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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

The Mantis Parable

summary

A caterpillar is trapped in a glass jar, unable to escape. A fly and mantis climbs through the open window, sees the caterpillar, seems to taunt the insect help hostage by showing off how free they are. The mantis gestures that the caterpillar will die in the jar, only to be captures moment later. The mantis regrets making fun of the caterpillar, now that it is faced with the same fate. Suddenly, a butterfly appears, the caterpillar from earlier having gone through metamorphosis, comes with a swarm of fireflies and succeed in breaking the mantis out of its prison.

what is the message of the parable/the moral teaching?

-what comes around does not have to go around

-love your neighbors

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