I read a story recently about how ancient hunters would hunt monkeys. I had thoughts come up like, "Wait, why would you want to hunt for monkeys?" and feelings of sadness and worry for these poor monkeys. But in any case, the story holds a meaningful lesson about attachment, so I thought I'd share.
The story goes...ancient hunters would cleverly attach an emptied out coconut to a tree, and then bait the shell with a banana. The hole in the coconut was just big enough to scoop out the insides and put in a banana, and the hole was just the right shape for a monkey to squeeze a hand in. The hole was not big enough, however, for a closed fist with a banana in it to be pulled out of the coconut.
Sometimes to avoid falling into traps, we have to learn to loosen our grip.