Short Mythical Story: Talking About the Revolution

Sometimes we look at the world the same way. Turn things on their head and a new perspective appears. The Hanged Man, Key 12 of the Tarot, reveals this wisdom. The path that the hanged man's head hangs in is deep and well travelled. Look at your world upside down and new insight awaits.

Transcript

Key 12.

Talking about the revolution.

All things are connected.

When enough monkeys on one island,

Or landmass,

Learn a new trick,

A message ripples around the collected mind of all monkeys.

All species share a group mind,

Of course,

And all group minds pool their knowledge,

Wisdom and experience into the newer sphere.

In Indonesia,

Long-tailed macaques have lived alongside humans for millennia,

And as a result have picked up a trick or two.

These days they catch fish with their hands from the sides of rivers.

They have even been known to grab bananas out of the hands of tourists.

Halfway around the world in Mexico,

The spider monkeys spend their lives in the tree tops.

They rarely come to the ground,

So avoiding predators.

Their prehensile tail is like a fifth limb,

And they can hang upside down using their tail alone.

They mainly eat plant-based foods like fruit,

Nuts and even flowers.

After getting bored a few hundred years ago,

They added birds' eggs and insects to their diet.

Like all primates,

They like variety and to eat well and often.

One day,

An enterprising young spider monkey,

Dangled by its tail and feet on a branch,

Hanging over a fast-running stream.

He put his hands into the water and felt something brush past them.

He started thrashing his hands around in the water,

And after a few minutes he grabbed what he didn't know was called a fish.

He bit into it and thought,

Now that's a bit tasty.

Over in Indonesia,

The fish had started to get a bit smarter,

And were avoiding the edges of the rivers.

This was about the same time that a young macaque had what she didn't know was called a thought.

She looked behind her and wondered if it was about time she used a bit of upside down thinking too.

She wondered if she should start using her tail a bit more.

Reviews

Amazing and the 2 stories made me calm for a bit, also the music was soothing.

Brilliant and very insightful thank you. Sitting here with a smile on my face x

Excellent story, love it! ♡

Love these stories! Thank you so!

Always keep an open mind! Another good one, thank you 🙏

Food for thought, thank you.✌🏼🙏🏼🐵

Thank you❤️Namaste

you are such a good story teller

Always love them. I’m not familiar enough with Tarot (yet) to know the cards and how they relate to the stories, but they have inspired me to learn more. For now, I feel that even without the full background, I still benefit from the wisdom of the stories themselves. 🙏

Beautiful. Thank you.

That was perfectly concise, and incredibly thought provoking. I have listened to hundreds of meditations on IT, and this is now in my to 5. THANK YOU TOM!!!! Please more of THIS!!!!!!!

Always thought provoking🐒😊

Brilliant! Thank you🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Thanks Tom!! You always find ways to inspire 😊!!

Really enjoyed the interpretation for the hanged man. This card suggests thinking outside the box and taking time to look at all the options. Just like the monkeys

Very interesting and thought provoking 🤓
Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Wisdom and so delightful...thank you Tom...upside down thinking a rush of blood to the head 😎 and makes your toes tingle 😊

cool story and background music.