The imagination is often dismissed as daydreaming or fantasy, but the imagination may play a role in creating our experience of the world. ITPI board member Christina Grote shares some ideas that could encourage us to take the imagination more seriously.
Through “embodied imagination” we imagine a transformation en route to experiencing it in our lives. ITP Mastery teacher Roger Marsh talks about how ITPI practitioners are on a path to this realization.
How might imagination be a bridge between our inner and outer worlds? How do intention and imagination strengthen our affirmations? How can imagination activate our knowledge? ITPI board member Christina Grote discusses these topics and more.
Here is an opportunity to assess how the attribute of Imagination shows up in all dimensions – body, mind, heart and soul. The aim of this process is to spark growth physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually, and to move toward full awareness of what is arising moment to moment.
As ITP practitioners, transformation is often on our minds. We tune in to, even set our intentions for, change. With change comes transition, which might be defined as “how we respond to change.” ITPI Mastery Teacher Kim Kristenson-Lee offers a simplified explanation of the three stages of transition: the ending, messy middle (neutral zone) and beginning.
On the face of it, one could think that generosity is directly opposed to the survival instinct. Isn’t thinking “me, first” a major part of survival, and isn’t survival what every thought and action boils down to? This is pretty basic stuff. Why, then, bother being generous? Why give away one’s money, wisdom, and most precious of all, time, to anyone or anything else? Why does generosity, in its purest sense, feel so good?
With our minds, we think, we reason, we learn, we imagine, and we dream. We strategize, make decisions, and set intentions and goals. Through the capacity of self-reflection, the mind provides a sense of personal history and continuity to our lives, the sense of being ourselves… We discern truth from falsehood. We set our intentions for who we want to be in the world and what we want to accomplish in life.
An ITP practice can gift us with benefits in large and small ways. Sometimes we just need to stop and notice what has changed. Artist Rich Sigberman shares what he's noticed.
We are all seekers and we are all sages. In the space of our minds, we are both. Are you a seeker today? Are you seeking an answer or a next step? Experience this practice led by researcher Michael Lifshitz. On May 10, Michael and fellow researcher Josh Brahinsky, joined us for a Seekers and Sages session. They talked about how we use the imagination in our lives and our interconnectedness to one another.
Seven years ago, the Tulsa ITP groups decided to up our game by having weekend workshops designed and facilitated by the Master ITP Teachers. The journey has yielded amazing results including strength of the community in Tulsa, personal insights, deepening of integral practice, and lots of fun. It has forwarded the mission of ITP which is “to advance the adventure of Integral Transformative Practice.”
