Beginner's Mind
Beginner’s mind. The ability to approach life from a fresh angle. I’m striving toward this daily, and know it’s a daily practice, not something you achieve and finish, swipe your hands and call it done. In the earthly form life is ever-shifting, and embracing the shifts— the movement under our feet—is the only way to go. My favorite thing to do now is to read like I am drinking deeply from a well of the good stuff: books by mystics and visionaries, by humans who speak truth to power, who see the world in terms of what we cannot see as much as by what we can. Evelyn Underhill tops my list lately, especially her reflection on the “Our Father,” entitled Abba: Meditations on the Lord’s Prayer. In it she says “Love is a grave and ruthless passion, unlimited in self-giving and unlimited in demand….May all my contacts and relationships, my struggles and temptations, thoughts, dreams, and desires be colored by this loving reverence.”—a reflection upon “hallowed be thy name” as “the first resp...