One of the biggest lessons I have learned from my training (so far) is the importance of keeping an open mind. I have found over time that people that refuse to consider others ideas and concepts end up frustrated and unable to grow, even becoming bitter.
I'll never forget the time at one of our seminars one of the guest Instructors was unfamiliar with our customs and proceded to tell me what we were doing was "wrong". I felt bad for him because he didn't know any better.
Over the years we've had quite a few people with prior training come in who sincerely wanted to learn what we were doing, but when they got into class, they just could not think out of the box or open up to new ideas and end up quitting before they have a clue as to what we're trying to accomplish. You can usually identify these types pretty easy. They are the guys running around saying "XYZ style is the best" or "123 style is crap", etc.
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I suppose those who live in a box can only see the walls of their box, and choose to perceive them as other boxes pressing in on them. It must be dark in there. :)
Excellent post Master. A characteristic I hope to achieve in its fullest. I once heard that the goal of education is to replace an empty mind with an open mind. For the open minded always see the truth in everything and the narrow minded only see the differences. Where there is an open mind, there is always a frontier.
Blessings!
Well said, Mr. Falcon. As someone very wise recently told me, a person with Buddha-nature only sees other Buddhas, while a person with pig-nature only sees other pigs.
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