The possibilities mind: conversations with God, Einstein, and others

191 Pages·2001·3.856 MB·English

by  Robert R. Carkhuff, Bernard G. Berenson

The Possibilities
Mind

Conversations With God,
Einstein, and Others

Bernard G. Berenson, Ph.D.
and
Robert R. Carkhuff, Ph.D.
Copyright © 2001 by Possibilities Publishing, Inc.

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Cover Photo: In this stunning picture of the giant galactic nebula NGC
3603, the crisp resolution of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures
various stages of the life cycle of stars in one single view.

Credit: Wolfgang Brandner (JPL/IPAC), Eva K. Grebel (Univ.
Washington), You-Hua Chu (Univ. Illinois Urbana-Champaign), and
NASA

ISBN 0-87425-630-5

Editorial services by Mary George
Production services by Jean Miller
Cover design by Eileen Klockars
To our parents,

who taught us “forever” has an

uncompromising social

inclination
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The Possibilities Mind
Conversations With God, Einstein, and Others

CONTENTS

About the Authors........................................................................... vii
Foreword: “Window on the Universe” by David N. Aspy, Ed.D... xi
Preface: “Of Variability and Changeability”.................................. xxi
1. Perspective Is Everything........................................................ 3
2. From the Leftovers.................................................................. 7
3. X ≠ Y Is the Big Bang............................................................. 15
4. Possibilities.............................................................................. 19
5. X ≠ Y Is the Source Formula................................................... 25
6. Toward God’s Formula........................................................... 29
7. The Possibilities Mind I........................................................... 33
8. Reinventing Equality............................................................... 37
9. “Unequality” Is a Hunger........................................................ 43
10. Historical Social Denial........................................................... 51
11. The Artificial and Its Terrible Price........................................ 57
12. Reinventing Intelligence.......................................................... 63
13. The Asymmetrical Lifeline...................................................... 71
14. Beyond Chance........................................................................ 77
15. Thank God for Leftovers!........................................................ 83
16. The Possibilities Mind II......................................................... 89
17. Perspective Is Born in Relating............................................... 97
18. Where There Is a Social Nature, There Are No Voids............103
19. Ideas From the Study of the Possibilities Mind.......................109
20. “We Do Not Arrive Here Alone”............................................115
21. Toward Integrative Reinvention..............................................123
22. Freeing Possibilities.................................................................133
23. The Masquerade Is Over..........................................................141
24. Momentary Functions Toward Meaning.................................151
25. A Space to Mingle Intellectually.............................................157
References.......................................................................................161
Acknowledgments...........................................................................163
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About the Authors

BERNARD G. BERENSON, PH.D. is Executive Director, Carkhuff
Institute of Applied Science and Human Technology. He founded and
directed the first Center for Human Resource Development at
American International College in 1958. A professor at several major
universities, Dr. Berenson is co-author of numerous works on science
and psychology, including The New Science of Possibilities, The
Possibilities Organization, and The Possibilities Leader.

ROBERT R. CARKHUFF, PH.D. is Founder and Chairperson of several
corporations, including Carkhuff Thinking Systems, Inc. One of the
most-cited social scientists of our time, he is also co-author of The New
Science of Possibilities and visionary of other works, including The
Age of the New Capitalism, Human Possibilities, and The Possibilities
Schools.
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The infinite possibilities
universes may reveal their
processing complexities only
in a scientific community of
Possibilities Minds.
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