Monkey trap is one of the simplest method to catch monkeys and somehow it has proved to work every time.
Method is simple. Take a hollow enclosure, a can, or an empty tender coconut shell and make a hole of size enough for the monkey to put its hand inside it. Place a banana or any eatable inside this to lure the monkey. Keep it accessible to the monkey.
Eventually a hungry monkey comes, sees the food inside and puts his hand inside. Holds the banana and tries to take its hand outside. Alas! The hole isn’t big enough to allow the monkey’s fist holding the food. Monkey doesn’t realize this and goes into panic mode. While the focus of the monkey is to escape the trap, it forgets that it has to let go of the food it is holding to save his ass.
Monkey trap is highly relatable to the human clinging to that single idea and believing that solution should be around it and getting trapped inside it forever.
Maybe the real solution is to empty the cup and let go of what we already think is true. Looking at the world with the fresh perspective might be the only way to escape the monkey trap.
