Center for the Study of
Non-Symbolic Consciousness
Recommended Publications, Talks, and Interviews
- The Finders (a comprehensive book on our core research)
- Free eBook on Finders Course and 45 Days to Awakening research findings
- Clusters of Individuals Experiences form a Continuum of Persistent Non-Symbolic Experiences in Adults (peer-reviewed journal article for academics) (Japanese Version)
- Effects of Two Online Positive Psychology and Meditation Programs on Persistent Self-Transcendence
- Passion Harvest Podcast, Jeffery Martin (Video, 2020)
- High Road to Humanity Podcast with Nancy Yearout, Jeffery Martin (Video, 2020)
- The Miracle of Healing podcast with Lisa Campion, Jeffery Martin (Video, 2020)
- Spirit Matters Podcast, Jeffery Martin (Audio, 2020)
- Transitioning to Fundamental Wellbeing, covering current research including the 45 Days to Awakening Challenge experiments - New Thinking Allowed podcast, Jeffery Martin (Video, 2020)
- Skeptiko Podcast third interview - covering current research including Transcranial Ultrasound and the 45 Days to Awakening Challenge experiments, Jeffery Martin (Video, 2020)
- Association for Transpersonal Psychology 50th Annual Anniversary Conference workshop (a great comprehensive research video), Jeffery Martin (Video, 2019)
- Untangle Podcast, with Jeffery Martin and Ariel Garten (Audio, 2019)
- Skeptiko Podcast second interview, with Jeffery Martin (Audio, 2019)
- Fitness and Consciousness podcast, with Jeffery Martin (Video, 2019)
- Hypnotize Me podcast, with Jeffery Martin (Audio, 2019)
- Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness Keynote (the best comprehensive research video currently available), Jeffery Martin (Video, 2018)
- Buddha At The Gas Pump (BATGAP) (a great video to start with), Rick Archer interviewing Jeffery Martin (Video, 2017)
- New Thinking Allowed (another great video to start with), Jeffrey Mishlove interviewing Jeffery Martin (Video, 2016)
- A second interview on New Thinking Allowed, focused on the types of PNSE (another great video to start with), Jeffrey Mishlove interviewing Jeffery Martin (Video, 2017)
- Finders Course Research Update, Society for Consciousness Studies, Yale University, with Jeffery Martin (Video, 2015)
- Finders Course 2 Research Findings Webinar, with Jeffery Martin (Video, 2015)
- Consciousness Hacking San Francisco Presentation, with Jeffery Martin (Video, 2015)
- Consciousness Hacking Toronto Presentation, with Jeffery Martin (Video, 2015)
- Skeptico episode #267: Can Enlightenment Be Taught, with Jeffery Martin (Audio, 2015)
- The Major Trend In Meditation For 2015—And What This Tipping Point Means For You, by Jeffery Martin (Elephant Journal Article, 2015)
- PNSE/Nonduality Research Update Webinar, with Jeffery Martin (Video, 2014)
- Reality Sandwich Editor Ken Jordan, with Jeffery Martin (Text and Video, 2014)
- Nonduality Talk with Jerry Katz episode #5259: Jeffery Martin and Anamika Borst (Audio, 2014)
- A Discussion of the Non-Symbolic Research and 2014 Class Experiments, with Jeffery Martin (Audio, 2014)
- An interview in Nonduality Magazine on Non-Symbolic Consciousness, with Jeffery Martin (Article, 2014)
- A Discussion of Non-Symbolic Consciousness, with Jeffery Martin (Audio, 2013)
- Closer to Truth (PBS) episode 2657: What is Non-Duality, with Jeffery Martin (Video, 2013)
- Closer to Truth (PBS) episode 2656: What is Enlightenment, with Jeffery Martin (Video, 2013)
- An interview on Hacking Enlightenment, with Jeffery Martin (Video, 2012)
- An interview in H+ Magazine on Engineering Enlightenment, with Jeffery Martin and Mikey Siegel (Article, 2012)
- Buddhist Geeks episode 224: The Study of Non-Symbolic Consciousness, with Jeffery Martin (Audio, 2011)
- Buddhist Geeks episode 225: The End of Self-Referencing, with Jeffery Martin (Audio, 2011)
- Jeffery Martin Radio-TV Hong Kong (RTHK) interview for TEDx Hong Kong, with Phil Whelan (Audio, 2011)
Peer Reviewed Journal and Conference Publications Related to this Research:
- Delorme, A. & Martin, J.A. (2021). Automated Data Cleaning for the Muse EEG. Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM). (Download Paper)
- 2021, December, The Martin Matrix: A Comprehensive Map of Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience, Society for Consciousness Studies Annual Conference, Online.
