Out Of The Box Thinking ?

Long Long ago ,Two teams one comprising of "devas"(good) and other of "asuras"(bad) were made. They were posed with the problem that both the teams will be provided with sufficient food, but they could eat it only if they could eat without folding their elbow joint and they were not provided with any other means. Now they all had a problem!! how could one eat without folding elbow joint ? Isn't it all but natural to eat like that ?? But then when faced with the hunger problem both the teams put their thinking hats on!.

After a week when they were both to be evaluated , god( judge ) enters both the room, he is surprised to see completely contrasting results in the rooms. When the devas were happy and contended , there was blood bath with broken hands/legs also with some dead bodies among asura's . So wanting to know the secret, god asked both the teams what they did.

Asura's told that they could not find any idea but to try to cut of others hands/ hegs and try to use it without folding one's elbow joint when some were partially successful the trend picked up which later resulted into a sport/survival activity to maim others to save self, although some were unhappy.The end result being several injured with the living always in constant fear.

God nodded as he understood and turned to devas to see how they overcame the problem , devas told that when they could not eat with their own hands without folding the elbow joint , they saw a mother feeding her son and then an idea struck and they decided to feed each other without bending the elbow joint and still contended and satisfying each other's needs living in harmony.

This seemingly simple story carries a lot of significance.. When the basic message like team work , symbiosis are evident , what we need to notice here is "Thinking out of box" ,When we are faced with the problem we are so carried away by the norm and are streamlined in thoughts that we forget the problem but start caring about position and personal stake.

so i suppose it makes a lot of sense to deviate from the obvious as there is benefit for the self hidden in collective benefit , Thus it need not always be a cut throat competition.

As i say this, i remember the mythical pencil story in spacecraft of soviet nation which turned out had repurcussions so , when all the "Thinking out of box" may not be a happy ending it is still worth the try.I cant find better words than the following PS I Love You quote to capture it

"All I know is, if you don't figure out this something, you'll just stay ordinary, and it doesn't matter if its a work of art or a taco, or a pair of socks! Just create something... new, and there it is, and its you, out in the world, out side of you and you can look at it, or hear it, or read it, or feel it...and you know a little more about... you. A little bit more than anyone else does... Does that make any sense at all?"

Why this post ? Just wanted to thank the every "first" person who could think out of the box to Invent wheel , Think of concept "0" , Think of making chapati's / bread from wheat!!(strange we dont keep list of such important people!!) , Think of delegating brain job to flip flops! to have made my / countless lives better ( ofcourse easy too :D )!!.

In this context i remember a famous snippet from mankutimmana kagga by DVG :

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