Mulla Nasruddin had lost his ring in the living room. He searched for it for a while, but since he could not find it, he went out into the yard and began to look there.
His wife asked: “Mulla, you lost your ring in the room, why are you looking for it in the yard?” Mulla said: “The room is too dark and I can’t see very well. I came out to the courtyard to look for my ring because there is much more light out here.”
One of the interpretations of the Mulla Nasruddin fable is to search within for that which lies hidden there. So often, so many of us search for things on the outside because we find it convenient to explore and examine the situation in sight. But the real search may lie within where they are to be truly found.
The ‘streetlight effect’ refers to the inclination for people to look for whatever they are searching in easier-to-look places instead of in the places that are most likely to yield the results they seek. Instead of introspecting and inspecting within, we keep searching in the outer world. The answers lie within!
Why search on external ground
Seek within for lost to be found
~ Pravin Sabnis
His wife asked: “Mulla, you lost your ring in the room, why are you looking for it in the yard?” Mulla said: “The room is too dark and I can’t see very well. I came out to the courtyard to look for my ring because there is much more light out here.”
One of the interpretations of the Mulla Nasruddin fable is to search within for that which lies hidden there. So often, so many of us search for things on the outside because we find it convenient to explore and examine the situation in sight. But the real search may lie within where they are to be truly found.
The ‘streetlight effect’ refers to the inclination for people to look for whatever they are searching in easier-to-look places instead of in the places that are most likely to yield the results they seek. Instead of introspecting and inspecting within, we keep searching in the outer world. The answers lie within!
Why search on external ground
Seek within for lost to be found
~ Pravin Sabnis
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