Lewis C. Baskins

Lewis Carter Baskins was born on a farm in Springfield, Arkansas. He attended racially segregated schools through grade school, high school and college. After graduating from AM&N College in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and two years in the U.S. Army he lived in Chicago, Ill., was accepted at and graduated from the University of Illinois College of Dentistry.

The interest in dentistry was sparked by a passing comment to him by a favorite high school teacher, “You have long fingers like a doctor.”

Dr. Baskins is the father of four children, three sons and a daughter.

While yet practicing dentistry, his interest in the world of commercial business was intensified by a man who became his mentor, S.B. Fuller of Fuller Products Company. Baskins conducted sales meetings daily before opening his dental office. Many dental patients become salespeople of Fuller Products. Baskins wrote weekly articles for a community newspaper entitled, “As I See It.”

Dr. Baskins’s love of assisting people to grow in spiritual understanding led him to accept the invitation of a pastor to become an ordained minister for a number of years. He formulated the Institute of Attitude Modification (I AM) that hosted “Midweek Renewal Sessions” every Wednesday morning for a number of years and Sunday sessions called “A Celebration of Life” in the mornings and “Conversation for Transformation” on Sunday afternoon.

“Conversation for Transformation” continues to be hosted by Betty Muhammad and Dr. Baskins as of this writing, June 2015. Betty Muhammad and Dr. Baskins appear frequently on a local cable television station under the title “Success Made Easy.”

Dr. Baskins has spoken at elementary and high schools as commencement speaker as well as during the regular school year for Career Day and as an inspirational speaker.

After retiring from dentistry as a dentist, Dr. Baskins continues to write and speak at schools and churches in Chicago, Ill. His passion is to share with those persons who are open and receptive, ideas that hundreds of people testify are beneficial in improving the quality of life experienced.

Dr. Baskins and Betty Muhammad have assisted individuals and groups in what is called “Anger Avoidance” in an effort to reduce conflict and/or violence among people by assisting them to awaken to their True Identity, thereby ceasing to pass judgment on others.

An internet television presentation can be accessed “on demand” at www.starplanettv.com entitled “Conversation for Transformation.” Dr. Baskins and Betty Muhammad are the presenters. You can interact live with them on this website.

A “Return to Wellness” weekly national telephone conference call was instituted by Dr. Baskins and Betty Muhammad. These calls address wellness in the following areas: Physical Wellness, Financial Wellness, Relationship Wellness, Emotional Wellness and Spiritual Wellness. This endeavor was designed to offer insight into maintaining peace, harmony and joy in the life experience of the participants of the conference calls.