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CORE COURSES 200 Constructs of Multi-Dimensional Reality The study of reality, expanding the student's context to include possibilities beyond the 3-dimensional plane in which we locate ourselves. Constructs such as the holographic universe, and parallel universes, unfolding and enfolding universes, and related issues such as nonlinear time. Issues of existence beyond the sensate world. Knowledge and communication at the multi-dimensional level. Non-physical existence and individuation. 201 Principles of the Physical Plane The study of the operating laws of the 3-dimensional universe, and its related challenges. Space and time, objective and subjective reality, dualities and universal laws. Phase shifts, cyclic processes and layered reality. 202 The Human BioComputer The physical body as a human BioComputer; feedback and feed-forward processes; the study of conscious and non-conscious processes based on pattern repetition and symbolic functions; universal and personal patterns and symbolic nonverbal communication; parallel manifestations of life patterns in phase shifted 3-D existence; programming the bioComputer; mechanical functions vs. consciousness; non-instinctive functions. 203 The Consciousness Continuum and Optimum Functionality Gradations of consciousness from separation consciousness to collective consciousness. The nature of balanced consciousness on all planes and the exploration and experience of transcendence of physical limitations as the optimal function of consciousness. 204 The Dynamics of Living The study and application of life processes brought to conscious awareness, by example and through personal experience. Topics include life as context, purpose and choice, personal responsibility, and commitment. Creating context within the physical plane. Personal identity and self-expression, the conscious body, the process of relationship, conscious and non-conscious communication processes, the dynamics of opportunities, and wealth-prosperity-abundance. 205 Transformational Tools Tools and techniques used to assist the human biocomputer in the accessing and processing of communications and experiences for the purpose of optimal function of the human being. Topics include extra-dimensional vision, inner plane communications process, directed flow, connected breathing, creation of sufficient structure, alignment and balance, tuning the receiver, manifestation of will, sympathetic synergetic dynamics and positive imprinting. 206 Opportunity and Results Management Study of the dynamics of opportunities, and the management of energy created by both opportunity and result. Topics include the result-to-opportunity process, conscious choice and active manifestation of opportunities, 7moving from possibility to opportunity to result, energy redistribution caused by results manifestation, acceptance and management of the consequences of results, cycle completion and spiral development of opportunities. 207 Cross-Cultural Dynamics Causes and effects of conflict and synergy in activities involving individuals or groups from different cultures. Topics include the tri-culture model, analysis of critical situations, and approaches for creating synergies and win-win scenarios. 208 Consultative Practices: Needs Assessment and Workshop Design Processes for providing effective consultation services to business, academic, nonprofit and public organizations. Individual coaching and group training program development. Procedures to evaluate specific needs of individuals and organizations. 209 The Dynamics of Change The study of the forces that cause individuals, organizations and groups to change fundamental beliefs, actions and processes. Topics include an exploration into paradigm shifts, consequent energy from change, how to implement change, how to be an effective change agent, managing an on-going change process, and the ethics of change and free will. 210 Symposium on Personal Responsibility Discussion of issues related to personal responsibility with respect to the self, in relationship to others, and in interaction with the physical plane. Topics include the use of personal power, free will, and transformational technologies in dynamic processes in all dimensional. SELF MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS This track is for the student that is interested in pursuing personal accelerated growth and development, culminating in self-expression through a chosen creative medium. 300 Body Management Application of the principles of the dynamics of living to the student's physical body processes; Optimum health and peak performance; Assessment of status and conditions for satisfaction; Personal commitment. 301 Management of Personal Relationships Application of the principles of the dynamics of living to the student's personal relationships in process; Assessment of status and conditions for satisfaction; Optimal relationships and joint expectations; conflicting wills; personal commitment. 302 Evaluation of Personal Communications Application of the principles of the dynamics of living to the student's personal communication processes; the power of the spoken word; verbal energy processes; models of optimum interchange; affirmations, negotiations, and personal commitment. 303 Evaluation of Personal Identity and Self-Expression Application of the principles of the dynamics of living to the student's personal creative processes. Assessment of status and conditions for satisfaction, and personal commitment. 