life itself. 
Published: March 03, 2009
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