- Martin, J.A., Ericson, M., Berwaldt, A., Stephens, E.D., & Briner, L. (2021). Effects of Two Online Positive Psychology and Meditation Programs on Persistent Self-Transcendence. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice
- Martin, J.A. (2020). Clusters of Individuals Experiences form a Continuum of Persistent Non-Symbolic Experiences in Adults , CONSCIOUSNESS: Ideas and Research for the Twenty-First Century, 8(8).
- 2020, December, A Year of Breakthroughs in Persistent Non-Symbolic Consciousness Research, Society for Consciousness Studies Annual Conference, Online.
- 2019, September, The Finders Course Experiments, Zen 2.0, Kamakura, Japan.
- 2019, June, An Update on The Finders Course Experiments, Society for Consciousness Studies, Yale University, CT.
- 2019, May, A Summary of the Scientific Research into Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience, Science and Buddhism III, Seattle, WA.
- 2019, April, A Continuum of Non-Symbolic Experiences in Adults, Association of Transpersonal Psychology 50th Annual Conference, Pacific Grove, CA.
- 2019, April, A Continuum of Non-Symbolic Experiences in Adults, Mystics and Scientists, London, UK.
- 2019, April, The Path to Freedom: Attaining Non-Symbolic Consciousness, Mystics and Scientists, London, UK.
- 2018, April, Psychometric Changes Correlate to Degree of Non-Symbolic Experience in Adults, Towards a Science of Consciousness Conference, Tucson, AZ (with Ari Berwaldt).
- 2018, April, Consciousness Hacking Workshop, Towards a Science of Consciousness Conference, Tucson, AZ.
- 2018, March, Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience and the Finders Course Experiments, Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness, Palo Alto, CA.
- Mills, P.J., Peterson, C.T., Pung, M.A., Patel, S., Weiss, L., Doraiswamy, P.M., Martin, J.A., Tanzi, R.E., & Chopra, D. (2018) Change in Sense of Nondual Awareness and Spiritual Awakening in Response to a Multidimensional Well-Being Program. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 24(4).
- 2017, June, The Finders Course Experiments, Society for Consciousness Studies, Yale University, CT.
- 2017, June, Consciousness Technology Workshop, Towards a Science of Consciousness Conference, San Diego, CA.
- 2017, June, Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience and Transformative Technology, Consciousness, Science, Technology and Society Conference, Shanghai, China.
- 2017, June, Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience, Buddhism and New Technology Conference, Shanghai, China.
- 2017, May, The Solution To “The Human Condition,” International Academy of Consciousness Conference, Miami, FL.
- 2017, April, Publishing Research, Doctoral Retreat, Sofia University, Palo Alto, CA.
- 2016, November, Transformative Technology, Western Association of Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Conference, San Francisco, CA.
- 2016, April, Four Month Meditation and Positive Psychology Intervention Shows Highly Significant Results on Well-being, Positive and Negative Emotion, Depression, Stress, Narcissism, and Non-Symbolic Experience, Towards a Science of Consciousness Conference, Tucson, AZ.
- 2016, April, Transformative Technology Workshop, Towards a Science of Consciousness Conference, Tucson, AZ .
- 2016, April, Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience: Traditional Methods to Transformative Technology, Western Association of Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Regional Conference, Woodland Hills, CA.
- 2016, January, Featured Alumni Research Presentation, California Institute for Integral Studies, Pacifica, CA.
- 2015, August, Self-Transcendence: Was Maslow On To Something, Foundations of Mind II, UC Berkeley, CA.
