I AM MONKEY

          I am Monkey.  First cousin.

          I am Monkey.  Gaze into my eyes.  Hold me.  Watch me play.  See me learn.  Can you deny our kinship?

          I am Monkey.  Our relationship extends into the depths of time.  Much farther back than your scientists imagine.  As with all of life, we were united in the Thought that created the Universe.

         I am Monkey.  As I chatter away in the treetops, you would not think me an intellectual.  But freed from the need to find my food, my energy can move down other paths.

         I am Monkey.  Our contact has given me a new purpose.  It has made me turn back to you.  To try to share my understanding.

         I am Monkey.  We are One.  All life is One.  But you have lost that understanding.  If through our interaction, I can show you one relation, maybe you can sense the rest.

         I am Monkey.  Accept our kinship.  It is Truth.  Relating to the rest of life does not denigrate man, it offers a communion--a wholeness--that man has sought throughout the ages.

         I am Monkey.  How can you possibly think you are alone when I am here to help you?