InfiniteNow Posted July 17, 2006 Report Posted July 17, 2006 Without visiting other sites, copying/pasting, or re-typing something from a book... What does the beginner's mind mean to you? :) Quote
dagaz Posted July 18, 2006 Report Posted July 18, 2006 Without visiting other sites, copying/pasting, or re-typing something from a book... What does the beginner's mind mean to you? :hihi: Completely open to new ideas without any preconceived notions. Quote
Turtle Posted July 19, 2006 Report Posted July 19, 2006 Without visiting other sites, copying/pasting, or re-typing something from a book... What does the beginner's mind mean to you? :lol: The master's nighmare.:D Quote
InfiniteNow Posted July 27, 2006 Author Report Posted July 27, 2006 ...Is like a single blade of grass in a vast open field. It knows not it's surroundings, but is infinitely a part of them. It sprouts from an energy source, and stretches outward toward the light. It bends with the force, but does not recognize that it's the wind. It senses the weight of the water, but does not know it is rain. It is pure experience, in the moment, surrounded by the vastness, and never separate from it. Jay-qu 1 Quote
TheBigDog Posted July 27, 2006 Report Posted July 27, 2006 Without visiting other sites, copying/pasting, or re-typing something from a book... What does the beginner's mind mean to you? :)Well... ...Is like a single blade of grass in a vast open field. It knows not it's surroundings, but is infinitely a part of them. It sprouts from an energy source, and stretches outward toward the light. It bends with the force, but does not recognize that it's the wind. It senses the weight of the water, but does not know it is rain. It is pure experience, in the moment, surrounded by the vastness, and never separate from it. ... Wait a second... :hihi: Damnit! :eek: damnit! :doh: damnit! :doh: I am always a step slower than InfiniteNow. I am going to give this some thought and post on it at a later date. Bill :eek2: InfiniteNow and Jay-qu 2 Quote
Jay-qu Posted July 27, 2006 Report Posted July 27, 2006 I think of eager and willing to be filled with knowlege, though this is not true for all cases. Quote
InfiniteNow Posted July 31, 2006 Author Report Posted July 31, 2006 Is... An uncarved block of wood. A lump of clay not yet formed. An unsaturated sponge. Unafraid to jump down the rabbit's hole. :shrug: . Quote
arkain101 Posted July 31, 2006 Report Posted July 31, 2006 To naturally go where the force that drives it takes them. To boldly go where previously never gone before. Quote
learnin to learn Posted August 2, 2006 Report Posted August 2, 2006 Is... the rough stone that is chiseled into a sculpture. the blank canvas which becomes a masterpiece. the scattered materials that are combined to create a house that last one sucks!:) /forums/images/smilies/banana_sign.gif Quote
InfiniteNow Posted August 22, 2006 Author Report Posted August 22, 2006 Not subject to taint,Like canvas without paintA blank slateTabula rasa mateAn absorber with thirstNo desire to be firstA curiosity for the questAnd lack of concern for the rest Quote
learnin to learn Posted August 23, 2006 Report Posted August 23, 2006 ummmmm... learning to learn??:cup: InfiniteNow 1 Quote
paigetheoracle Posted September 27, 2006 Report Posted September 27, 2006 Infinite - I never knew you were a poet! It is being open, honest and what the foolish call gullible, thinking they are being wise. It is innocense personified. It is not seeing the world through a glass darkly but having had the doors of your perception cleared. It is being light, feeling light and light-hearted. It is having faced death and realized the joke is on you! It is not pretending to be an adult but admitting you're a child, footloose in the universe. It is smelling roses for the sheer joy of it, rather than as something to try to impress others with as a tale of existence. It is loving every moment and living every moment. It is not being pedantic but if you were it would be in a self-mocking tone (not harsh but with understanding). It is not being addicted (Big Dog) in a way that wallows in shame at such indulgences but enjoying every moment of it - the tastes, the smells, the sights, sounds, feelings. It is being in love with life and the futility of human existence (Like Freddie Mercury - going down all guns blazing, even making death a joke about life "I'm going slightly mad").:cup: Quote
Vending Posted September 28, 2006 Report Posted September 28, 2006 Seems like most people here are treating the begginner's mind as a good thing...if this were so, then why do we spend so much time learning? that is, why do we devote so much effort to destroying a good thing? Perhaps a begginner's mind isn't all that great after all... With that in mind, the begginner's mind is;A mind that is easily decivedA mind that often arives at the wrong conclusionA mind that has no context in which to place informationA mind that is undisiplinedA mind that does not understand Just a few from me. I do not mean to imply that begginners are bad (hardly, we are all begginners at one time or another and always begginers in somethings). Rather, i just want to point out why we strive to end our begginners mind. My two cents :naughty: hallenrm 1 Quote
paigetheoracle Posted September 29, 2006 Report Posted September 29, 2006 Seems like most people here are treating the begginner's mind as a good thing...if this were so, then why do we spend so much time learning? that is, why do we devote so much effort to destroying a good thing? Perhaps a begginner's mind isn't all that great after all... With that in mind, the begginner's mind is;A mind that is easily decivedA mind that often arives at the wrong conclusionA mind that has no context in which to place informationA mind that is undisiplinedA mind that does not understand Just a few from me. I do not mean to imply that begginners are bad (hardly, we are all begginners at one time or another and always begginers in somethings). Rather, i just want to point out why we strive to end our begginners mind. My two cents :) Well thought out. In this situation there are two viewpoints - at the bottom, looking up (The child) and from the top, looking down (The adult/establishment). The adult is the former child, staring back at what he used to be and the force that is replacing him: Pushing him off this mortal coil with its youthful enthusiasm, for the things he too once enjoyed and helped establish/protect and that death is now helping him to let go of. It's all a process, a conveyor belt of activity as we pass through one door and go out the other. It's easy to see which side of it you're on - me too! (54 and fed up with kids as I'm still trying to put down roots and leave something useful behind (and missing!)). Quote
Kriminal99 Posted October 21, 2006 Report Posted October 21, 2006 The beginner's mind is filled with emotion and wonder at every little thing as new experiences are stored and processed into an ever growing understanding of it's surroudings. Quote
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