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Chapter 26

Chapter 3, Section 11 Monkeys in the Alps?
Do you have an "Alpine monkey" in your heart? ? ?
There is a small village at the foot of the Alps. One day, an old man full of wisdom and immortality came to the village.He announced to the villagers in the village that he himself knew a kind of magic touch that can be taught to everyone, but those who want to learn this magic must take out the most valuable things at home as tuition fees. ?
People in the village heard that there is a magic spell that turns stones into gold, and everyone is eager to try it.So, everyone took out the most valuable things at home and gave them to the old man, and then gathered to listen to the old man's lecture on this magical spell.The old man murmured a series of incantations, and then turned the stone covered under the barrel into shining gold. ?
"Teach us quickly." There was a hungry sound from the back of everyone's throat. ?
The old man tirelessly taught the mantras to the villagers, and when the most stupid person in the village could also recite the mantras, he told them with satisfaction: "You can start using alchemy at sunrise tomorrow, I guarantee you can turn useless stones into yellow gold. But remember—when you say the spell, don't think of the monkeys in the Alps."?
"Absolutely not!" The villagers replied in unison.What does gold have to do with monkeys in the Alps, the old man is so boring, how can they think of monkeys in the Alps? ?

But……?
1000 years have passed, and some people say that if you go to this village now, you will still see many people covering stones under wooden barrels and muttering to themselves, "trying hard" not to think of the monkeys in the Alps. ?
They never "read" gold, but no one can blame the old man for lying, because everyone has to admit that the more they try to tell themselves not to think of those monkeys, the more they think of monkeys that have nothing to do with them. ?
Mind walk?

The monkeys in the Alps have such power that they can make the alchemy forever ineffective.In fact, this is the power of psychological suggestion.Psychological suggestion is the psychological characteristic of people accepting the influence of external or other people's wishes, ideas, emotions, judgments, and attitudes. It is the most common psychological phenomenon in people's daily life.It is a psychological phenomenon in which people or the environment send information to the individual in a very natural way, and the individual accepts this information unconsciously and responds accordingly. ?
Once we tell ourselves not to pay attention to things that are not beneficial to us, we will pay more attention to it, and it is even difficult to get rid of it.So if you want to learn the "alchemy" of life, you must put down the "monkey in the Alps". ?
(End of this chapter)