Mouth shut, mind open

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The biggest mistake people make in training and learning is trying to intellectualise, rationalise and conceptualise.  It is because they want to put things into boxes and simplify but often by doing so they miss the point. Or end up with a step by step process.

If you have found a good teacher and trust them, then the best thing you can do is do what they say and keep your mouth shut.  They have been before you so practice what they show you and try it first. Over time you will work it out with practice not with talk.

And if you don’t have a teacher but just a practice then let the practice teach you. Keep your beginner’s mind, the open mind. You might learn something!

Keep your mouth shut and your mind open.

Because if you already had the answers you wouldn’t have gone to your teacher in the first place.

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