Here we are, sailing into the second month of 2021, the year ought to be post-pandemic ….relief, reconciliation...resurrection?
The word that comes forward for me is renewal. Whilst renewal is a noun, the process is an active one. In the Oxford dictionary it is described as “make like new; restore to freshness, vigor; to make extensive changes”; and my personal favorite,“to begin again.”
That’s what I feel we need right now. It’s certainly what I’ve been needing: Shoshin, the beginner’s mind. In Zen Buddhism, where the concept of Shoshin originates from, the term isn’t reserved for starters only — in fact, it is emphasized in particular as a beneficial attitude for somebody at an advanced level.
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