Monkey goes through some sort of midlife crisis three or four hundred years into his existence. Monkey explains his distress when asking his monkey peers, “If we die, shall we not have lived in vain”. Monkey finds a stark vacuity in his life. Monkey’s vacuity wakes him vigorously and provides him with the motivation do action. Many times, people will discover issues in their own lives, clear vacuities that should be addressed, but instead ignore the issue. To recognize an issue is one thing, but to gather the inner strength to go and tackle that issue, to take action, is whole new endeavor. Monkey, however, had the moral strength to give up all the benefits of being the handsome monkey king in an instant. Monkey showed no reservation in his commitment, he said he would “wander with the clouds to the corners of the see or journey to the distant edge of Heaven,” all with the intention of find the immortals. Comfort can be a dangerous trap, despite monkey’s leisurely position in life he had the moral fortitude to take action simply because of his wake to vacuity.
Group Partners: Muneeb and Jorge
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m.khan10 // Feb 8th 2017 at 9:49 pm
As my partner Jamie stated, there comes a point where Monkey realizes a certain emptiness in his life that his lavish lifestyle can’t fulfill. He decided to take the initiative and search for something that would make his life complete. That is why we chose “action” as our theme.
Monkey was never content with what he had. All of the other monkeys took note of this. “The Great King indeed does not know contentment.” All of the other monkeys were satisfied except him. Monkey took action to find the key to immortality as he thought this would satisfy the emptiness in his life. “The Monkey King searched diligently for the way of immortality, but he had no chance of meeting it.” Monkey was committed to finding immortality no matter what the circumstances were. The way Monkey took action was a big reason why he was given the name Wake-to-Vacuity.
Group Partners: Jamie and Jorge
j.guzman3 // Feb 9th 2017 at 3:57 pm
According to my partners, “Comfort can be a dangerous trap” and this is when ACTION is the most important. For without action the Monkey King would never be truly content . Often the case, it is very easy to fall victim to comfort and scarcity because taking action requires:
-leaving your comfort zone
-possibility of failure
-ACTION
In the case of the the lumber jack the Monkey King meets, his comfort zone is his mother in which he feels responsible for. Nonetheless, one must not forget that the Monkey king is in fact king…with followers and duties. Yet he took action and he is more content as a result.
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