About the IFGT

How The Institute Was Born

This is a segment of an Interview with Maryann Miller, IFGT Founder
by Pamela Jaye Smith

Pamela Jaye Smith: So Maryann, could you give us a little background on how the Institute came into existence?

The Institute for Global TransformationÂ® had its actual birth in 2002. It was really the dream of several people who came together to make it happen. Back in 1988, I had a series of three dreams over three nights. Each night, in a series of symbols of a spider spinning a web, the idea for the Institute laid itself out to me. On the first night, the spider spun a glistening, translucent web with seven different sections. The next night each section of the web was given a name, which became an area of focus. The golden thread that ran through the entire three night series of dreams was the connectedness in consciousness and service to humanity.

Over the years since 1988, I tried to make this dread a reality but failed. I failed many times so at one point I thought, "This was just a dream and I should go on with my life." I finally laid the entire dream aside and forgot about it. Then in 2002, at a friend's New Year's Day party, I encountered a lady who sat down beside me and proceeded to tell me that there were three obstacles standing in my way of some very important project that I needed to bring into existence. She said that once I was able to eliminate these obstacles, something wonderful was going to be created.

About a week later I had lunch with a very dear friend, Carolyn Mulkerrin, and we talked about the conversation I had with the lady at the new year's day party. Carolyn said to me, “Maryann this sounds like something that’s important, something that we ought to do." Then about a week later I received a phone call from another dear friend, Kristie Knutson, who said the same thing to me. So I thought to myself, "There must be something to these messages and maybe this is time to try this dream again." So I made several phone calls to several people in differing areas of service and they were all very excited. I scheduled a meeting in Atlanta, Georgia and during that meeting, the Institute was born.

Pamela Jaye Smith: What were the 3 things, if it’s not too personal?

Maryann Miller - One was a position I held at the time that took all of my time. The second and the third were more personal obstacles in my life, each of which I was well aware, that I had to move out of the way. They fell aside so easily, I’m going to say in a couple of weeks these obstacles were gone. Sometimes I have found, in order to reach out and connect in ways that are meaningful, to make things happen, you have to release your own personal ideas of what that might be or look like. As I look back, I think I had a lot of personal ideas of what the Institute should look like and what it should do. Gathering this group of people was very important and we just allowed the Institute to grow organically into whatever it would become; we had no preconceived ideas. We spent a couple of years in meetings trying to figure out what we were supposed to be doing. I believe I’ve mentioned surfing the wind; we surfed the winds and sort of found our balance as we moved forward and the Institute has grown into its present form. As we continue to move forward, we're always open to change.

Our Vision, Mission, and Values

Our Vision Is

A global network of individuals whose purpose is to experience personal transformation, master their own lives, and in some manner share their experience with humanity in order to uplift and transform consciousness and make our world a better place for all.

Our Mission Is

To explore consciousness and find new solutions to global concerns.
To apply our discoveries in consciousness to assist humanity in building a better world.
To create, develop, and implement processes that utilize the connectedness of all things.

Our Values Are

Creativity: We value processes that align our creativity with universal knowledge, potential, and wisdom.
Collaboration and Partnering: We collaborate, partner, and share resources with those who have a similar vision for humanity
Service: We affirm service as a demonstration of an evolutionary impetus of the soul and as a conscious expression of our connectedness to all things.
Innovation: We build and encourage new methods, applications, and concepts.
Integrity: We foster and support open, honest and ethical actions in all relationships and activities

Major Aspects Of Our Global Work and Service

Activities of the Institute for Global Transformation are designed to evolve our conscious experience of self and the world in which we live. Our activities include:

Classes and courses of study designed to help you master the art and science of transformational consciousness.
Design local, national, and global service projects that demonstrate how higher states of consciousness can be used in practical ways to benefit humanity and the planet.
Provide opportunities to connect individuals' personal interests and visions with outward actions and expressions.
Utilize creative processes, designed by our members, to provide environments for individuals to engage in finding solutions to the pressing challenges facing humanity and our planet.

How The Institute Operates

The Institute for Global Transformation Â® operates holistically, encouraging members to access the incoming wisdom of the group in order to respond to areas of activity that will best serve our communities, nation, humanity, and planet.

The Institute is comprised of seven branches or areas of focus that provide rich environments for the creation of local and global service projects, conferences, retreats, classes, and courses of study. By uniting all areas of focus under the umbrella of the Institute, we are able to leverage the creativity and genius of individuals with a wide, divergent range of interests. This method of operation allows for a continual metamorphosis toward greater potential as the members respond to areas of need they feel called upon to fulfill.

With your participation, we will achieve our vision of transformation
for humanity and our planet.

The Institute For Global Transformation was founded to advance the evolution of consciousness by promulgating the principles of the connectedness of all life. Consciousness is a radiatory effect of life and is everywhere equally present. Whether it is a sub-atomic particle, a person, or a galaxy, all living things radiate a field of awareness; it is simply a matter of degree.

When our consciousness is aligned with the underlying energy fields of the universe, we are able to connect with a higher frequencies of consciousness that allow us to shift awareness and create new paradigms that effect core changes in ourselves and humanity. Each transformation in consciousness awakens inherent potential and empowers us to become agents for change within our selves, families, communities, and the planet.

How The Institute Is Governed

The Institute is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of men and women who are dedicated to transformational consciousness in all areas of life. Through group service projects, classes, and various activities, the Institute encourages and promotes the realization that the quality of life in our global society will only improve through the efforts of people actively working together to make the world a better place. Women and men of all races and creeds are respected, welcomed, and appreciated for the diversity they bring to the Institute.

IFGT OFFICERS
Maryann Miller, President
Enrique Moreno, Secretary
Carolyn Mulkerrin, Treasurer

IFGT BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Maryann Miller, Chair
Carolyn Mulkerrin, Vice-Chair
Enrique Moreno, Director
Paige Joyner, Director
Matthew Miller, Director

BRANCH CHAIRS
Georgia Lambert, Philosophy
Joyce Muraoka, Youth
Matthew Miller, The Arts
Paige Joyner, Business
David Burnet, Healing Arts

IFGT ADVISORY COUNCIL
Matthew Miller, Chair
Alan Schaub
David Burnet
Douglas Garrett
Georgia Lambert
Joyce Muraoka
Kristie Knutson
Louis Domenech
Michele Logan
Paige Joyner
Pamela Jaye Smith
Sharon Crigler
Wilhelmina del Campo

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