06-20-2011, 04:37 PM
(06-17-2011, 04:27 PM)Richard Wrote: I haven't looked at this material in a couple of years. I'm finding myself drawn into it again as I re-read it. I like this quote...though to be honest, I have no recollection of it from my first reading. Its always struck me as comical how wisdom changes its faces for you. Sort of a cosmic slap across the head that says..."Ok, lets try again"
"......I have come to prefer being a student of the mysteries than a professor of the facts. In the West, we imagine that the Zen Roshi who advises the initiate to cultivate a "beginner's mind" has, himself, progressed to a far wiser "Master's mind." This is not so. The "beginner's mind" isn't simply a requisite for embarking on a path toward fuller awareness; it is the condition of receptivity that sustains continuous spiritual growth. Uncertainty, far from being a state of confusion, is a signpost of mental flexibility. The "beginner's mind," an unadorned humility in the face of the infinite, is the Master's mind....."
Richard
Great quote.