[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: Inquisitiveness

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

October 29, 2007

INQUISITIVENESS

When you were very young, three years old, you didn't want to look 
into the possibility of escape, particularly, because you were so 
interested in how things were done. You used to ask your father and 
your mother all sorts of questions: "Why is this so, Mommy? Why is 
this so, Daddy? Why do we do this? Why don't we do that?" But that 
innocent inquisitiveness has been forgotten, lost. Therefore you have 
to re-ignite it. Getting into your cocoon of habitual behavior 
happens after that initial inquisitiveness. Once there was tremendous 
inquisitiveness happening and then you couldn't care less. You 
thought that you were being mistreated by your world, so you jumped 
into your cocoon and decided to ignore the whole thing....Actually 
using our sense perceptions properly -- inquisitiveness -- is so important.

From" Overcoming Habitual Patterns," in COLLECTED KALAPA ASSEMBLIES, 
pages 265 to 267.

All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used 
by permission.

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