Sonntag, 11. Mai 2008

Filters

We do not throw our doors of perception wide open or we would be totally overwhelmed. We have gatekeepers that we set on the doors: beliefs, values, interests, occupations and preoccupations all patrol the threshold to preserve us from sensory overload.

Все с детства знают, что то-то и то-то невозможно.
Но всегда находится невежда, который этого не знает.
Он-то и делает открытие.
А.Эйнштейн

The mind of a beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all possibilities.
Shunryu Suzuki

“As soon as you begin to believe in something, then you can no longer see anything else. The truth you believe in and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.” --Pema Chödrön,

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