The innocence and openness of the beginner is important. We should all be beginners...
Morganie gets it.
2007-07-16 16:22:47
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answer #1
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answered by Skye 5
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A beginner can be compared to a young child, their minds are still young, fresh, and pliable. They are open to new ideas and they can learn new things quickly. They don't judge, they don't argue, they don't discriminate, they just take in the information...By the time they reach the status of an expert, their minds have been hardened and their ideas are set in stone, and like stone they don't budge very easily. It's hard to remold stone. To a beginner the possibilities are many, to the expert they are few, or none...
Even the Lord says in the Bible that unless you believe as little children you won't receive heaven...He speaks a lot about children in the Bible, the reason is that children have open minds and they don't have all the negative roadblocks keeping them from receiving the truth...God is limitless to what He can accomplish, a child's mind is limitless, until he one day becomes and expert...then his mind and heart is stone...
2007-07-24 10:37:49
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answered by Domino 4
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I am not Buddhist, but I am a student of mysticism which has led me to study some Buddhist tenets. My first impression is that once we become "experts" we lose the ability to see all the possibilities. How can inspiration come to the mind that is so full it believes it already has all the answers. In my system we say, "always a neophyte". In yours I think that might be similar to always striving to have the heart & mind of a beginner.
2007-07-24 03:07:37
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answered by ? 5
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I was an ex-Buddhist, so let me tell you what it means:
When one quotes a beginner's mind, it means that the person is a fresh, but loyal person and he will be given more opportunities and knowledge which one cannot explain.
On the other hand, experts refer to people who think they know-it-all, are stubborn and divert themselves from some "A-B-Cs" which can actually help them get back to the right path.
I won't say Buddhist is a religion, but it is a philosophy of life. If you practice Buddhism philosophy in Catholicism for eg., you will learn meditation, moderation and simplicity of life. A real Buddhist dislikes extremism, for it destroys a human's mind. Greed, for example drives a human away from its true self.
2007-07-16 16:36:33
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answered by Lacieles 6
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If it helps, you can reword your question. Sometimes, people can't answer your question. So they dodge it like Michael B and Rev. Albert Einstein did.
My interpretation of that quote is this: a beginner hasn't learned to narrow down the possibilities through trial and error. So they entertain a lot of possibilities. The expert knows what works best and what doesn't.
2007-07-16 16:37:38
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answer #5
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answered by MikeT 3
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few.
Beginner's do always have a doble mind and think of the different consequences his/her decision may cause, in experts of course, they dont spend too much thinking about their forte's decision because they are already experts. Simply a 1st timer in a computer, the user do not just press anything on the keyboard because of the fear of commiting a mistake while in experts they understand the proper usage of computer that's why they do not spend too much time having fear of commiting a mistake
2007-07-16 16:33:07
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answered by Gods_princess_thiene 1
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Oh wow I see it so different then so many others.
First of all the quote is awesome.
Here are my thoughts:
As we get more knowledge of things concrete we close our minds off to other possibilities.
Its like a kid...has so many dreams. As adults we let becoming an expert in life tarnish those dreams.
To me the possibilities are the same yet as "experts" we close our minds to them.
2007-07-16 16:28:45
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answered by Anonymous
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It means if you don't yet know the "right answer" or the "way it's done" - you are free to creatively come up with new approaches and a fresh angle on the problem.
But if you are an expert, you have been trained to see the situation in a certain "right way" - you reject the musings of the beginner and insist on what you have learned to be the correct way.
2007-07-16 16:22:36
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answered by Anonymous
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i think it's kinda like training fleas.
ever trained some fleas?
all ya gotta do is put them in a jar, with the lid on....
at first, they will jump like mad, trying from all angles to get out of that jar, and the activity will be amazing
after a few days, they will have ceased to jump, and you can remove the lid without the slightest fear that they will jump out.
it wont matter that they have seen the lid come off, or that they can smell a difference in the air, or even feel a breeze come in.
they will not jump out.
i think Buddha was trying to say, look at every situation as if you know absolutely nothing, so that your mind can be free from the restraint of "that can't be done"
you would probably be amazed how much thinking like that has helped me in solving problems in life, ranging from very simple- to life changing, momentous decisions..
and probably just as amazed at how almost every time i DON'T do it like that, i endure hardship(be it big or small).
i guess, simplified even further, it would be: "dont think that you know everything".
2007-07-16 16:51:22
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answered by Bob 2
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The beginner doesn't know shisse, the expert knows whats possible and whats not.
2007-07-16 16:23:52
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answered by Dr. Socks 5
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The expert has eliminated a lot of the unworkable possibilities. The beginner has many to eliminate.
2007-07-24 16:11:55
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answered by Anonymous
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