304 Personal Money and Financial Management Application of the principles of the dynamics of living to the student's personal processes; recontextualizing prosperity; assessment of status and conditions for satisfaction; the language of money; the psychology of money, wealth and abundance; personal financial responsibility. 305 Accelerated Personal Growth and Development Investigation of the meaning of transcendence for the student, and application of principles and techniques for the achievement of multi-dimensional balance. 306 Personal Process Design Personal Assessment checklist; Integration of multi-dimensional balance with the principles of the dynamics of living; Creation of conscious personal processes to achieve a synergetic state of inter- and independent living. HYPERTHERAPY This track is for the student with a background in psychology who wishes to expand the limits of traditional psychology and incorporate all states of consciousness to coach others in personal accelerated growth and development. 400 Evaluation of Client Processes Application of the principles of the dynamics of living in the evaluation of a client's personal processes. Co-assessment of status and guiding the creation of conditions for satisfaction, and motivating personal commitment in others. 401 Guided Pattern Recognition Techniques Techniques for guiding clients through the in-depth application of pattern recognition techniques, assessment, and intervention. Re-patterning processes applications and techniques. 402 Facilitating Transcendence Techniques for investigating the meaning of transcendence for the client, and application of principles and techniques for guiding the achievement of multi-dimensional balance. 403 Interpersonal Communications and Negotiations Methods for effective communications and process negotiations with the client, as well as method for teaching the client effective interpersonal communication and the ability to negotiate with those in process with the client. Verbal and nonverbal communication techniques, communication through actions, communicating personal truths, alteration of status during communication. 404 Interpersonal Coaching Techniques Techniques for effective assessment, communication techniques, development of trust, and the motivation of change, responsibility and commitment in the client. Separation from client status and processes. 405 Coaching Peak Performance Approaches for achievement of the optimum performance of the physical body, and supporting transformational tools; assessment of status and commitment management; building sufficient structure for transformation; proximity energy principles. ORGANIZATIONAL DYNAMICS & HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT This track is for the student interested in consulting to business organizations to improve productivity and commitment of an organization's human resources through the application of consciousness principles. 500 Human Resources Development Applications of the universal laws and dynamics of living for the development of peak performance in employees. Topics include the assessment and training methodology for self-expression in the workplace, defining and creating conditions of satisfaction, pattern recognition techniques, motivation and recognition methods, personal purpose and corporate goals, commitment management, and personal and corporate prosperity. 501 Independent/Interdependent Work Processes Application of fundamental principles to individual work processes and interaction between individuals in teams; work process dynamics between functional units in an organization. Topics include re-contextualization, time analysis, synergetic processes, and sufficient structure. 502 Organizational Dynamics and Corporate Culture Organizations as organic beings; corporate identity, purpose and goals; structure and process; public image; internal and external communications as a reflection of corporate identity in the commercial realm. 503 Brainstorming The process of directing and manifesting creative flow; Intuitive techniques; Communicating ideas; Creating synergies among individuals; Use of context to generate flow on simultaneous levels; Observation and management of dualities in creative flow. 504 Management of Technical Staff Creation of synergies between management, administrative and technical staff. Technical staff as a unique culture within the organization. Communications from the perspective of cross-cultural dynamics. Topics include assessment of differences in perception, goals, values, and beliefs; Causes of conflict or synergy; creating effective "intercultural" processes. 505 Managing the Manager Creation of synergies between upper management and middle/frontline managers and administrators. Understanding Management staff as a unique culture within the organization. Communications from the perspective of cross-cultural dynamics. Topics include assessment of differences in perception, goals, values, and beliefs; Causes of conflict or synergy; Creating effective "intercultural" processes. 506 Management of Creative Staff Creation of synergies between management, administrative and creative staff. Creative staff as a unique culture within the organization. Communications from the perspective of cross-cultural dynamics. Topics include assessment of differences in perception, goals, values, and beliefs; Causes of conflict or synergy; creating effective "intercultural" processes. 507 Multi-Task Management Optimum performance on simultaneous tracks. Topics include serial and parallel task management techniques, energy awareness and synchronicity across project interfaces, creation of inter-task synergies, maintaining personal unity, re-contextualization, time analysis, enlisting support and delegating tasks. 