Beginners Mind

MY LORD GOD, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. 

 

from the "Merton Prayer"

 

 

life is a matter

of endless beginnings

we do not know

how it will go

 

But as we are blown forward

by the wind of the spirit

not knowing where we go

not understanding

fully

from whence we come

(John 3:8)

 

over and over

and over

again

 

there are beginnings

and endings

and beginnings again

 

each moment

each choice

is a chance to be 

a new creation

 

and thus we need

a beginners mind (Suzuki Roshi)

and accept these

endless beginnings

 

with a mind that can let go of that from that past

that does not bring life

ending

 

and embrace

the newness that lies before us

beginning

 

to discover

that which has not yet emerged

 

new creation