tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601498033460501328.post3539511002798978128..comments2024-02-07T19:22:22.344+11:00Comments on Life Enhancing: Beginner’s Mind - Doing 'Not Knowing'Grant Soosaluhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926109399246162045noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601498033460501328.post-3083224343645609232013-10-15T10:34:09.752+11:002013-10-15T10:34:09.752+11:00Hi Clara, great question. Beginner's mind does...Hi Clara, great question. Beginner's mind doesn't mean you don't make decisions. It's more that you look at things with fresh eyes, seeing it not through the old filters of familiarity. It's also about being open to new information. Of course, if the situation demands a fast response from existing patterns, then do that. If there's a fire, you don't want to stand there and start to get all curious about it and want to play with it, in that case, follow standard operating procedure and hit the emergency button and evacuate the building immediately :-)Grant Soosaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926109399246162045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601498033460501328.post-63073860413052399892013-10-15T01:17:24.236+11:002013-10-15T01:17:24.236+11:00Good job Grant but how can we operate from the ...Good job Grant but how can we operate from the ' beginners mind' in a world thats too hasty with results.Clara Nnoromnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601498033460501328.post-86915146213363109042013-10-14T09:28:32.395+11:002013-10-14T09:28:32.395+11:00Heya Sue! Thanks for your great comment. Yes, chil...Heya Sue! Thanks for your great comment. Yes, children are open to new experiences, they don't have to fit things into boxes, indeed, they usually rip boxes apart :-) <br /><br />Grant Soosaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926109399246162045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601498033460501328.post-48792899532196939402013-10-14T04:45:23.442+11:002013-10-14T04:45:23.442+11:00Hey Grant!
I especially loved your quote summariz...Hey Grant!<br /><br />I especially loved your quote summarizing the difference between a beginner's mind and an expert's mind. I have always talked about the child's mind as being represented as a welcome mat---it is open to all. SueSusan J Meyerott, M.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00835775905880762319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601498033460501328.post-5032047172001065402013-10-13T21:09:17.970+11:002013-10-13T21:09:17.970+11:00Hey CS, thanks for connecting and the dialogue. I ...Hey CS, thanks for connecting and the dialogue. I appreciate your comments and your appreciation. :-)<br /><br />Yes, it truly is about doing and becoming, and doing that doing with balance, with compassion, creativity and courage, and with allowing the space of 'not knowing' and curiosity to give room for the emergence of wisdom that comes from aligning your intuition (head, heart, gut) through ANS balance and flow. And the leverage for evolving our neural networks is in the congruent doing, behaviour, thought and feelings, all aligned, changes the brains that 'do'. Being comes out of congruent doing.<br /><br />Thanks again for reading and commenting.<br /><br />smiles, GrantGrant Soosaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926109399246162045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601498033460501328.post-72681685079999234972013-10-13T21:00:29.445+11:002013-10-13T21:00:29.445+11:00Thanks so much Grant for your reflection. The best...Thanks so much Grant for your reflection. The best thing about writing you is that you do read and answer. Now I am coming to terms with that there's not so much obsession in understanding everything rather doing. Meditation, balancing ANS, loving, compassion behavior will set us in a path that can answer everything, and then the need of understanding everything seizes to the degree we evolve. You rightly mentioned in my previous comment that we are 'human becoming', loved that. Have a nice week! Carbon Savvyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839642913202946911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601498033460501328.post-9435574539857336622013-10-13T11:56:48.022+11:002013-10-13T11:56:48.022+11:00Heya Jean, thanks for your great comment. Yes, rel...Heya Jean, thanks for your great comment. Yes, relaxing our need for certainty, for the old, for the existing (as we currently perceive it through our filters and blinders) and looking at the world 'as if for the first time' helps us approach change positively. Sometimes its just as simple as just giving this way of experiencing a go, and a whole new world opens up at the head, heart and gut level.Grant Soosaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926109399246162045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601498033460501328.post-38160863919891118472013-10-13T11:54:18.247+11:002013-10-13T11:54:18.247+11:00It's as if you read my three minds!
