Transformational Imaging

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.

ITP mastery teacher Lucy Piper has begun to sharpen her imagination to create a new and better reality. She reminds us that a dream can be supported by action and service to lead to a better world.

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.

We are endowed with an incredible gift of imagination, and as we develop it, we can deeply and constructively engage with this extraordinary capacity to envision and empower the world we know is possible. Through developing our capacity for imagination, we may be able to co-create a more joyous, just, and peaceful world, and actively meet the challenges we face at this time in history.

Learn more about Sally Isaacs and the experience and insight she's gained as a practitioner. She shares; "I am inspired by the concept of transformation. Through words and practice, I believe we can change how we feel and the course our life takes each day."

In this audio recording, Cassandra Vieten, from The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), shares her deep knowledge of the scientific study of spirituality and transformative practices and the exciting results of IONS’ study of ITP.

How do we go about transforming ourselves and embodying our extraordinary capacities? In her 2010 ITPI conference presentation, Annie Styron Leonard shares her own neurological transformation and how it relates to ITP and our personal and global evolution.

The beginning of the year is a natural marker to reflect on transformative progress and challenges. Inspired by the January 2022 GLEE call program led by ITPI president Pam Kramer and ITP San Rafael group leader Donita Decker, this practice guides you in setting and aligning with your vision for the year ahead by celebrating your growth and learning from challenges.

As part of their ongoing study of ITP, Stanford University researchers, Michael Lifshitz, Josh Brahinsky and TM Luhrmann, explore the practice of affirmations and their discovery of how practitioners embrace the tension between both honoring the present state while, at the same, envisioning positive, lasting change.

Committing to an ITP Kata practice requires discipline and the rewards are truly life-changing. There is a reason long-time practitioners shine their beautiful light upon the transformative nature of a daily Kata practice.