8. The Five Minds for the Future
"Five Minds make an Awakened Mind" - Simon Kong As in my previous posting (6), I mentioned that my observation on fern leaves forming pentagon or hexagon shape, a natural way of creativity expression. Now there is a person who creatively proposed a new model of mind for the future. Prof. Howard Gardner created a model to explain how the human mind works. His write-up is a step closer to the nature of mind. Prof Gardner's Five Mind Model: see link http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/teaching/TC106-607.html Five minds are key capacities of the mind a person needed for future growth and self development: 1. The Creative Mind helps us to create new ideas and break new ground. 2. The Synthesizing Mind helps us sort out information, evaluate them and use them. 3. The Disciplined Mind helps us learn the skills of mastery a new subject well. 4. The Ethical Mind helps us strive a balance between self interest, good work and a good citizen. 5. The Respectful Mind helps us understand, ...