I've recently come across the expression "celestial openness" used to refer to high receptiveness of a child's mind:
- Dr. Kuhl talks about the ‘celestial openness’ of a child’s mind, and explores how we are ‘geniuses’ in language acquisition until age 7. The openness of an infant’s mind makes them a ‘citizen of the world’ (able to perceive sounds from all languages) vs. ‘culture bound listeners’ (only able to perceive sounds from their culture)—see http://www.wimp.com/linguisticgenius/. This openness to hearing all sounds is already diminishing by 12 months of age, and as we grow, we become ‘culture bound listeners’—we lose our ability to be open.
From: drphilipbennett.com
The are other other usage instances on the web about this expression which appears to be a quite recent one.
Questions:
1) When and by whom was "celestial openness" coined.
2) What is the formal, scientific expression which corresponds to "celestial openness"?