TWO FAIRY TALES REVEAL THE SECRET OF LIFEWhen we were young we became ... with the stories of Red Riding Hood and ... Both these little girls have ... with wild beasts and one is TWO FAIRY TALES REVEAL THE SECRET OF LIFEWhen we were young we became acquainted with the stories of Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks. Both these little girls have encounters with wild beasts and one is eaten, whilst the other gets clean away. Why were the fates of the little girls so different? If we knew the reason, it might be useful in everyday life.When I first heard the stories, I enjoyed them at face value and, like all children, did not possess the power to understand the depth of meaning behind them. Then I grew up and, after much folly and suffering, began my search in the wilderness for the meaning of life. One day the connection between the two apparently unconnected stories just came to me from out of the blue. Bear with me as I recount the tales. You will remember that Red Riding Hoods head was full of kind and considerate thoughts. These had been passed on to her, like a virus, from her mother, who, in turn, had learned them from her parent. When Red Riding Hood was asked by mum to take some groceries to granny who lived in the woods she jumped at the idea. She was warned against talking to strangers and to keep to the path. All went well until the way became crooked at the entrance to the woods. Here she meets the wolf; a beast that immediately suggests picking more berries and fruits for granny. Red Riding Hood finds the idea irresistible and gathers a lot more produce. Meanwhile the wolf creeps away to the cottage in the woods where he gobbles up granny. Then the little girl arrives loaded down with the groceries and fruits. The wolf is now in grannys clothes and he promptly adds Red Riding Hood to the menu. However, a hunter is nearby and he kills the wolf and cuts him open, thus releasing the two ladies.Now we come to Goldilocks. Here is girl who liked to roam in the woods alone, eating wild strawberries when she was hungry and sleeping on dry moss when she was tired. The scene changes to the cottage of the three bears where mummy bear has been making porridge for her family. It is too hot to eat, so all the bears go out for a while. A little later Goldilocks passes by and, because she is hungry and tired, enters the cottage of the three bears. You will remember how she tries all the bowls of porridge, all the chairs and all the beds to find the ones that are just right for her. She is asleep in baby bears bed when the beasts arrive home. There is a commotion, but Goldie escapes and runs all the way home. We are told that she never goes back to the woods again.Its great to hear those stories again isnt it? What do you mean, you would rather watch Prisoner in Cell Block H on TV? Listen, those stories reveal the secret of life. The Red Riding Hood story depicts what happens when you go too far. You see, it is very powerful to exercise personal preferences or choices. Preferences are your own, but the knowledge of right and wrong you receive from your parents or teachers. They pass their values on to you like a virus. You then find yourself like Eve in the Garden of Eden, eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Having gone too far, both Adam and Eve were kicked out of the garden and became powerless. Red Riding Hoods mother, like mothers everywhere, committed an act of extreme folly when she told her daughter to keep to the path and not to talk to strangers. Her daughter was then forced to abandon her own preferences in favor of a received wisdom. When this happens you have overstepped the mark, you have been tripped over a threshold into a state of mind that becomes available to a living trend. This is what happened to Red Riding Hood.Living trends emerge spontaneously from increasingly complex conditions. In the story, escalating complexity is symbolized when the straight path turns crooked at the entrance to the woods. (In the story of Adam and Eve, crookedness is symbolized by the serpent.) Also, in fairy tales, the forest trees, straining towards the light, depict living trends. Red Riding Hood meets the wolf when the path goes crooked. He tempts her to go beyond the threshold of what is just enough groceries for granny. So, having already gone too far with her ideas of right and wrong, the little girl now picks an excess of fruit. Red Riding Hood also has imperfect knowledge of the motives of the wolf. In general, there will always exist a state of imperfect knowledge between grown men and women even if they are mentally compatible. This is due to the existence of the female fertility cycle. Because a man cannot know what it is like to be a woman, the level of imperfect knowledge is high enough to make both parties available to living trends. In fact the fertility cycle is often at the root of those disembodied forces called living trends. Red Riding Hoods mum and dad were obviously living under the spell of a living trend and had drawn their daughter into it. Because of the connection of imperfect knowledge with the fertility cycle, the daughter is depicted as wearing a Red Hood. Therefore, to sum up, it is Red Riding Hoods failure to tap the world lightly, together with her received tendency to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, plus her imperfect knowledge of the motives of the wolf, that combine to cause crookedness. The latter is the sign that the little girl is about to participate in a new living trend. She now enters the world of living trends, the forest and gets to discover that the road to hell really is paved with good intentions.Now Goldilocks is a loner. She has no teachers or mother to infect her with one-sided ideas of right and wrong and imperfect knowledge of the world. Goldie does not wear a Red Hood, but instead her golden curls are emphasized a symbol of her independent spirit. Her view of life does not lead to over-the-top responses and so, for her, the road does not turn crooked. She is on the straight way through life and therefore does not meet the wolf and is not tempted into further one-sidedness. So, at any given moment, even though she is in the forest of living trends, Goldie is not available to any of them. When she is in the cottage of the three bears, she does have imperfect knowledge of the danger she is in, but is saved by her own acts of power. She tries all the chairs and all the bowls of porridge and all the beds to find what is just right for her. By exercising a sober choice or personal preference, she taps the world lightly and never goes beyond what is just enough. Therefore when the bears return she has the power or luck to escape. In contrast, Red Riding Hood was gripped by a second-hand desire to do good works and she indulged it to the full. She was a driven person who committed no acts of power. Therefore, she was eaten. So you can see that life is not best served by learning right from wrong. Those things take care of themselves when life becomes a practical matter of uncommon knowledge and power.When it comes to the crunch in life, you succeed or fail, live or die, depending on how much power you have in the bank. How much do you have? How much treasure in heaven have you accrued through your own acts of power? Or is your imperfect knowledge of the world and one-sided responses making you available to living trends? Is a wolf stalking you and, through cross infection of your world-view, is he pursuing any of your loved ones right now? This would be a wolf, not in sheeps clothing, but in grannys clothes. Youll know hes got to you when you find yourself thinking those self-righteous, judgematic thoughts about right and wrong that have been passed down the generations like a virus and which always propel you beyond what is just enough. If this wolf in grannys clothes is on your trail, he will tempt all of you in turn and then steal your most valuable possession, which is your power to generate nice surprises. Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com .
