I GOT 31 HUNKS OF BREAD ON MY PLATE

WE ARE USED TO THINKING of things as having beginnings, it is hard for us to conceive of something as being Beginningless. Even this Ordinary Mind had a beginning, didn't it?
The fact that the Ordinary Mind cannot conceive of the Beginningless Extraordinaire, is not that surprising really. But isn't Ordinary Mind just a facet of Mind Extraordinaire?
Well, whatever the origins of consciousness, we do know that books have a beginning. 'Old Carapace-Face reckoned on 'just over 30' to get you started. I always take him at his word.