100th Monkey Effect

In the early 1950’s, Japanese scientists on the Island of Koshima witnessed a phenom within the Macaque Monkey population.  Some of the monkeys started washing their sweet potatoes prior to eating them and gradually this new learned behavior spread to the younger generation, through observation and repetition.

It is said that once this new pattern hit the 100^th monkey, this behavior spread across the waters to monkeys on nearby Islands.  Author Ken Keyes Jr. further popularized this theory in his book The Hundredth Monkey, applying the 100^th monkey effect to human society and how to effect positive change.

Generation Y

I believe my Gen Y adult son actually paved the way for me to step out of the box and look at life from a different perspective.

He didn’t accept you do it this way because that’s how it’s done mentality. What exactly does generation Y know that we the progressive baby boomers are missing?

Setting the stage:  My son acquired a job with a local computer repair franchise.  The owner had taken a liking to him and his work skills; he tried to teach my son about the business side of running a store.

My immediate response was that I was so thrilled for my son to have this opportunity so early in his work career and he could have some stability and maybe one day he could have his own franchise.

My son:  Mom, this is not a good thing.  I am making $10.00/hr and the owner wants me to take over his business.  Why would I do this?  What is the incentive for me to do so, a one dollar raise in a year?

Me:  Because that’s the way you play the game.  Get in on the ground floor and grow with the company.

My son:  You don’t understand, I could run the business right now on my own.  Why would I want to grow his business?  Why would I want to put all my skills, energy and talent into someone else?  The way it’s always been done is wrong Mom.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Alarm bells were ringing in my head.  My initial response was:  nonsense.  Upon further reflection I realized how right my son was.  I had played the game my whole life; grew with company after company.  Invested sweat equity into someone else’s dream.  What did I have to show for it?

Crossing the Bridge and Taking the Plunge Together

Boomers are a tenacious group.  We are change shifters; we’ve been through wave after wave of massive change during the course of our lives.  I find the Gen Y group on a whole to be apathetic – because they know there’s a better way.  

 Can you imagine the possibilities if Boomers and Gen Y joined forces!  We could create an entirely new paradigm for the generations to come.  A paradigm of freedom, self responsibility and a new way to live and be in the world.  We could do this together.  It would take just a few of us to effect this change in the world, following the 100^th Monkey theory.

IN THE NOW

.........and isn't this what scientist Rupert Sheldrake has been shouting from the rooftops......morphic resonance; tapping into the morphic field and through the 100th monkey phenom pulling in what you need.  The field of possibilities.  I witnessed this first hand after years of study and working with reiki and one day I just new that anyone could channel healing, that it was no longer necessary to go through initiations.  It was there, in the morphic field for the taking.  Food for thought.