Top blog stories
A review of Idmobile.com
Idmobile.com offers both pay-as-you-go and contract plans. Pay-as-you-go plans are ideal for customers who don't want to be tied down to a long-term contract, and they can purchase bundles of data, minutes, and texts as and when they need them.
Idmobile.com offers both pay-as-you-go and contract plans. Pay-as-you-go plans are ideal for customers who don't want to be tied down to a long-term contract, and they can purchase bundles of data, minutes, and texts as and when they need them.
AO.co is a trusted expert in TVs, washing machines, clothes dryers and other household appliances. AO.com is one of the largest retailers in the UK and it specializes in electronics, clothes and home furniture.
At Three, we believe phones are good. They just make life better. Easier. And more fun. But
we all need to find a balance that works for us. Our mission is to help our customers use
their phones to live their best lives.
We make your life easier
Since 1992, we’ve been helping customers get the best deal on their dream phone. We firmly believe in giving you the highest quality, for the lowest price. That’s why we work with three of the UK’s leading networks to do all the haggling for you,...
At Halfords, we're all about the journey. With more than 700 stores with over 10,000 colleagues, we're the UK's leading retailer of automotive and cycling products. We are also the leading operator in MOT, tyres, car servicing and car repairs - pleasing more than 750,000 customers every year.
It's important to us that everyone gets great customer service and can enjoy our products, no matter their level of sight. So, if you're blind, partially sighted or struggle to see or read the screen, we’ve a range of features to help you get the most from our products and...
Look iconic, without the hassle— using Nasty Gal discount codes, you can shop your favorite pieces for way less by simply entering one of our promotional codes (of your choice) at the checkout. From delivery offers, to promo deals, we keep ‘em coming, so you always have the offer you...
The Covid-19 has caused the school and universities to shut down around the world creating a major issue in Learning and Education. As this virus spreads through the interaction and if social distanci... The Covid-19 has caused the school and universities to shut down around the world creating a major...
Why its Important to Manage Your Holiday Calendars?
A printable calendar 2021 is a prominent online platform where you download printable calendars of your choice. These calendars can be customized as per our client requirement with photo, text, logo, or any other image. If you are thinking of planning a dream vacation tour with family and kids but...
More than 90% of teenagers use social media and 71% of them have more than one account in these apps. It’s easy to see why social media is popular, but what are the effects or even risks of using social media on the teenager’s brain. A study done at UCLA...
There are truckloads of unconventional habits that you should be participating in. If you wanna know about them, curb your desire to puke and sit tight! Do you secretly indulge in questionable habits? You’d be lying if you said no to this! Come on, we all have our fair share...
Planning to Migrate Microsoft Teams from one tenant to another? Know the alternate processes to tackle all your MS Teams migration worries. Planning an MS Teams migration from one tenant to another? Let us help you out with few alternate processes to tackle all your migration worries. Microsoft Teams: The...
Update Needed to Enjoy the media you need to either update your browser to your modern version or update your Flash plugin. Looking at and expecting specific filler term alternatives will probably be challenging as it's subtle. Pals may be additional prone to note a change in how you converse...
Norman Vincent Peale, author of the book The Power of Positive Thinking once said, “Change your thoughts and you can change your world.” Many of us, when we face challenges in life, aren’t interested in people telling us to “look on the bright side” or to keep a positive attitude....
Psychological problems and the treatment is within you Why isn’t pulling your hair considered a socially acceptable way of dealing with distress while smoking is? The worst case scenarios ... Psychological problems and the treatment is within you Why isn’t pulling your hair considered a socially acceptable way of dealing...
This has led towards the rise of political functions with agendas catering to one or a mix of these teams. Events in India also concentrate on people who find themselves not in favour of other functions and use them as an asset. The president is shifting his messaging within the...
Three boundaries drive a maximum of the low uptake of PMUY refills: Affordability – because of the excessive powerful price of the top off, that's INR 150–250 (USD 2.3–3.8). This value is better than the actual refill rate once misplaced wages and transportation fees are factored in. The inconvenience of...
PM Narendra Modi in 2015 launched Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is an Accident Insurance Scheme (AIS) supplying demise and incapacity cover as a result of an accident.Insurance isn't a newer concept to India; however, its attain is still tons limited. In spite of...
The Government of India has regularized specific saving schemes for the welfare of citizens. These schemes are added into movement with one common objective- a guide to all individuals. One such scheme is Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana introduced by means of the Prime Minister of India on 15 August...
Search topic
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
The Government of India has regularized specific saving schemes for the welfare of citizens. These schemes are added into movement with one common objective- a guide to all individuals. One such scheme is Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana introduced by means of the Prime Minister of India on 15 August...