There is no shortage of tragedy in the life of the world and in all our lives (to varying degrees). It could be reasonably argued that there are very few people on the planet, at this time, who get just how sick it is. There are swindlers in government, in the corporate world, in the church, in the military, in politics, in charities, in education, in our social lives, and indeed, in every walk of life. Who knows, it may have always been this way! Wisdom and decency can be rare, and sanity and peace are to be prized in a pained and corrupt world. These facts introduce us to the importance of levity. The trick comes down to how we see the world. We must learn to see with fresh eyes. 

"As you proceed through life, following your own path, birds will shit on you. Don't bother to brush it off. Getting a comedic view of your situation gives you spiritual distance. Having a sense of humor saves you.”

Joseph Campbell

Eyes that have learned to smile with gentle laughter: to see the "tragic" from afar,  with compassion and humor yet no condemnation, neither of oneself nor any other; as if one enters a smiling cave; where the atmosphere of the cave itself exudes that feeling and the feeling absolutely and completely consumes you. That 'cave' is the very essence of our being. But how do we make the journey to this cave inside us? This question is at the very heart of the story that is Bodisutra. 

Seeing with loving eyes is what matters

Bodisutra is a fictional story about two monkeys and a dog whose minds get swapped or 'meliomorphed' with scientists from another world. 

We chose this fiction and a cartoon format for a reason. We chose a schizophrenic irate extraterrestrial monkey for another reason. Cartoons are wonderful vehicles to exaggerate nuttiness and absurdity. Nuttiness is tragic (often), and from the right viewpoint, that makes for great comedy. Bodi, the monkey, our protagonist, is full of crap. Except he isn't. He just thinks he is. But he doesn't know that he thinks that. This is the epitome of the sleeping mind. 

Norman, the dog, represents the mind that is awake to its deeper nature. He lives in an inner state akin to the referenced "smiling cave." He represents the anomaly that we all inwardly hunger for.  He is a source of great love, peace and challenge to those who come into contact with him. All these elements have been carefully and deliberately arranged. Bodi and his companions can look at humanity and the story of nature on Earth without being of this Earth. Nor are they products of its nature. Well, only by way of quantum entanglement at the level of consciousness.

Bodisutra is a comedy about

How love is all-encompassing. It excludes no one.
Enlightenment: the journey of letting go of fear.
Seeing all the places it is NOT to be found.
Taming the Monkey Mind to come to learn that we see in others reflects what we see in ourselves.

A lot of what is said by Bodi (the monkey) is said to parody and expose our inner mad monkey. In worldly life, there is no shortage of mad monkey characters: charlatans and cheats: people who come along and use the power of their charisma to abuse the gullible and attack the innocent. The immature and self-destructive traits that we don't see through shortchange us. The gullible attract their nemesis. The challenge of the innocent is to heal their inner projections of fear and condemnation that they put on those who have acted unjustly. Bodisutra's central focus is to use these challenges that we all face to find the root problem in life.

What is the root problem we face? 

That there are no problems aside from the mind; the monkey mind.

Bodisutra is a story that focuses on the root problem we face. If all inner conflict ceased in every human instantly, and ethics took over permanently with no insecurity, fear or ideology running the ship of mind, the armies, therapists, coaches, religions and police forces of the world would become redundant. The problems of mankind cannot be solved externally. Real and lasting change is internal.  

The storyline is built around dialogues that roam, but keep coming back to healing the conflicted heart by taming the chaotic, wild and insecure monkey mind. Wherever possible our goal is to embrace what matters with as much laughter and goofiness as we can muster.