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Celebrating the Many Faces of the Divine
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Welcome to the iNtuitive Times Institute® (NTI), the seminary for the Open International Interfaith Ministry® (OIIM). NTI is registered in Canada as an educational institute of higher learning (HRSDC Certified Training Institute File #7009/12501). You will be issued Revenue Canada Educational Exemption tax receipts in February - this constitutes a significant tax credit.
What is unique about our ministry program is its comprehensiveness. We train Interfaith Ministers as well as Interfaith Spiritual Practitioners in specialized areas such as spiritual direction, spiritual energy healing, spiritual counselling and spiritual mediumship. In addition to the Interfaith Ministry aspect of the program, NTI is also grounded in professional training that is common to other helping professions, such as traditional counselling and helping skills, being of service and connecting to Spirit. NTI covers the holistic wellness skills necessary for Interfaith Spiritual Practitioners and Ordained Interfaith Ministers to be well grounded in knowledge on holistic wellness approaches. The program also includes components specifically designed to complement and enhance the knowledge and skills of those working in professional wellness and other professionals in the human services field. NTI is a school without walls. It has no campus, no buildings, no classrooms and no dictated schedule for the distance learning that you will enjoy. The intensive experiential 4 to 10 day residencies are offered in the peaceful serenity of Atlantic Canada. By special request and when appropriate, additional residencies may be held elsewhere for the convenience of students. NTI programs are open to students from any country. At the end of your studies, we do not set you adrift. We provide you a home through OIIM to support you as well as the tools and mentoring you may need to assist you in setting up a professional practice and/or Interfaith Ministry. NTI's one certificate program is equivalent to 2 years of university study and the upper level diploma programs are equivalent to 3-4 years of university study. Students work at their own pace in the comfort of their own homes. To suit their personal needs and life style, students can accelerate their pace or take longer. Faculty members also work from their own homes or personal offices. Faculty and students communicate with each other via telephone, video-learning seminars, e-mail, and postal service. All instruction, textbooks and supporting materials are in the English language. We are pleased to offer formal studies in the Interfaith Ministry, which include specializations in spiritual counselling, spiritual healing (energy work), spiritual direction and spiritual mediumship through a unique combination of distance education, apprenticeship, video-learnings and experiential residencies. As an active student of the institute, you will be part of a network of highly gifted, talented and experienced students and faculty, working within an Interfaith - Interspiritual, inclusive community. Studies through the Institute will provide you with opportunities to develop and share your gifts with faculty and students. You will also learn from the experiences, knowledge and writings of gifted spiritual leaders and intuitives, past and present, and from the many cultures' healing modalities and spiritual traditions of the world. |
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This is an Amazing song which speaks to the Interfaith - Interspiritual Perspective. Enjoy. Share it - It is a message that many need. It is called "The Gift of Acceptance"
and was sung at the 2010 Nobel Prize Awards. |
We are One with the ALL.
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Our program combines the latest scientific research with ageless truths practised by many societies. If you decide to join us, you will develop a strong foundation in the Interfaith - Interspiritual Ministry, counselling skills and holistic wellness, as well as explore spirituality, spirit communication, death & dying, energy awareness and much more, from the perspective of many different spiritual traditions. We celebrate not only that which religious traditions share in common, but also the things that make them different for it is through these differences that we can begin to see the many faces of the Divine Source and embrace (not just tolerate) diversity. Today the exploration of spirituality embraces new approaches including sciences such as Quantum Physics, electro-magnetics and new technologies requiring new methodologies to investigate physical and non-physical phenomena and realities. The iNtuitive Times Institiute is pleased to be able to assist you in your exploration of these new frontiers and paradigms.
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Rev Deb Sinclair receives her Ordination Diploma from rev Barry and rev Sandi. Congratulations.
Susan Killan participates in a candle ceremony as part of her studies for the CASC program.
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If you strive to work from a strong foundation while at the same time being on the cutting edge of new paradigms, you will enjoy studying with the iNtuitive Times Institute. An Interfaith perspective will better equip you to evaluate and understand new and old ideas by broadening your experience and knowledge base. It is through understanding that we reject fear and intolerance while experiencing the beauty of an ever growing view of the an ever-expanding world that we live in. When you study with NTI, you will learn how to apply current and developing scientific and spiritual principles to everyday challenges. Whether you wish to enhance your current professional knowledge, become a Registered Lay Minister, a Registered Spiritual Practitioner specializing in Spiritual Healing (RSPh), Spiritual Counselling (RSPc), Spiritual Mediumship (RSPm), Spiritual Direction (RSPd) or an Ordained Interfaith Minister (OM), or for your own personal interest, we can offer you an exceptional learning experience and opportunity.
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Rev Barry King, Ph.D. - OIIM Co-Founder and President; NTI Educational Director
Video Transcript: "As Interfaith Ministers, it is natural for us to approach spirituality from an Interfaith - Interspiritual perspective. That means that our approach is inclusive celebrating all traditions and diverse approaches of spirituality. When we look at the beautiful, diverse world that God has created for us, it is clear to us that God is a God of diversity. There is not just one type of tree, or one type of bird, or one type of flower, or one type of person. The world is populated with a multitude of forms which are trees, and birds, and flowers, and people in all shapes, sizes and colour. This diversity makes the world more beautiful.
If we believe that God is infinite, then one place to begin to understand God is to embrace the knowledge that in this diverse and beautiful world created by God, it is only natural that God should manifest the message of unconditional love in many ways to many peoples. There is one God but it is a God of many faces. We, in the Interfaith Ministry, celebrate these many faces of God represented by different religious traditions and rejoice that we have been given such a beautiful and diverse world. We express this truth with the phrase, “The paths are many, the truth is one. Love thy neighbour.”
NOTE: OIIM uses the terms God, The ALL, The Divine to be inclusive of all terms relating to a Higher Power or Source.
NOTE: OIIM uses the terms Interfaith/Interspiritual to be inclusive of all spiritual paths and practices.
If we believe that God is infinite, then one place to begin to understand God is to embrace the knowledge that in this diverse and beautiful world created by God, it is only natural that God should manifest the message of unconditional love in many ways to many peoples. There is one God but it is a God of many faces. We, in the Interfaith Ministry, celebrate these many faces of God represented by different religious traditions and rejoice that we have been given such a beautiful and diverse world. We express this truth with the phrase, “The paths are many, the truth is one. Love thy neighbour.”
NOTE: OIIM uses the terms God, The ALL, The Divine to be inclusive of all terms relating to a Higher Power or Source.
NOTE: OIIM uses the terms Interfaith/Interspiritual to be inclusive of all spiritual paths and practices.