508 Visionary Management Seeing beyond the balance sheet; creating and communicating identity and purpose; re-contextualization for new possibilities; the organizational consciousness continuum; superconductivity and grounding; complexity theory and self-organizing systems; optimal function and sufficient structure 509 Executive Consciousness Relative power and energy principles; personal and corporate responsibility; assessment and manifestation of expansive possibilities; setting the corporate agenda; opportunity and results management; creating customer, shareholder and employee value; creation of sufficient structure; the organic organization, and corporate well-being. 510 Entrepreneurial Energy Processes Management of dynamic creative forces for actualization of optimum results. Intuition, inspiration, analysis and synthesis in the creation of new business units. Non-structural and super-structural thinking; moving from idea to action; creating context; obstacles to manifestation; quantum tunneling methods; Resonant flow, energy containment, superconductivity and grounding. 511 Resource Manifestation Multi-dimensional pathways for generating necessary resources. Person/money interaction; Non-financial resource substitution; manifesting goals vs. manifesting money. Active manifestation and its consequences. 512 Corporate Wellness Employee-wellness/Corporate-wellness synergy; Health issues for the corporation; Links between corporate prosperity and wellness; Training and employee wellness motivation; Customer wellness with respect to corporate business; Communicating the healthy corporation to customers. COMMUNITY PROCESS FACILITATION This track is for the student interested in consulting to government and non-profit organizations to improve services and commitment of the institution's human resources and volunteer staff through the application of consciousness principles. 600 Evaluation of Community Processes and Relationships Application of Dynamics of Living to community organizations. Relevant for local government agencies and nonprofit organizations. Topics include the unity of community, the holographic model in community processes, energy analysis of agency interactions, and creation of support networks through natural networking. 601 Community/Citizen Interface The psychology of community; the separate and the whole; the individual vs. the majority; projection of the individual into the community; community energy and influence on the individual; enlisting synergetic relationships through natural networking. 602 Inter-Organizational Communications The study of effective communication models and techniques for achieving organizational goals through interaction with other agencies and organizations. Introduces concepts of cross-cultural communications applied to organizations as cultural units. 603 Management and Motivation of Volunteer Staff Aspects of the "volunteer culture": psychology, purpose, non-financial motivation, commitment, time management, training, shared vision, and opportunity and results management. 604 Community Process Design Optimization techniques for individual organizations and synergetic interagency activity; The optimal use of existing processes and creation of new processes and structures; Personal responsibility at the community level. 605 Community/Commercial Networking and Synergy Identification and activation of mutually beneficial cooperative activities between nonprofit or governmental organizations and business/professional institutions, using cross-cultural dynamics techniques. 606 Diversity Education Concepts of cross-cultural dynamics applied to closely integrated multicultural environments. Topics include re-contextualization, subtle distinctions and intercultural synthesis, development of diversity awareness programs, and teaching diversity within diverse groups. CROSS-CULTURAL CONSCIOUSNESS This track is for the student interested in international business, international relations, or diversity issues. This track prepares the student to consult to business and government to facilitate productive intercultural dealings and multinational operations. 700 Cultural Distinctions in Identity and Perception Varying approaches to the understanding of cultural differences and similarities. Perception versus consciousness approaches. Reductive principles in cultural anthropology. 701 Cultural Consciousness and Foreign Policy The study of current foreign policy motivation and implementation, and target culture response and perspective. Analysis of specific U.S. and non-U.S. policies; policy development at the UN; practice in effective policy development and implementation; policy-making from a global and personal perspective. 702 International Business Protocol The cultural rules for behavior and self-expression necessary for gaining acceptance and trust from cross-cultural counterparts. Topics include the importance of etiquette, the causes of differences in behavior in business situations, business vs. social protocol, cross-cultural business etiquette, cross-cultural image perception, and gender differences in cross-cultural protocol. 703 International Project Management Project planning and implementation incorporating varieties of cultural approaches to work. Topics include: motivations and perceptions of work processes and performance specifications; communicating expectations; implementing controls; evaluating and communicating results; negative feedback; perceptions of budgets and schedule maintenance. 