On Sunday, June 7th, Mark and I went to Washington, D.C. to bear witness to the newly inaugurated Black Lives Matter Plaza. The Plaza is immediately adjacent to Layfette Square and spans and renames almost three blocks of 16th St., within sight of the White House. It was here, two weeks ago, that peaceful protesters were forcibly dispersed by police who used tear gas, flash grenades, and rubber bullets to disrupt the peaceful demonstration. The protesters were exercising their rights … [Read more...]

Non-Judgmental Awareness Itself Does the Healing Doing the work of spiritual transformation – what we might call “making the unconscious conscious” – includes connecting deeply with our wisdom, gifts and talents.  It also requires us to embrace the wounded parts of ourselves and welcome them into our awareness.  This process takes a lot of courage, but it also takes equal parts of self-compassion. Part of the reason we draw back from investigating the many layers of our personal … [Read more...]

What Remains Hidden Has Power Over Us and Takes Away Our Real Power   The fifth Spiritual Energy Principle challenges us in a very specific way to explore our inner “Milky Way.”  It states that those parts of ourselves – including our thoughts, feelings and actions – that we hide from others and from ourselves – have power over us and rob us of our authentic power. We all have thoughts, emotions and behaviors of which we are not particularly proud, or ones that cause us to feel anxious or … [Read more...]

We are responsible for our unconscious as well as conscious thoughts, emotions and actions. This Spiritual Energy Principle can be a challenging one!  For most of us, it makes sense that we are responsible for our thoughts, emotions, and actions of which we are aware.  But, how is it that we are also responsible for all mental, emotional and behavioral patterns that reside in our unconscious mind and which are outside the field of our awareness? Ancient wisdom traditions have long taught … [Read more...]

Each successive Spiritual Energy Principle builds on the previous ones.  Just to review a bit, we saw in the first Spiritual Energy Principle – Doing Follows Being – the importance of clarifying and applying spiritual values and gifts – our Spiritual Ideal – that inspires and guides our lives.   The second Spiritual Energy Principle – Energy Follows Attention – teaches that we can develop the innate mental capacity to both focus our attention on our spiritual values and open our attentive … [Read more...]

When we founded PTCI some 19 years ago, our purpose was to encourage and stand in support of you and other fellow-seekers who want to deeply engage their transformational journey to wholeness.   Over the many years of PTCI’s existence, we have touched many hearts and minds, and we have been inspired and transformed by your loving work.  It is with gratitude and a renewed commitment to our original mission that we reach out to stay connected and to re-inspire each of you to continue … [Read more...]

PTCI has developed basic principles that guide our personal and professional lives.  We have come to call these tenets “Spiritual Energy Principles.”  These principles inspire and define the ways in which we can engage the process of Self-discovery.  It is from these principles that we have experienced a deeper understanding of and greater alignment to the beneficial flow of universal energy.  We continue our series about the twelve principles here with number 2. Energy Follows … [Read more...]

Over the years that Mark and I have been leading PTCI programs, we have experimented with many spiritual theories and practices, incorporating them into our own personal transformation process. Out of our personal growth experiences, as well as our work with individuals and groups, we have developed basic principles that guide our personal and professional lives. We have come to call these tenets “Spiritual Energy Principles.”   These principles inspire and define the ways in which we can … [Read more...]