Beginner's Mind Vs. Expert Mind

We live in a world where earning a decent living demands a certain degree of expertise in some field. That expertise comes with the accumulation of information and knowledge, which is essentially an acquisitive process. The more one becomes knowledgeable, the more one loses that innocence we are all born with. And then starts an insatiable appetite for money and success . It is only through an intense self-awareness: awareness of the whole range of thoughts crossing one's mind that one can retain that primordial sense of innocence and sensitivity. Reminded of what the late J Krishnamurti wrote in one of his books: "A specialist never overflows; he remains tethered to the realm of the known, losing the sense of curiosity about the 'unknown and unknowable'.

Very true. Reading your words made me see afresh the two aspects in human design - 1. to learn , accumulate and operate from and for that memory ( mostly automatically) and 2. being completely present to the moment - not even as a beginner. Stayin alive !!