Markova - The Open Mind

What a wonderful place this book has taken me to, where I can become habitual with the breaking of habits, to be coming out of the box I never belonged in, to grow up finally into who I have always been!

Janice, college administrator.

This has brought me to the awareness that there is no blame. No small thing! There are only a series of journeys and now I know that I have the full capacity inside me to choose to make mine great!

George, counselor of disadvantaged youth

How do I explain how wonderful it is to be given my true self back from under the heavy lid of definitions and limitations others placed on top of me! I feel as if I'm no longer trying to go homeI have come home at last!

Jan, Stock broker

I don't believe in angels, but I did I'd swear one sent me this book. I was ready to quit my job the day I found this by accident in the store. I doled out a chapter at a time over the next ten days, wanting to digest it well. I found myself asking all new questions of myself and others and noticing things I never noticed before. After reading the , I find myself asking each morning, Am I living to the fullest I am capable of?

Karen, political advisor

I'm stunned. I don't know exactly what I will do with the things I learned from this book, but I know that I can never again underestimate or undervalue the wisdom that is mine again!

Terri, counselor

I understand now, after reading this, what I always knew in my heart about my children, but what my mind was afraid to believethat they, that we all, have unique and discernible gifts that the world needs.

Marjorie, parent

How could any of us stay in a relationship with anyone without knowing the information in this book?

Mason, mediator

Using these teachings, every single hurtle and point of fear I have had to deal with in working on a film set has been dissolved. I know now how to truly collaborate with others whose minds work differently.

Etain, actress

I've found I don't have to try to get through walls anymore, because I know how to find doors.

Michelle, nurse

I find myself communicating differently, relating to people differently, understanding myself in new ways. I feel healthier than I ever have before!

Cathy, weight loss program instructor

Knowing these perceptual patterns makes sense of other people without confining or over-simplifying them. It leaves me curious rather than confused or shut down.

Susan, banker

I have options now to deal with the issues in my life that I never thought of. I don't always have to verbalize and talk myself into corners.

Leslie, dancer

I finally realize that other people understand things in different ways than I do because of the way their minds work. I now know very practical ways to connect with them that I never thought of before.

George, contractor

I've learned how to think with my eyes and my hands. I re-learned what I knew as a childhow to have a limber mind.

Jerry, therapist

Now I know how to draw passion into my life, how to give it shape and time to form.

Ivan, business executive

This approach illuminates a fundamental dimension of human energy which creates understanding, compassion and more effective communication.

Cindy, zoologist

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Copyright 1996 by Dawna Markova, Ph.D.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Red Wheel/Weiser. Reviewers may quote brief passages.

ISBN: 1-57324-064-8

Cover Design: Nita Ybarra Design
Cover Illustration: Rind, 1996 M.C. Escher/Cordon ArtBaamHolland. All Rights Reserved.
Author Photo: Hollie Noble
Interior Design: Jennifer Brontsema

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Markova, Dawna, 1942
[Art of the possible]

The open mind: exploring the 6 patterns of natural intelligence / Dawna Markova.

p. cm.

Originally published: Art of the possible. Emeryville, Calif.: Conari Press, 1991.

Includes biographical references and index.
ISBN 1-57324-064-8 (trade paper)

1. Thought and thinking. 2. Learning, Psychology of. 3. Interpersonal communication. I. Title.

BF441.M28 1996
153.4dc20 96-27359

Printed in the United States of America

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My grandmother had a small carved walnut box on her bureau. Inside was a handful of dirt. When I asked her where it came from, she would only say, Home. As far as I know, she carried it with her for over eighty years. When she came to this country, she sprinkled a pinch of the contents beneath her feet to make a friend of alien ground.

This book contains the seeds that have sprouted in that handful of dirt. They have waited in the dark, blanketed by various silences and hesitations. They have been watered with many tears and fertilized by the people and experiences who were my teachers. I offer them now to your light.

May what came to me as seed be passed on to you as flower.
May it all blossom: the book,
the person writing the book,
the persons reading the book.
May you also pass it on, pass it on to others as fruit.