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Don't think you can't make a difference. Remember the story of Ken Keys and the 100th monkey.

Ken Keyes, Jr. (1921-1995) must have been part of the reason why the cold war ended in 1989. This book, The Hundredth Monkey was published in 1982 at the height of nuclear arm armaments build up between the USA and the former USSR.

The 100th Monkey. A story about social change. By Ken Keyes Jr. The Japanese monkey, Macaca Fuscata, had been observed in the wild for a period of over 30 years. In 1952, on the island of Koshima, scientists were providing monkeys with sweet potatoes dropped in the sand. The monkey liked the taste of the raw sweet potatoes, but they found the dirt unpleasant.

By getting involved you can be that 100th monkey that makes the change in your world.

100th Monkey Effect

The Hundredth Monkey Effect is the spontaneous transference of knowledge throughout a species once a certain number of individuals has learned a new idea or action. It bypasses physical barriers. A mind-to-mind jump. A leap in consciousness.

This idea came from Dr Watson, who wrote about studies of Japanese monkeys in his book Lifetide (1979). Later it was used as a parable in Ken Keyes Jr’s book Hundredth Monkey.

Japanese scientists observed the macaca fuscata over a span of 30 years. In 1952 a young monkey called Imo who solved the problem of dirty raw potatoes by washing them in a nearby stream. this new trick was passed along to her mother and playmates and then their mothers, and so on until most of the troop has learned to do the same. Members of troops on other islands also exhibited the same behavior. a blog is a great way to position yourself as an authority in your field and captivate your readers’ attention.

Myth or Fact?

In this case, it is more myth than fact but it doesn’t discount other evidence of a sudden increase in consciousness. Hundredth Monkey is a beautiful metaphor for a phenomena that is being increasingly proven scientifically.

It is like the tipping point when just one more person having an awareness could close the loop or complete the blueprint for this knowledge. After that, everyone can tab into the collective conscious to download the data. It may not be the 100th monkey or person that takes to shift the balance into a new reality and paradigm. It may be 300million or 3 billion. The point is that we need more people at the leading edge of thought and the frontier of change, especially at this time. If enough people leave the old fear-based paradigm, then together our thoughts and powers of manifestation could increase exponentially. What if people just started questioning beliefs instilled in them like programs instead of sleepwalking through life? What if they were empowered with the heart-centred truth of their potential?

Be empowered.