"Once there were six wise old men who did not have the gift of sight, being blind and using the sense of touch to experience and know the different realities, beings and objects of the world. None of these wise men had ever seen an elephant, and after learning that their king had one, they humbly asked him to meet it. The monarch decided to grant their request and took them to the pachyderm, allowing the elders to approach and touch it.

The wise men approached the animal and, one by one, touched the elephant in order to know what the creature was like.

The first one touched a tusk, and considered that the elephant was smooth and sharp like a spear. The second wise man approached and touched the elephant's tail, answering that it was actually more like a rope. The third would come into contact with the trunk, saying that the animal looked more like a snake. The fourth would indicate that the others must be mistaken, since after touching the elephant's knee, he would see the elephant's tail. The elephant came to the conclusion that it was something similar to a tree. The fifth one denied it by touching the being's ear, judging that it looked like a fan. Finally, the sixth wise man came to the conclusion that in reality the elephant was like a strong rough wall, after having touched its back.

After having reached different conclusions, the wise men began to argue about who was right. Since they all defended their positions with enthusiasm, they resorted to the help of a seventh wise man who could see. He made them see that in reality they were all partly right, since they had been describing only one part of the whole of the animal, while at the same time, without being wrong, none of them had been able to know it in its entirety."

A classic tale from India; this story tells us about the need to take into account that our point of view is not the only one that exists about reality: we must value that the opinions, beliefs or knowledge of other people can be as valid and true as ours, without the need for either of us to be wrong.