Over the past few weeks, we’ve been exploring ways to see more clearly by expanding perspectives, including the experience of wonder. In order to do this, there is a need to unlearn or suspend what we already know or think and go back to what’s called in the Zen world, a “beginner’s mind.”
I'm reading and digesting this post right after catching up with the previous post on wonder and awe. As I consider trying to cultivate a beginner's mind it weaves in with what I was feeling I needed to experience more awe and wonder - I want to take the brakes off, or perhaps remove the muffler, to sink into automotive metaphors. Oh, to let it rip, like the woman on the telephone call about an upcoming trip to Germany. As I write this I'm seeing a common thread of getting rid of self-judgement, and fear of others judging. AND to let go a fear of making mistakes. As I pack up what our culture tells me about productivity, I'll include perfection.
I'm reading and digesting this post right after catching up with the previous post on wonder and awe. As I consider trying to cultivate a beginner's mind it weaves in with what I was feeling I needed to experience more awe and wonder - I want to take the brakes off, or perhaps remove the muffler, to sink into automotive metaphors. Oh, to let it rip, like the woman on the telephone call about an upcoming trip to Germany. As I write this I'm seeing a common thread of getting rid of self-judgement, and fear of others judging. AND to let go a fear of making mistakes. As I pack up what our culture tells me about productivity, I'll include perfection.