In our culture, to be “open minded” means to be receptive to novel thoughts and ideas beyond our current ken, to be flexible and adaptable to new experiences, to be open to information that challenges our current beliefs.[1] Open minded people are curious and open to ambiguity rather than embracing dogma. They are willing to be uncomfortable and explore unknown realms of the mind. They are essentially “curious.”

Interestingly, the ancient Jewish (Hebrew) mind by its nature, according to Freud, tended to be more open to the idea that truth can lie beyond ordinary perception, due to their focus on the mind, study, inquiry, and reaching into the chasm of the unknown through their language, metaphor, and faith. Even their concepts of the “eye” and “ear” served an idea that these could lead to…