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The Chains of False Beliefs
Suri was a sweet boy and a wildlife lover. He was especialy fond of elephants. But, he had only heard of them in books, never seen them in person. Finally, one day he had the chance to visit a town where they kept elephants. As they walked through the beautiful village he saw elephants for the first time in his life. He was amazed to see th emammoth animals.

After spending two to three hours just looking at the elephants, he was shocked to see the elephants tied to a frail fence. It was a thin rope, not even a chain and there was no cage. Just Elephants tied with a rope. Suri was surprised as he knew the strength of elephants. He enquired one of the countrymen about why they were left freely without any protection and also asked 'won't they easily break the rope?'

The trainer answered Suri, 'They won't'

Suri was surprised and asked how?

The trainer replied, 'They were trained here since their childhood. When they were babies we used to tie them with a strong rope and the kid elephants weren't able to break the rope or chain we used to tie them when they were small. A few elephants would try to break the rope or chain, but could not set themselves free. So as they grew, they developed a false belief that the small and thin ropes were too strong for them to break and they continued to be tied by their belief!'

Sure was amazed as well as shocked. The powerful mammoth wasn't strong enough mentally to get them free from a thin rope.