DOCTOR OF SPIRITUAL SCIENCE

It is the intention of PTS, through this Doctor of Spiritual Science (DSS) program, to assist students in moving to new levels of expansiveness and awareness. Students have already experienced the positive results that were obtained through the Master's Program, and now they can continue achieving even greater rewards throughout this new program. The DSS takes a daily conscious, continual focus. It is about living and breathing the teachings as much as possible.

"There are two key ways to know if you're really following in God consciousness or not: How you're not following is shown by the limitations and restrictions and constrictions that you put out. You often can feel them in your body. And they usually lead to physical illness, emotional sickness and mental disturbance. The way that you know you are in God's work is by how much you are expanding and by how much more you are effectively 'doing it.' You see, God created us and He didn't use any junk to do it. Sometimes you want to take who you are as a creative being and make junk, thinking that's going to be acceptable. At the level we are working in this PTS doctoral program, I want to be clear with you that it's not. The thing we're on the planet to learn is discipline towards God's direction. That discipline is not a punishment. It's joy. And it's a real thankful thing to have."

-John-Roger

Like the Master's program, the DSS program is held one weekend a month for nine months (usually October through June) each year. The first two years are devoted to intensive course work. The third year, a practicum year, is an opportunity for students to devote time to refining, demonstrating, and completing their Practical Treatises--the final paper required for graduation. In the third year, students still attend monthly classes.

The DSS provides a supportive format for expanding spiritual awareness and for the consistent and disciplined practice of the Traveler's teachings.

Year One

The Multidimensional Human

Themes of the three quarters:

Coming to Terms with Reality
Becoming God's Partner
Multidimensional Awareness

The first two years of course work includes the following six classes:

1. Spiritual Exercises

Spiritual exercises are the primary spiritual practice recommended for those studying in MSIA, and they are vital to students who seek to expand their awareness of who they are as spiritual beings.

2. Building the Bridge of Awareness

Light Body is a series of movements designed to encourage students to blend the Light and spiritual energies with the physical energies of the body for balance, upliftment, and vitality. Stretching, flexibility, strength, and awareness (both physical and spiritual) are all a part of Light Body. Soul Journey explores qualities of the Soul and how we use these qualities (or do not) in our lives; the Soul Journey exercises encourage students to open more fully to Soul awareness and to access that level more completely. Listening explores what we listen to inwardly and outwardly, and how we can listen more to Spirit and God. Seeing explores the ways in which we see ourselves and how we can change that to more positive images that lift our consciousness.

3. Navigating the Game of Life

Students create a matrix of their intentions, goals and purposes as well as what is restricting and limiting them. Extensive tracking is done that, in the course of the program, produces tremendous insight, revelation, and positive change.

4. Clearing the Issues

Throughout the course it is emphasized that the students are the Spiritual Scientists and their laboratory is their own selves. Therefore, self-observation is a core part of the program. Clearing the Issues is the class in which they work with the list of current issues and negative patterns they have observed in themselves. The students apply Controlled Kinesiology muscle testing to clear the issue, with the over-all intention of expanding past their limitations, restrictions and constrictions.

5. Spiritualizing the Consciousness

In this class the DSS student is given the opportunity to become more available to the Holy Spirit by identifying, clearing, finding the causes and closing those areas in their consciousness in which there is an obstruction, or limitation to the flow of the Holy Spirit. The form of muscle testing used in the PTS Doctorate in Spiritual Science has been named Controlled Kinesiology Testing (CKT). The word controlled is descriptive of the fact that the person whose arm is being "tested" is the one in control, directing the investigation and indicating when their arm should be tested. The entire procedure and process are under the jurisdiction of the person being tested. Various techniques are introduced throughout both years of the course providing the DSS student with a wide range of techniques and tools that they are encouraged to learn to use skillfully.

6. Aligning the Selves

This course is designed to assist students in integrating the basic self, the conscious self, and the High self.

Year Two

The Multidimensional Human - Part II

"What's the main reason for the DSS class? It could be answered two ways: the negative way is, what stops you from seeing God? The other way is, what helps you get to God? If you find out what's stopping you, that doesn't mean you cracked it, but you are getting to God, that means you're already on course-correction, and you are just on a timeline of fulfillment. And each person may have a slightly different variation."

-John-Roger

Themes of the three quarters:

The Quality of Attention
Creating Your Reality
Multidimensional Awareness II

"What it comes down to, always and forever, is the commitment to yourself. And that starts when, ten billion times a day, ten billion percent, you commit to the upliftment and the unfoldment that is your spiritual nature."

-John-Roger

The Year Two course work is an extension of the Year One course work, with virtually the same class titles and subjects. Students will observe and apply each subject on deeper and more expansive levels.

Year Three

The Practicum

Students complete a Practical Treatise (a unique and original study documenting the student's research, discoveries and conclusions) on a topic of their choice. The Practical Treatise could be regarded as a "how to" manual that other people can read and practice in order to achieve predictable, measurable, repeatable results. Each student will choose his or her topic during the first year of the program, and continue to define and focus that topic in the second year. The third year is devoted to practicum work on the tretise, with the intent of completing, submitting, and gaining approval of the Pratical Treatise by the end of the third year.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
1. Students seeking admission to the DSS program as a doctoral degree candidate must have successfully completed the PTS Master of Spiritual Science program. (The Doctor of Spiritual Science degree is granted in California only, to those students who successfully complete the course work in the California program.)
2. Students may also enroll in the DSS program as a "workshop student" for personal development only and not for credit.
3. All potential students must complete and submit the PTS DSS enrollment form and Letter of Intent.
4. All students must maintain an active subscription to Discourses as well as the Soul Awareness Tape (SAT) series during the course of the program. Students who have completed all 12 years of the Discourses only need to have an active subscription to Soul Awareness Tapes.
5. All students must tithe to MSIA throughout the three-year program.
6. All students must be approved for acceptance into the DSS program by a PTS admissions panel.
7. All students must complete a Practical Treatise on a topic of their choice that will be between 50 and 100 pages long. The Practical Treatise is a unique and original study, documenting the student's research, discoveries and conclusions. The Practical Treatise can be regarded as a "how to" manual that other people can read and practice in order to achieve predictable, measurable, repeatable results. Each student will choose his or her topic during the first year of the program, and continue to define and focus that topic in the second year. The third year is devoted to practicum work on the treatise, with the intent of completing, submitting, and gaining approval of the Practical Treatise by the end of the third year.

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