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November rain
November felt like a non-event, it is the 10th of December today and in two weeks it’ll be Christmas. In Sydney, we’re supposed to be feeling the onset of summer. The mercury did rise to 42 degrees C two consecutive days in the last week of November. But as I…
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A beginner’s mind
Shō Shin. (初心) is a concept in Zen Buddhism meaning ’Beginner’s mind’. It refers to having an attitude of openness, eagerness and lack of preconceptions when studying a subject, even when studying at an advanced level, just as a beginner in that subject would. -…