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I often
read this
quote from the Bhagavad-Gita, of all things, to my journalism students about
cultivating a beginners mind.
It's about a
teacher
a student going to a teacher, saying I want you to teach me everything you know.
I want to sit at your feet and learn from you, so here I am--teach me.
And the teacher just starts pouring a cup of tea and pouring and pouring, and
the tea is overflowing out of the cup. The teacher keeps pouring
and the student says, "Well, why are you pouring the tea so it's overflowing
onto the floor and the teacher said, "This cup of tea is like your mind. It's overflowing
with what you already think, so there's no room
for me to teach you, because it's already full of your own ideas.