Originally posted by Quirky
reply to post by Aqualung2012
I just read your sig line. It's so wrong! The more someone knows about something, the more possibilities they can see. It's the beginners who tend
to be more limited in the scope of what they can come up with. Maybe that's why a spinning pinwheel in a jar didn't impress you. The implications
for physics went over your head.
My sig line is a quote from a Zen master named Shunryu Suzuki. I believe the point of it is to say "don't close your mind," or "don't allow your
mind to become full."
Sometimes your response would be correct... say, in the field of quantum mechanics. An "expert" in quantum mechanics would be very ready to admit
that we are "beginners" in the subject. He would point out that the more we know, the more questions we have.... and therefore he, nor anyone else
is an "expert."
On the other hand, you are dead wrong when you consider the state of mind which is implied with words like beginner and expert. The quantum physics
expert considers himself a beginner, despite the years of tedious experimentation and observation he has poured into the subject. If he considered
himself an expert, he would stifle any further learning and discoveries.
Basically, Suzuki is just saying to take a fresh approach each and every time. Its pointing out the newness of each moment, the freedom of the Now.
It's not saying to always be a beginner, to never learn anything. It is describing beginner's MIND as opposed to expert's MIND, you see.
And as for the "physics" going over my head... I have but to chuckle at that. The reason I'm not impressed is because this could very well be a
nice little illusion. I'm as impressed by this trick as I would be watching a magician on stage. (However maybe slightly less than the magician,
because at least the magician tries to be entertaining.)
Thus, my comment on the triangle weighing 4 tons... because then there would be no doubt that I was seeing something amazing. Its like comparing our
party magician's tricks to the wonders of the great pyramids.
In the end, I appreciate your criticism, but I feel it was quite impotent and ill presented.
