Learn more about yourself! Get a feel for your personal response to symbol and color...
Here is a brief example:

Which shapes do you like?
Imagine each was imprinted on a clear card the size of a playing card.
Pick two.

Can you match each symbol with its meaning?
Of course you can... Symbols predate culture, language and even the concept of  time. They are so much a part of us that we respond to them intuitively and often on an other-than-conscious level. Symbols comprise the primary language of the psyche. They are "pictures" of forces and dynamics in everyday life to which we can all relate.

Imagine that there were 45 colors of different hues and intensities -each with its own possible "meaning".  Color is the language of emotion as well as of the physical body as experienced.

How would a symbol with color illuminate its "stage"?
Imagine placing the symbol and color with its "stage" on a circle like the one below. This circular field reflects the developmental stages sequentially in a clockwise motion...

Now, many opportunities for exploration begin to emerge:

How does one stage relate to the next?

How does each stage relate to "the Core"?

How does one stage relate to the one across the axis from it?

What could happen if one "gets stuck"  or "has issues" at any given stage?

What do you think a chosen symbol and color can reveal about one's sense or experience of that stage?

How might the choices of symbols inter-relate?

The opportunities for depth and discovery are endless!
It is here that the full synergistic dynamism of the psyche reveals itself through the relationship of stage, symbol and color*. This little sample test is an attempt to give you some idea of what you would learn in the MARI^® training. Hopefully, it also gives you some sense of the magnitude of revelation inherent in the MARI^®.
*Remember, the symbols depicted here are not the actual symbols of the MARI^®, and you are seeing but a fraction of the number of symbols and colors. Imagine the possibilities!

A NOTE TO TRAINEES AND PRACTITIONERS:
Please note that the MARI^® images and system of the Mandala Assessment Research Instrument are to be treated responsibly and only by MARI^® certified trainees and practitioners.  Under no circumstances are the images and/or The Great Round to be shown to anyone else outside the context of assessment or research so as to protect the integrity of the  MARI^® as a therapeutic modality.  Those wishing to have access to cards and the MARI^® system may do so only with the express written permission of MARI^® Creative Resources, Inc., MARI^® Coaching Resources, Inc., or MARI^® Resources, LLC. All training and certification in the MARI^® must be done through the auspices of MARI^® Resources, LLC or its subsidiaries. Please contact us at mari4info@aol.com.

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