704 Cross-Cultural Human Resources Development Integration of personal, culture-based goals within corporate culture; Development of training programs for a multi-cultural work force; Cross-cultural motivation techniques. 705 Cross-Cultural Presentation and Training Techniques Effective methods of presenting information to educate or to persuade a multi-cultural audience. Includes business presentations, trade show and marketing presentations, and customer/employee training programs. 706 The Global Corporation: Models for Corporate Culture Case studies of U.S. and non-U.S. multinational corporations their corporate culture, accomplishments and failures. Design for a unified corporate cultural identity that unites all branches and affiliates of a multinational company. Internal cultural dynamics at multinationals. 707 Cross-Cultural Marketing Cross-cultural issues of customer value perception and cultural perceptions of marketing strategies; customer profile development; methodology for intercultural marketing, sales, and service; customer satisfaction survey techniques. 708 Global Synergies Project methods for expanding cultural consciousness to support global goals rather than national agendas; Creative application of consciousness principles, such as re-contextualization, to promote synergetic activities between regions and nations; Creation of global context consciousness; Setting and implementing a global agenda; UN programs and national attempts at multinational synergies. 709 Planetary Culture and Complexity Theory The study of complexity theory as it applies to the evolution of cultural units into larger, more complex organizational entities. Topics include historical analysis, prospects and projections for evolution of distinct cultures and nationalities into a unified planetary culture, and methods for creating context and sufficient structure to accelerate evolution. 710 Regional Specialization Intensive Application of principles to the student's chosen culture and region of special interest. In-depth study and applications focused on selected culture. 711 Language Proficiency and Linguistic Consciousness Mastery of the language of a selected culture. Study of linguistic consciousness in selected language, and evolution of cultural idioms. Interplay between verbal and non-verbal communication within selected culture. 712 International Law and Ethics Cultural perspectives and the development of international law. Cultural variances in the perception of right and wrong; Reconciling multi-cultural business ethics. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS This track is for the student interested in environmental action and education. This track prepares the student to design and implement programs for environmental awareness, and to act as a change agent in local, national, and global society. 800 The Conscious Environment Exploration of a definition of consciousness that encompasses all matter; man as subset of environment; Environmental will; the self-manifesting environment; the holographic paradigm in nature; vision beyond the limitation of sensory perception of environment. 801 Ecodynamics: The Human Relationship with Nature Varieties of human interaction with indigenous surroundings; Pattern recognition and parallel structures in nature; The natural world as context and relationship; Transcendence through nature; Personification of natural subjects; Nature/human synergies. 802 Complexity Theory and Self-Organizing Systems The conscious and non-conscious evolution of species from the perspective of complexity theory. Basic concepts of complexity, genetics, and self-organizing complex systems; matter and energy interplay in self-organizing systems. 803 Synergetic Natural Resources Development Energy principles applied to natural resources; causes and consequences; destructive and constructive energy; design for synergy; urban and suburban agriculture; cross-cultural agricultural techniques. 804 Ecological Communication Nonverbal information available through nature; conscious communication with nature; techniques for establishing dialogues. 805 Cross-Cultural Environmental Consciousness Education Culture-based perceptions of the relationship between the individual and physical environment/nature; effective methods for culturally consistent consciousness-raising; Methods for shifting social consciousness using environmental synergy/therapy. 806 Infinite Abundance An in-depth study of the Law of Abundance in historical perspective, with respect to natural resources exploitation and manifestation. Working with the Laws of Abundance to design policies and programs that will generate sufficient resources. 807 Visionary Ecology and Effective Manifestation Recontextualizing nature and its resources; an approach to nature as an alien culture; creation of human/nature synergies; human/non-human energy principles. 808 Environmental Action Management Application of consciousness principles to assess priorities and design programs for re-balancing human interaction with nature; consequences of re-balancing; continuity, paradigm shifts and effective programs for change; Separation consciousness vs. unified consciousness; contexts for action and education; age-appropriate environmental action programs; policies, politics and people; personal responsibility at the ecological level. 809 Ecopsychology The study of the boundaries of human consciousness; locating human consciousness outside the body; the natural world as inseparable from human behavior and subjective experience; the natural world as interference patterns; personal projection into the physical world; the physical world as holodeck; external conditions therapy. 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