It may be an open mind, this 'beginner's mind, however I don't see how it is already programmed with questions. I think observations come first, then action like learning speak. I would differentiate between learning to speak vs. learning to walk. That might take more than observation (listening in this case).
A baby left alone with some means to be fed and kept alive, but otherwise having no contact with anything, would likely walk at some point on its own. If no exposure to speech it would unlikely do anything but maybe make some kind of sound if it fell down and experienced pain.
So at what point in a lifetime would someone be trying to get back to?
I have a theory in contrast. As an older person one has a lot of experience. I agree with the part about the mind becoming constipated with imprints from all of experience crowding out original thought.
Imposed ideas is spot on.
My thought would be to strip away all that is impairing original thought revealing all that you have gained in truth.
There is a lot to say about this and it could go on forever. Did a mind like Da Vinci start back with the 'kerrnal' or did he build on experience casting off much of what he didn't need.
We all get exposed constantly to information that we don't need. Ergo, PPOT
