Beginner's Mind

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7/16/17

• Shosin, the Zen Buddhism concept meaning 'beginner's mind,' refers to having an attitude of openness and lack of preconceptions when studying a subject

• Approaching life with a beginner's mindset is being in awe of everything, like a child

• Being completely open and absorbing the present with zero prior experience

• Afterwards, making connections to prior knowledge, but in the moment everything is new

• Without a beginner's mindset, part of the present is blocked by information from the past or thoughts of the future

• A beginner's mind fully consumes the present