“The understanding of the Three Principles is both the cure and the prevention for errors that can occur in the human thought system.”
Sydney Banks, The Enlightened Gardener Revisited
Meet Sydney Banks
Sydney Banks was my mentor starting on April Fool’s Day 1983 until his death in 2009. He mentored numerous business, academic and health professionals. I spent hours with him personally, via visits and frequent phone calls and even personal audio cassettes sent to me from Canada. Right after Syd had his enlightenment experience, which is described on the video, The Experience, he realized that what he had seen would forever change the fields of psychiatry and psychology and alleviate the suffering of millions. His prophetic vision is being fulfilled as the Three Principles understanding spreads globally.
The healthy healing fire that started with Syd’s experience in 1973 continues to bring miraculous relief to psychological and, often, physical suffering throughout the world, regardless of DSM-5-TR or ICD-11 diagnostic labels. Such labels often are applied with the message that the receiver is permanently broken or lacking.
In Chana Studley's new book, Beyond Diagnosis: A Paradigm Shift from Pathology to Innate Health, you can read interviews with me, one on psychotic disorders and one on neurodevelopmental disorders. The Stories of Hope and Neurodiversity interviews I did with Elizabeth Lovius tell about remarkable healings that I've witnessed across all diagnostic categories.
A new psychology is coming…” that will differ from most present-day concepts in that it will help individuals to realize the mental health they already have inside them…this psychology will be spiritually based, and its healing powers will be beyond anything known to date."
Sydney Banks, The Enlightened Gardener
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Dr. Pettit has an incredible depth of experience and wisdom both in the Three Principles and modern medicine. His generous spirit and kind heart make learning with him a profound experience. There seems to be no end to his knowledge and yet his humility makes it very accessible for everyone to follow. Dr. Pettit has helped me deepen my own understanding and given me incredible language and resources to share this experience with others. I am honored to call him teacher, mentor, and friend.
Dr. Pettit has helped me deepen my own understanding and given me incredible language and resources to share this experience with others. I am honored to call him teacher, mentor, and friend.
Chana Studley, ISRAEL
Three Principles Practitioner, Speaker, and Author
Author, Beyond Diagnosis: https://a.co/d/eyT03aX
https://www.chanastudley.com/
Video Resources
In this featured video for the Three Principles Global Community, Bill explores the difference between the brain and Mind, and the difference between the divine and human thought systems. He illuminates the connection between the Mind and the brain-body and defines well-being.
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Bill is one of the most impactful teachers that I have had the privilege to learn from. He helped show me where my experiences were coming from and that helped transform my life into a lighter and freer experience. Bill pointed me in the direction of my own personal wisdom and taught me that there is an endless source of wisdom that is available to anyone, anytime. Bill shares from the heart and is a very special teacher. I am so grateful for everything that I gained working with him!
Bill pointed me in the direction of my own personal wisdom and taught me that there is an endless source of wisdom that is available to anyone, anytime. Bill shares from the heart and is a very special teacher. I am so grateful for everything that I gained working with him!
Tzila Rosenblatt
United Kingdom
I have been blessed by many mentors along my journey of understanding the Three Principles. What is unique about Dr. Bill Pettit is his sharing truth with clarity and certainty. I have spent many hours with him individually, in small groups as well as in large audiences.
As a teacher, I witnessed him meet each person where they are with loving acceptance. As a guide, his gentle yet certainty of truth directs me to my wisdom. As a mentor, he provides a vast landscape for me to explore, learn and grow both professionally and personally.
Dr. Pettit’s generous spirit invited me into a deep exploration of my mind body soul allowing symptoms of various autoimmune conditions to fall into the background of my consciousness. I am forever grateful to Dr. Bill Pettit.
Ellen Friedman, MA. PT (retired)
Podcast Resources
A curated selection of Dr. Bills popular podcasts
“There need be only one generic mental illness; an inability to see the role of Thought.”
Sydney Banks, The Enlightened Gardener Revisited
Peer-Reviewed Articles on the Three Principles
Co-Authored by Bill Pettit, MD
One Generic Mental Illness
Spiritual Psychology and Counseling, 6(2), 7-26.
Psychiatry's Pursuit of Euthymia
International Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
A Psychospiritual Theory of General Factor P
Journal for the Study of Spirituality
The Mediating Effects of Thought on Adults Exposed to ACES
Child Protection and Practice
An Inside-Out View of General Factor P
European Psychiatry
“When the answers are complicated, it’s the Intellect. When the answers are simple, it’s the Spirit.”
Sydney Banks, The Enlightened Gardener Revisited
Recommended Three Principles Books
Dozens of insightful books have been written and advertised as sharing stories and insights based on the Three Universal Principles of Mind, Thought and Consciousness. All such books, each valuable, were written from the author’s loving desire to share their newfound peace and joy.
I encourage all to read Syd’s six books twice before looking into those listed below which seem, to me, to be most congruent with Syd’s message. The first listed books were written by my wife, Linda Sandel Pettit, Ed.D. and by my late wife, Sue Shellabarger Pettit, RN [1945-2000].
Leaning into Curves:
Trusting the Wild Intuitive Way of Love
by Linda Sandel Pettit, Ed.D. (2024)
This award-winning book, an inspirational self-help memoir was written by my current wife. It describes her journey of evolving spiritual consciousness and how the Three Principles understanding helped her find an explanation for intuition, and to see the logic behind love, forgiveness and our essential nature as creators.
