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Hi and welcome to Radio Headspace and to this brand new Tuesday, it's Eve here. I have

been reading a wonderful book called Full Catastrophe Living and it's by an inspiring

meditation teacher and researcher called Dr. John Kabatzin and he created the program

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. So this has actually been part of my training and

within the book he talks about the attitudes and qualities of mindfulness, one of which

is letting go. And within this section of the book he tells that in India they catch monkeys

in a particular way. And the story as it was told to him is that hunters

cut a hole in a coconut that is just about big enough to fit a monkey's hand through.

A banana is then slipped in the hole and the hunt is high. Now a monkey inevitably comes

down, intrigued by the coconuts and the smell of the banana and pops his or her hand in

to grab the treat. The hole however has been crafted so that the hand can go in but it

can't come out. The monkey is in a real dilemma. Does it let go of the delicious treats

and run or does it stay attached to the banana and risk being caught?

Now according to this story most monkeys don't let go. Letting go is not always as easy

as we might think it is. Have you ever had a conversation with someone? Well actually

more of an argument, heated conversation, where perhaps the words just let it go were

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