- 2015, June, The Finders Course Experiments, Society for Consciousness Studies, Yale University, CT.
- 2014, May, A Continuum of Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience in Adults, Society for Consciousness Studies Conference, San Francisco, CA.
- 2014, April, Affecting States of Consciousness and Worldview Using Video Game Technologies (with Gino Yu) Towards a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ.
- 2014, April, The Consciousness Science Ontology: A Integrative Resource for Consciousness Studies (with Chris Fields , Allan Leslie Combs, Eric Dietrich, James Fallon, and Fabio Macciardi), Towards a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ.
- 2014, April, A Continuum of Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience in Adults, Towards a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ.
- 2014, April, Towards a Standardized Curriculum of Consciousness Studies (with Allan Combs), Towards a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ.
- 2013, March, A Continuum of Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience in Adults, Towards a Science of Consciousness, Agra, India.
- Yu, G., Martin, J.A., & Chai, P. (2012). Shifting worldview using video game technologies, in Video game play and consciousness. Gachenbach, J. (ed). Nova Science Publishers.
- 2012, April, Engineering Enlightenment, Towards a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ.
- 2012, April, The Relationship Between Ego Development and Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience, Towards a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ.
- 2012, April, Shifting Worldview Using Video Game Technologies, Towards a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, AZ.
- 2011, December, Engineering Persistent Non-Symbolic Consciousness, Science of Consciousness Conference, Hong Kong.
- 2011, December, Psychological and Neurological Correlates of Enlightenment, Humanity+ Conference, Hong Kong.
- 2011, September, The Path of Freedom, Science and Buddhism III, Singapore, Singapore.
- 2011, September, The Science Behind Persistent Non-Symbolic Consciousness, mBig Conference, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
- 2011, April, Where Are The Mystics?, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- 2011, February, What Can The Study of ‘Enlightenment’ Tell Us About Human Potential? Sages and Scientists Conference, Carlsbad, CA.
- Martin, J.A. (2010). Ego development does not predict persistent non-symbolic experience. Dissertation. California Institute of Integral Studies
- 2010, November, Empirically Testing Purported Claims of Enlightenment. Science of Consciousness Forum, Hong Kong.
- 2010, October, closed sessions, Synchro Summit @ Yale, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut.
- 2010, June, Empirically Testing Purported Non-Symbolic Consciousness Claims using Standard Psychological Methods and Instruments. 14th annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, Toronto, Canada.
- 2010, April, Empirically Testing Purported Claims of Enlightenment using Standard Psychological Methods and Instruments. Towards a Science of Consciousness, Tucson, Arizona.
- 2009, September, Empirically Investigating Nondual Consciousness. Science and Nonduality Conference, San Rafael, California.
- Martin, J.A. (2008). Integral research as a practical mixed-methods framework: Clarifying the role of integral methodological pluralism. Journal of Integral Theory and Practice, 3(2), 155-164.
- 2008, November, Beyond the mind…Unity Consciousness and AI? Convergence 08. Sunnyvale, California (with Allan Combs).
- 2008, August, Using Integral Research to Visualize, Plan, and Maximize the Success of Complex Mainstream Academic Research Projects. Integral Theory Conference. San Francisco, California.
- 2008, April, Cooperative Inquiry and the Politics of Evidence, Congress for Qualitative Inquiry, Champaign, Illinois.
- Martin, J.A. (2007). An exploration of powerful power of thought experiences. Journal of Conscious Evolution, 3.
- Martin, J.A. (2007). An exploration of core power of thought concepts in relation to theories involving quantum mechanics. Dynamical Psychology, 2007(1).
The Martin Matrix, a Comprehensive Map of Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience keynote talk from the Society for Consicousness Studies annual conference (2021)
Watch the best full presentation of our scientific data, from a keynote delivered for the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness, a division of the American Anthropology Society, 2018 conference.
Just want to quickly scan through some of the data? You can download a PDF of the presentation by clicking here.
Watch an earlier presentation of the data from the Society for Consciousness Studies annual conference at Yale University in 2015.
Fundamental Wellbeing Continuum