Coming Home:
3 Principles-based Poetry
by Sue Shellabarger Pettit (1987)
A collection of 26 poems written by my late wife, Sue, in December 1984 over a 48-hour period in a time of deep gratitude, one week after the arrival of our third child, Margaret Alexandra Noelle [Maggie.] I used them along with The Missing Link by Syd Banks in my group work for nearly 25 years and witnessed powerful impact from the feelings awakened.
Beyond Diagnosis: A Paradigm Shift from Pathology to Innate Health
Chana Studley (2024)
Introducing the Three Principles, a new paradigm in psychology. Includes interviews with me on psychotic and neurodevelopmental disorders.
Mentored By Mind: Soul to Soul Conversations
Elsie Spittle (2021)
Elsie has written six books. She, along with Jan and Chip Chipman, were mentored by Sydney Banks for over 35 years and asked by him to start a school to continue his teaching.
Coming Home: Uncovering the Foundations of Psychological Well Being
Dicken Bettinger Ed.D. and Natasha Swerdloff (2016)
This book captured Syndey Banks’ message as well as any book not written by Sydney Banks
The Relationship Handbook: A Simple Guide to Satisfying Relationships
by George Pransky Ph.D., 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION with addendum by George and Linda Pransky (2017)
All but two examples in this book are of married couples yet I had over one hundred teenagers who read it said, “this is the best book I have read in my life.”
Upside -Down & Backwards: The Innocent Failure of Mainstream Psychology
Thomas M. Kelley Ph.D. (2022)
Professor Emeritus Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, a licensed clinical psychologist, a prolific writer and researcher. Since 1988 forty of these have focused on the efficacy of sharing the Universal Principles with those diagnosed as having a mental illness.
Wing of An Angel: Lock Down, Rise Up, An Exploration of Human Potential in the Back of Beyond
JB Hollows (2023)
Based on five years of sharing the Three Universal Principles in UK prisons.
The Secret of Love: Unlock the Mystery, Unleash the Magic
Lori Carpenos LMFT and Christine Heath LMFT, CSAC, MAC (2017)
A Three Principles based understanding of the nature of love and how to return to love in our most intimate relationships.
It’s That Simple: A User’s Manual for Human Beings
Mavis Karn (2022) counselor, educator, consultant.
A simple but powerful reminder that if we remember that we are ALL made up of God stuff, with a few simple prompts we will do fine regarless of the challenges we have faced, are facing, or will face.
It all Started with a Bird
Judith Sedgeman Ed.D.
Dr. Sedgeman was the director of the Sydney Banks Institute at West Virginia University. A gifted writer, she shares her journey from childhood into an understanding of the powerful gift of Thought.
Modello: A Story of Hope for the Inner City and Beyond
Jack Pransky, PhD. (2011)
Chronicles a true story of an astonishing community turnaround in the Modello and Homestead Gardens Housing Projects in Florida, where Dr. Roger Mills shared the Three Principles/Health Realization approach, a new spiritual psychology.
The Great Remembering: Turning the World Inside Out
Dean Reese-Evans and Barb Aust (2021)
For young people “age twelve to one hundred twenty.” In very simple terms, explores the ingenious solutions in all of us.
The Spark Inside: A Special Book for Youth
Ami Chen Mills-Naim (2017)
For children, young adults, parents, teachers and counselors. Reveals, in easily understood language, the innate health inside all of us.
Parenting with Heart
Kathy Marshall Emerson (2020)
Points to the path for finding your own happiness and relating well to your child.
Evolution of Addiction Recovery: There is a Way Home – Book One
Harold (Harry) Derbitsky (2019)
Presents a genuine beacon of hope and health for those who, in their search for peace, have struggled with addiction in any form.
Inside Out Transformation: A Revolutionary Guide for Coaches, Therapists and Counsellors
Sheela Masand (2022)
Conversations with 15 renowned leaders.
The Inside Out Revolution: The Only Thing You Need to Know to Change Your Life Forever
Michael Neill (2013)
In this ground-breaking new book, bestselling author Michael Neill shares an extraordinary new understanding of how life works that turns traditional psychology on its head.
Dr. Bill Pettit has unique understanding of the human mind that has transformed many lives and inspired so many others. Dr. Pettit showed me that my lived experience is just as valuable as formal education, helping me realize that I belong on the same stages as those who guide people to their innate well-being.
The gesture may seem small, but for me, it is a blessing because I learned to trust my story, knowing that it holds the power to inspire and heal. That experience had a profound impact on me personally and professionally.
Bill's kindness extends beyond his words. He's generously passed along books that have helped me grow in ways I didn't expect, and he's modeled for me how to navigate disagreements lovingly and respectfully, ensuring that all voices are heard.
His wisdom and personal contributions have been life-changing for so many, and I'm honored to call him a colleague and friend.
Recommended Websites
Three Principles Global Community – created to highlight the ground-breaking discoveries of Sydney Banks and to share them worldwide.
The Three Principles Foundation is dedicated to sharing the Universal Principles as taught by Sydney Banks and to preserving them in their purest, most powerful form.
A comprehensive curriculum about the Three Principles for young people and their parents and teachers.
My wife, Linda Sandel Pettit, Ed.D., author, speaker, personal consultant.
Free 24/7 coaching based on the Three Principles Understanding.
