Monday, December 29, 2008

New Year contemplation...

When we label the world we lose track of the difference between our labels and our experience. Zen Buddhists call this "beginner's mind": "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few." At the center of the principle of participation is the intelligence of our hearts, the freshness of our perceptions, and ultimately the deep feeling of connection that we may have with others and our world.

---from Dialogue and The Art of Thinking Together by William Isaacs