SHOSHIN

SOON I WILL VISIT WITH MY TWO TEEN FRIENDS THAT I HAVE KNOWN SINCE THEY WERE 3 AND 4 YEARS OLD.

THESE GIRLS HAVE SHOSHIN... THE ZEN BUDDHISM TERM FOR BEGINNER'S MIND... WHICH IS SEEING THINGS WITH NO PREVIOUS PRECONCEPTION.



I HOPE THIS WILL STAY WITH THEM ALL THEIR LIVES SINCE IT IS THE KIND OF MIND TRUE SCIENTISTS ALL HAVE.



SEEING THINGS FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE GIVES ONE AN ADVANTAGE IN LIFE, THIS IS THE TRUE CREATIVE MIND THAT THINKS OF THINGS NO MIND HAS THOUGHT BEFORE.



PARENTS NEED TO FOSTER THIS AND NOT OVER CONTROL THESE CHILDREN SO AS TO KEEP THIS TRAIT FULL AND OPEN AND CLEAR.

AN OVER CONTROLLING PARENT CAN DAMAGE THESE MINDS BY TRYING TO INSTILL ONLY THEIR WAY OF THINKING.



I REMEMBER GROWING WITH VERY LITTLE INSTRUCTION FROM ADULTS, I GOT A'S IN SCHOOL NO ONE CARED ABOUT NOT EVEN I. I WAS FREE TO EXPLORE MY ENVIRONMENT WITH LITTLE RESTRICTION.

MY FIRST REINING IN WAS WHEN I WAS TOLD I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO IRON MY OWN CLOTHES I WAS FURIOUS, UP TIL THEN I HAD HAD A PERFECT CHILDHOOD. HAHHA I LEARNED TO CROCHET AND TO EMBROIDER AND TO SEW FROM MY FOSTER MOTHER BY CHOICE , IT WAS FUN. AND I LEARNED HOW TO MAKE RUGS OUT OF OLD CLOTHES AND RAGS.



ALL THIS SERVED ME WHEN I WAS AN ADULT WITH CHILDREN OF MY OWN.

WE MANY TIMES MADE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AND BOUGHT ONLY 1 FOR EACH CHILD. I MADE PAJAMAS AND SLIPPERS BY KNITTING FOR EACH KID AT CHRISTMAS AND THEY LOVED THIS.



OUR CHILDREN GOT VERY LITTLE ADVERTISED STUFF FROM TV, THEY MANAGED TO MAKE FACSIMILES OF SOME TOYS WITH TOOLS AND WOOD AND SUPPLIES WE HAD AROUND THE HOUSE ALL OF THEM DREW AND WROTE STORIES AND KEPT DIARIES. THEY ALL USED THEIR MINDS FOR PLAY

I AM PROUD I TAUGHT THEM THAT, MY GOAL FOR MY KIDS WAS THAT THEY DO WHAT MADE THEM HAPPY IN LIFE.

WE FURNISHED THEM EACH ANEW BOOK FOR A DIARY EACH YEAR AND THEY IN TURN LET US READ THEM THE FOLLOWING YEAR WHEN THEY GOT NEW ONES. I WAS HONORED BY THIS TRUST.

ALTHOUGH MY GROWN CHILDREN DID HAVE PROBLEMS THEY DID AS THEY CHOSE WHEN THEY COULD.

MY ONLY REGRET WAS THAT I DIDN'T EXPRESS MY LOVE ALOUD MORE.

I AM STILL READING A BOOK BY ROBERT ANTON WILSON IT IS A BOOK ABOUT THIS VERY SUBJECT AND PHYSICS I LOVE THESE KINDS OF BOOKS.

HE DESCRIBES MINDS SO WELL. HE HAS WRITTEN SO MANY BOOKS AND THEY ARE SO PROFOUND HE CONTINUES TO WRITE HE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST PHILOSOPHERS EVER TO LIVE AND ALIVE TODAY.
HE HAS WRITTEN ON EVERY SUBJECT IMAGINABLE AND HIS RESEARCH IS SEEMINGLY INFALLIBLE WITH THE CURRENT AVAILABLE INFORMATION OF THE WORLD. ADDING HIS OWN SHOSHIN TO IT ALL.

I TRULY LOVE THIS MAN HE HAS ENRICHED MY LIFE IN SO MANY WAYS.
DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT READ A BOOK BY HIM, HE ALSO IS SOEMWHAT OF A PROPHET.