"Com...It's as if you read my three minds!<br /><br />"Come at the opportunity of change by holding curiosity and creativity in your head brain, joy and passion for the newness of it in your heart brain, and a calm and courageous acceptance of it in your gut brain."<br /><br />This is exactly what I needed this morning! I tend to approach change negatively, but I'm going to try "actively doing 'not-knowing'" for a change. Jean | DelightfulRepast.comhttp://www.delightfulrepast.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601498033460501328.post-3068372117827171312013-10-13T11:40:44.600+11:002013-10-13T11:40:44.600+11:00Hey CS, thanks for sharing your thoughts and feedb...Hey CS, thanks for sharing your thoughts and feedback. I always appreciate comments! And yes, you're right, it appears that the world has a strong desire for certainty. It's likely due to humans being evolved patterning systems. Patterning systems function by holding patterns constant. If a patterning system didn't work to hold patterns constant, then it would NOT be a patterning system, it would be a chaotic system. So our brains (head, heart and gut) like fixed patterns, they like certainty. This is at the heart of the process of Cognitive Dissonance (which I've previously blogged about) which occurs when we have mismatching cognitions or experience ie. patterns that don't match, or something that doesn't fit the existing pattern, so we do anything to remove the uncertainty. And this is why 'not knowing' is so powerful. If you can install a pattern in your life of being comfortable with changing patterns, with a meta-pattern in which you allow for flexible and changing patterns, for a certain level of uncertainty, of chaos, then you open yourself to being able to experience newness, to creativity, to movement and exploration. The inbuilt evolved preference for certainty that people give in to, and that society then instantiates in laws, mechanisms and social structures, actually stifles our lives and creativity, whilst at the same time bringing certain and important benefits. So it's about finding a middle path, a balanced way of working with certainty and uncertainty, of dancing between knowing and 'not knowing'. Knowledge is good, it's great, 'not knowing' as a process in the quest for new knowing is a useful and powerful tool and attitude. Hope that helps answer your great question in a loose and flexible way. Grant Soosaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926109399246162045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601498033460501328.post-30842407786496436982013-10-13T00:05:24.625+11:002013-10-13T00:05:24.625+11:00It's as if you read my three minds!
"Co...It's as if you read my three minds! <br /><br />"Come at the opportunity of change by holding curiosity and creativity in your head brain, joy and passion for the newness of it in your heart brain, and a calm and courageous acceptance of it in your gut brain."<br /><br />This is exactly what I needed this morning! I tend to approach change negatively, but I'm going to try "actively doing 'not-knowing'" for a change.Jean | DelightfulRepast.comhttp://delightfulrepast.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601498033460501328.post-25915576976732430452013-10-12T23:01:30.978+11:002013-10-12T23:01:30.978+11:00Thanks Grant, This is a great post. I am not sure,...Thanks Grant, This is a great post. I am not sure, in a world that demands certainty, how does beginners mind fit? I think the challenge is - to keep childlike curiosity while pursuing expert job. For instance, as a result of having beginners mind to tackle a serious problem we may have many possible outcomes because that is what it is. But the current world order would ask which the right answer is with full certainty. I guess my question is twofold: Is it possible to make decision with beginners mind, and if so what needs to change, I’d say current world order that put so much emphasis on certainty. <br />I know I’m missing something here because my inability to fully comprehend the situation. <br />Carbon Savvyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839642913202946911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601498033460501328.post-92214249031496276752013-10-12T15:07:37.942+11:002013-10-12T15:07:37.942+11:00Hey Dave, wow! what a powerful interview and a gre...Hey Dave, wow! what a powerful interview and a great exemplar of compassion and courage! Yes, talk about truth and wisdom from the brains of children, Malala shows us how to do it. Thanks for sharing that.Grant Soosaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926109399246162045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601498033460501328.post-86238903149369616642013-10-12T13:12:20.776+11:002013-10-12T13:12:20.776+11:00Great post Grant. Balanced breathing is a great w...Great post Grant. Balanced breathing is a great way to access that state. <br />Speaking of seeing through the eyes of a child, I Just watched John Stuart's interview with Malala (the girl shot by the Taliban).<br />Amazing to hear someone so young speak from such a balanced place. Great example of gutsy courage http://www.dose.ca/2013/10/11/malala-yousafzais-jon-stewart-interview-will-make-you-rethink-how-you-see-world-video<br />Dave Woodhttp://www.scoop.it/t/gneteratnoreply@blogger.com