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Elephants and A Cord

Suri had always wanted to see elephants and was overjoyed when he joined a wildlife crew and visited a village with over 100 elephants. However, he was shocked to see the large elephants tied only with thin ropes rather than strong chains. The trainer explained that the elephants had been tied with ropes since they were babies and had developed a false belief that the ropes were too strong for them to break, showing how beliefs can limit us even if untrue.

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Elephants and A Cord

Suri had always wanted to see elephants and was overjoyed when he joined a wildlife crew and visited a village with over 100 elephants. However, he was shocked to see the large elephants tied only with thin ropes rather than strong chains. The trainer explained that the elephants had been tied with ropes since they were babies and had developed a false belief that the ropes were too strong for them to break, showing how beliefs can limit us even if untrue.

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Elephants and a Cord:

Suri was a sweet boy and a wildlife lover. He was fond of elephants, the mammoth
animals. In fact he was very crazy about elephants. However, he never had a chance
to see real elephants. All he saw those mammoth creatures were only in television
and computers. He lived in a small town. The place he lived didn’t provide him a
chance to visit the elephants.

All his only desire was to see and touch at least an elephant before he die.
Fortunately, when he was 25 years he got a chance to join a crew of wildlife
lovers. He enquired them about their plans and with eagerness, he asked whether
they would take him to see the elephants. And they said yes. The journey happily
began and they visited various places. Suri was so happy and enjoyed the tour to
the core. He was waiting for years to visit the elephants in real life and the day
came. As they passed through the forests, they walked past a beautiful village. One
from the team said that the village had more than 100 elephants and Suri could
enjoy the entire day in that village. There was nothing in the world that could
measure Suri’s happiness hearing those words.

Finally he saw those elephants for the first time in his life. He was amazed to see
the elephants and screamed happily. After spending two to three hours just seeing
the elephants, he was shocked to see those elephants tied to a frail fence. It was
a thin rope, not even a chain and there was no cage or any kind of shelter where
the elephants lived. Instead, there were simple sheds without any doors. Elephant
tied with ropeSuri was surprised as he knew the strength of elephants and saw them
tied to strong chains in the television. He enquired one of the countrymen about
why they were left freely without any protection and also asked ‘won’t they easily
break the rope?’ The trainer answered Suri, ‘They won’t’ Suri was surprised and
asked how? The trainer replied, ‘They were trained here since their childhood. When
they were babies we used to tie them with a strong rope and the kid elephants
weren’t able to break them. The rope or chain we used to tie them when they were
small.

It was strong enough to hold them. A few elephants would try to break the rope or
chain, but could not set them free. So as they grew, they developed a false belief
that the small and thin ropes were too strong for them to break and they continued
to get tied by their belief!’ Suri was amazed as well as shocked. The powerful
mammoth wasn’t strong enough mentally to get them free from a thin rope. However,
he left the place as he was happy to see the elephants. Our lives are like the
elephant’s false beliefs. We follow the false beliefs we experience and fail to try
out something just because we did not accomplish it earlier.

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