77\u00a0 bar steady 29.73\u00a0 0mph NW\u00a0 dew-point 62\u00a0 sunrise 5:56\u00a0 sunset 8:42 Summer<\/p>\n
Waning Crescent of the Thunder Moon<\/p>\n
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities. In the expert’s mind there are few.” – Shunryu Suzuki<\/p>\n
Beginner’s mind.\u00a0 It has such a resonance for me.\u00a0 It reminds us that separating maya from reality is a learned skill, one at which we can improve and improve by a vast extent.\u00a0 It also suggests that life, instead of growing more difficult as we learn, can grow simpler, more straightforward.\u00a0 Once one abandons ambition, goals and accepts death life becomes less cluttered.<\/p>\n
Chess education speaks of beginner’s mind.\u00a0 The beginner has to contemplate so many moves that the mind becomes overwhelmed, unable to choose.\u00a0 The expert sees the board as lines of force and connected patterns related to classic moves.\u00a0 Thus, even though the expert looks at the same board as a beginner, she can look further ahead with less choice to a better move.<\/p>\n
Learning is the same.\u00a0 As I grow older and my information and knowledge base increases, I find that connections between and among ideas comes quicker, more easily.\u00a0 Historical data correlates with art or architecture, political movements, literary experimentation.\u00a0 Certain patterns of thought typical of the Renaissance, say, illuminate Chines thinking of the Warring States Period.\u00a0 Ways of approaching matters of faith begin to interlace and inform each other rather than conflict and confuse.<\/p>\n
Horticulture. \u00a0 Over the years here in Andover the care and feeding of multiple plants in multiple beds, with varying sun has gone from difficult to manageable.\u00a0 This year I have added hydroponics and vegetables (though Kate has done vegetables for years).\u00a0 In the fall we will plant an orchard and add a few raised beds.\u00a0 With a beginner’s mind the care of such a diverse garden would have created chaos and the plants would have suffered, now the moves are more familiar, more predictable, the choices have decreased.<\/p>\n
On the other hand beginner’s mind can help us visit old areas with fresh eyes.\u00a0 It can help us embrace each day with wonder and awe.\u00a0 Beginner’s mind can keep us in the present and attentive to the now.\u00a0 Beginner’s mind can help us break free of stale routines and static ideas.\u00a0 Beginner’s mind can keep love fresh and learning exciting.<\/p>\n
So we need both beginner’s mind and the expert mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
77\u00a0 bar steady 29.73\u00a0 0mph NW\u00a0 dew-point 62\u00a0 sunrise 5:56\u00a0 sunset 8:42 Summer Waning Crescent of the Thunder Moon “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities. In the expert’s mind there are few.” – Shunryu Suzuki Beginner’s mind.\u00a0 It has such a resonance for me.\u00a0 It reminds us that separating maya from reality is … Continue reading Separate Maya from Reality<\/span>