September 11th
We all have our own memories of what we were doing on that awful day.
I was lecturing at a University in New Jersey, when people started walking in and out and my cell phone began to ring. I stopped speaking and my friend – the chairman of the department – and I spoke for a moment before he announced what had happened. And he had the prescience to say, “Today America has changed forever.”
I stayed in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for the rest of the week and it was a good thing that I did: I visited a number of hospitals where the staff was in shock, and it was helpful to have someone from outside give advice on how to handle such a traumatic situation.
A year later I returned to the same department to do a special lecture. My topic: the psychology and biology of human violence.
Dr. Richard G. Petty, MD is a world-renowned authority on the brain, and his revolutionary work on human energy systems has been acclaimed around the globe.
He is also an accredited specialist in internal and metabolic medicine, endocrinology, psychiatry, acupuncture and homeopathy. He has been an innovator and leader of the human potential movement for over thirty years and is also an active researcher, teacher, writer, professional speaker and broadcaster. He is the author of five books, including the groundbreaking and best selling CD series Healing, Meaning and Purpose. He has taught in over 45 countries and 48 states in the last ten years, but spends as much time as possible on his horse farm in Georgia.
