If our hands are open, many miracles will happen. In fact, it is precisely because we often clench our fists that we get ourselves into trouble and cannot get out. But we always want to blame someone or something for our predicament, especially something we’re holding on to.
There is a story about catching monkeys. It says that people will hollow out coconuts, leaving a hole only for the monkey's hands to enter and exit, then put rice into the empty coconuts and place the coconuts on the path that the monkeys must pass. Soon, the hungry monkey smells the aroma of rice and wants to take out the rice to eat. However, if the hand is full of rice, the monkey cannot take it out. Those monkeys who are caught are because they do not know how to let go.
As long as the monkey clings to the rice, he will become a prisoner of the cage he has set. The trap works because the monkey lets its hunger dictate its behavior. This story is very meaningful. We need to always ask ourselves: What is our rice? What are our desires? What do we want to possess? What makes us unwilling to let go?
The real challenge for everyone is not just letting go, but letting go of what you desire. In fact, we can find food everywhere. The stubborn monkey thought that the rice in the coconut was the only food when it was hungry, so that it did not know that it could only save its life by letting go.
The process of getting love is the same. We are unwilling to give up. When we are full of longing for love, we think that love has only one possibility. In fact, as long as we know how to let go, we will find that there is more than one way to get love in life, because love is everywhere...
✪ Meditation practice -
Clench your fists when you inhale, loosen your hands when you exhale, and pass This exercise attempts to open your mind.
