His best contribution was the concept of “Multiple Intelligences.”

It is not that these constructs exist in separate realities, but that these ideas break free from the obsolete notion of Intelligence Quotient (IQ).

The point: People have unique patterns of learning and unique patterns of mental, emotional and behavioral processing.

Howard Gardner lists the “Five Minds” as:

• The Synthesizing Mind
• The Creating Mind
• The Disciplined Mind
• The Ethical Mind
• The Respectful Mind

These are more like descriptions of attitudes than the identification of mental functions.

However, there are “Multiple Minds” that are associated with Altered States of Awareness. These include:

• The Body-Mind – Consciousness of the Body, part of the Personal Unconscious
• The Conscious Mind – Mind of the Self
• The Astral Mind – The Mind of Dreams and Past Lives
• The Super Conscious Mind (Mind of the Soul
• The Collective Unconscious – Connection with Consciousness of the Human Race
• The Causal Mind – our Connection with Thought and Being beyond Ourselves

These “Multiple Minds” are easy to explore with the many relics of Altered States awareness:

• Meditation and Concentration
• Dreams and Lucid Dreaming
• Hypnosis and Self-Hypnosis
• Music and Creative Expression
• Trance Dance and other Trance-Inducing Activities
• NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP)
• Chanting
• Breathing Exercises
• Prayer
• Astral Travel

In particular, the techniques of Creative Imagination and Creative Revision provide a workshop for study and use of our “Multiple Minds.”

NLP provides a vehicle for rapidly, even instantaneously, remolding or reworking or revising the past. The basic techniques for doing this include:

• Reframing
• Anchoring
• Repairing Beliefs
• Installing More Adaptive and Useful Mental Processes

In summary, Howard Gardner’s Five Minds represent an investigation into (and an abstract description of) interpersonal and intrapersonal and collective meta-process.

These are higher-order organizations, similar to abstractions such as:

• The Executive Mind
• The Managerial Mind
• The Marketing Mind
• The Mind of a Sales Person
• The Mind of a Leader
• The Mind of a Soldier
• The Entrepreneur Mind

These can be considered “Mindsets” rather than separate minds.

But our “Multiple Minds” are organic, basic, integral, structural and non-abstract. Our “Multiple Minds” are the building blocks of our conscious reality. Experiment with your “Multiple Minds” and see, feel, hear, touch and perceive their reality.