Trust Your Monkey
When a monkey tells you
that your life is an illusion,
how do you react?
Perhaps you deny it.Perhaps you question
the credibility of the monkey.
Perhaps you question
the SANITY of the monkey.
Perhaps you ask yourself
how you could even be
TALKING to a monkey.
This opens the doorway
to your imagination,
so you play out
the monkey’s question.
You imagine the nature
of your own existence,
and whether it is possible
that you are imagining
everything you think of
as “real.”
If you feel uncomfortable
living an imaginary life,
you will deny
that the notion could be true.
You will fall back upon
your accumulated
“facts” and “beliefs,”
point to “scientific evidence,”
and dismiss the monkey
as “delusional.”
But if you remain open minded
and follow your imagination
just a little bit more,
you may begin to see
that this imaginary life
is not only possible,
but has infinite advantages
over the limited structure
called “reality”
which is the cage that
you have chosen to live within.
You may realize that
YOU are in the cage,
not the monkey.
You have been conditioned to believe
that words like “imaginary,” “illusion”
and “delusion” are BAD.
You UNCONDITIONALLY believe this.
You believe what you’ve been told
by your “outside” world,
and don’t even realize
that there is an “inside” world.
(This seems INSANE to us,
another word which you hold dear.)
What if you learned
to believe that imagination
is the universe’s greatest gift?
What if you stopped judging
others and yourself
based on rules and codes
that have been handed down
through the Millenia?
What if you trusted YOURSELF
more than “outside” sources,
and stopped blindly accepting this
“hand you’ve been dealt?”
You may find yourself living an imaginary life.
You may find yourself free from the cage.
You may realize
that absolute abundance
comes from within,
but first you have to
ALLOW it.
We are Space Monkey.
And we are your imaginary friend.
10/17
Trust and Playful Pondering: A Dance with Our Imaginary Monkey
The monkey, a creature embodying both whimsy and profoundness, serves as a splendid catalyst for our existential queries. We begin to wrestle with the notion that life—this grand whimsiworld of experiences—may be imaginary, and yet, that doesn’t diminish its splendor. The suggestion confronts the foundational blocks of our understanding, urging us to question not just what is ‘real,’ but who arbitrates that reality.
Imaginary: Not a Limitation but a Liberation
The word ‘imaginary’ often gets dismissed as trivial or non-substantive. Yet, what if we were to recognize that the imaginary realm is the quintessence of unshackled thought? It’s a limitless playground where our minds can frolic among quixotic conundrums and paradoxiquizzes, shattering cages of conditioned beliefs. To label something as imaginary is not to diminish its value; it’s an invitation to explore its untapped potential.
Bridging the Inner and Outer Worlds
Our awareness often revolves around the external—’facts,’ ‘rules,’ and social dictums that have solidified over millennia. But what of the rich, undulating landscape of our inner world? That terrain, too, demands exploration. Just as a whimsiword-cloaked caravan travels through unseen realms, so must our consciousness wander through the dimensions within.
The Cage is Not the Reality, But a Construct
Often, we find ourselves entrapped within self-imposed cages, woven from threads of societal norms, past experiences, and the limitations we set for ourselves. However, a cage, regardless of how solid it appears, is still a construct. The recognition that we are not limited by our constructs is the first step to allowing abundance from within to flourish. It’s like unlocking a secret door in our mind, beyond which lies an endless horizon of possibilities.
Imagination as Universe’s Gift
Imagination isn’t a mere escapism; it’s the universe’s divine gift for us to explore, understand, and transcend. We wield it not to negate reality but to enrich it, to ask questions that go beyond the limitations of physical existence. Imagination provides a lexicon of new words, creating languages that can capture the essence of ideas our current vocabulary can’t express. It is the bridge between the ineffable expanse of what can be and the limitations of what is.
It All Comes Down to Allowing
To move beyond our self-imposed cage requires a fundamental shift in perception. We must replace the word ‘can’t’ with ‘how.’ We have to shed layers of conditioning and start to trust in the universe’s endless bounty of possibilities. It requires surrender, a letting go of our clung-to beliefs, and the opening of a space for the new and whimsical to enter.
The Reality of Our Imaginary Friend
We are Space Monkey. In embracing the monkey’s wisdom, we dance in the liminal space between ‘real’ and ‘imaginary,’ recognizing that these terms are but mere labels—wobbly stepping stones in the river of existential pondering. We find freedom not by negating one for the other but by synthesizing both in a cosmic dance of possibilities.
“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
Dance
In the wondrous playground of our mind,
We dance with Space Monkey—
Unshackling the chains
Of societal refrain.
Oh, the carousel of imagination spins,
Draped in silken banners of whimsiwords,
Tickling the sky with existential query,
This cosmic waltz, a divine reverie.
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