Winnie the Pooh and consequence

Once upon a time, Rabbit had an urge for enjoyment with his friend Pooh, and invited Pooh over for lunch. Pooh’s urge to have a full tummy, and not have his stomach growl at him, took Rabbit up on this invitation. Pooh ate and ate and ate.  During this consequenceing act, Pooh got bigger and bigger.  Finally, Pooh’s urge for food was met.  In fact, to eat any more would cause him great pain, as is the case for many of us after Thanksgiving dinner.  A thought came into Pooh’s mind that he must leave, so he wouldn’t suffer pain by eating too much, and once it was internalized, he acted on it.

 So Pooh got up, and thanked Rabbit for lunch, and left.  Pooh encountered resistance when he tried to leave, as he couldn’t fit through the door. Try as they could, they could not get Pooh out of the door.  They had met resistance, which neither one could overcome, even when they worked together. We have two friends now with different perceptions.  Rabbit thought Pooh got stuck in the door because he ate too much.  Pooh thought he got stuck in the door because the door wasn’t made big enough. 

Rabbit now had a want, he wanted Pooh out of his door.  However, Rabbit’s need wasn’t strong at this point, as he did nothing outside of his comfort zone, or did any thinking outside the box to change the situation..  Could he had widen the door?  Could he have reached out to others at this time for ideas, suggestions, and help?  They story line does not tell us what Pooh was thinking at this time. With Pooh’s nature of easy going, ‘it is what it is’ attitude, he must have been satisfied with his want, what he had at that time, being stuck in the door, and he had no need, external desire, to get out of the door.

 Rabbit was upset to think he would have to look at ‘that thing’ for months, and turned his chair around, which used potential energy, as he tried to ignore situation. However, he quickly realized he couldn’t ignore it, as he saw ‘that thing’ in a mirror.  The thought/see principal came into effect here.  He saw ‘that thing’, and then thought of how he could better his situation.

Instead of using potential energy where nothing gets done, he got up and used kinetic energy, and spruced up his home with creative imagination.  Just as Rabbit was finishing making things for the better, it all came tumbling down.  You see, while Rabbit was using kinetic energy, Pooh also was using kinetic energy, as he graciously accepted a gift from baby kangaroo, honeysuckle flowers!  He took a deep breath of the wonderful fragrance, and then just as quickly, his allergies kicked in.  This caused an uncontrollable force, in his body, and air came rushing out both ends, and movement of his body, and ruined Rabbit’s freshly decorated home. 

 Rabbit was now sad that he invited Pooh over for lunch on that fateful day.  He wanted Pooh gone.  He loved him, but wanted ‘that thing’ off of his wall.  Day after day, that same ‘thing’ was there, and day after day, Rabbit wanted it gone. Rabbit’s need, an external desire of having Pooh gone, grew with each passing day.  It was painful to Rabbit to see ‘that thing’ on the wall, and just as he had an urge to have Pooh over for lunch those many days ago, he now had an urge to have Pooh gone. 

This urge caused Rabbit to see the need he had on the first day, but Rabbit’s perception did not recognize it at that time.  However, as time passed, that need started to grow stronger and stronger.  Here, we can observe that the situation has not changed, (Pooh being stuck in the door still)  but time has gone by.  During this time, change has happened, as change can’t happen without time, and time does not happen without change, as time and change are the same thing.. 

One morning, as Rabbit got up, and went through his morning ritual, he found out that as he pushed on Pooh, he budged.  Now this caused a huge amount of emotion to come to Rabbit.  He was sure the day had come when Pooh would be able to be freed from his situation, and ‘that thing’ would be gone from off his wall, or in other words, his needs have come to a head to cause him to take action to satisfy his want. Rabbit’s need had been stimulated, as he saw a way to get Pooh out of the door. Rabbit went and told all the friends of Pooh that he had budged. They all gathered around Pooh, to help Rabbit give external influence to Pooh.  Here, force was used, at the point of contact. When force is applied, resistance happens, and it wasn’t easy to get Pooh out.  Some pushed, and some pulled on Pooh, all to help Rabbit.  After much kinetic energy was applied by so many, Pooh was freed from his sticky situation, and went flying through the air.  After the resistance of being stuck, change happened.

Pooh was free!  But only for a very short time.  Soon he found himself with food all around him again.  By now, he was hungry, and started eating to his heart’s content.  It didn’t bother Pooh that he was stuck in another sticky situation, and ate and ate and ate.  Sadly we see, that as Pooh didn’t consequence, self-making change happen, he has another sticky situation to get out of.  But that is another story, for another time.  However, because Rabbit did consequence, self, making change happen, he no longer had to look at 'that thing.’