Beginner's Mind

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“In the beginner's mind there are many 

possibilities, but in the expert's mind 

there are few” Suzuki

The quote warns that seeing oneself as an expert 

breeds vanity and rigidity because one already knows, 

or thinks they know and understand, and believes 

they have the being, closing the mind and heart to 

new possibilities.

We each know and have experienced that 

the only moment is this one—right here, right now—

which, by the time we finish reading this post, 

is already gone. 

Then, we come into the new moment, right 

here and now. Each moment is a new beginning and 

can be approached with fresh eyes.

~J

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I Think...

 

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

I think that this transition 

in the conversation from bad impressions to love

is a photograph to us all. 

We really need each other. 

We are surrounded by life

and sleep, on a global scale. 

If, by being in contact online 

or even in person at

the Academy meetings, we can be present, 

then these are the finest impressions

that we can take in - 

the birth of the soul of a fellow student. 

And yes, this is surrounded by love 

in its truest form; 

that of one soul to another.

In Snow White, 

we have the example of the prince 

waking Snow White from her deep sleep. 

He wakes her with ‘love’s first kiss’, 

a moment when one soul can awaken another. 

In history this is known as the Immaculate Conception,

a miracle, 

and yet the ‘miracle’ is happening 

throughout the world 

due to the efforts of Mervyn and ourselves. 

We are becoming love.

~O

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I Have A Dream...

 

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I have a dream 

that has stayed with me over the years, 

two actually, 

that I felt really changed my waking state 

for some time after 

and continue to return in my memory 

as reminders to Be. 

One on a train, like the Tube in Uk, 

with other passengers. 

I had a bottle of perfume, 

and I sprayed it and all around me 

the passengers began to become present. 

Someone asked me, "what is that perfume?" 

And I answered it is called, "Be 12".

I didn’t realize the significance 

until later when I awoke, 

that is the molecular value of our soul, 

the soul is a perfume that can permeate other beings.

Also a few months after Mervyn passed 

there was a figure walking towards me 

in my dream that was golden. 

And as it neared it embraced me 

and I became the golden light too, 

in that hug, 

when I awoke 

I saw the sunlight coming through the window, 

and felt deeply that the light was within 

and felt the state of that dream 

for some months afterwards 

holding me and living in the heart*

~C

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