Join us on Sunday, June 16 at 7:30pm ET when Rev. Regina Dawn Akers interviews Dr. Jeffrey Martin, author of The Finders, a scientific work that studied the enlightenment experience of thousands of subjects.
Over the last 10 years, Dr. Martin has conducted the largest international study on persistent non-symbolic experience (PNSE), which includes the types of consciousness commonly known as: enlightenment, nonduality, the peace that passeth understanding, or the unitive experience. This resulted in the first reliable, cross-cultural and pan-tradition classification system for these types of experience. More recently, he has used this research to make systems available to help people obtain profound psychological benefits in a rapid, secular, reliable, and safe way. Discover what he learned at this month’s Guest Satsang.
Here are some reviews of The Finders:
“The Finders is a fascinating description of the ways in which people can find their greatest sense of well-being. The research is fundamental to understanding how experiences of fundamental wellbeing occur and provides new insights that will propel ongoing investigations. Essential for anyone striving for this type of well-being.” ~ Andrew Newberg, M.D., Professor and Director of Research for the Marcus Institute of Integrative Health at Thomas Jefferson University, author of How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain
“If a Nobel Prize existed for Psychology, the work done by Jeffery Martin and his team and described in this book would be a strong contender. The book is about people who have managed to fulfil one of the most sought after but rarely achieved human needs – true happiness, a deep and fundamental sense of wellbeing.” ~ Dr. Peter Fenwick, internationally renowned neuropsychiatrist and Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
“In this book Dr. Martin takes his place beside William James and Abraham Maslow to give us one of the most important and ground-breaking works on consciousness and human potential in recent memory.” – Allan Leslie Combs, Ph.D., CIIS Professor of Consciousness Studies, author of The Radiance of Being and Consciousness Explained Better
“Dr. Jeffery Martin and his colleagues have produced a landmark study, one not only relevant to transpersonal psychology but to psychology in general. Maslow wrote of ‘self-actualized’ persons. Dr. Martin goes a step further, describing the phenomenology of Maslow’s highest level, namely the self-transcendent or enlightened. This book contains a schema by which its readers can more deeply appreciate the development of these men and women. It is not often that rigorous research can be inspirational, but Dr. Martin has come through. Indeed, readers on a spiritual path are now able to chart their own development on a continuum of experiences, one that many writers once pathologized.” – Stanley Krippner, PhD, Professor of Psychology at Saybrook University; past-President of two and Fellow in five divisions of the American Psychological Association, and winner of its lifetime achievement award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology
At this retreat, you will learn to focus on the ‘I am’ presence to the exclusion of all else as taught by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj and his guru, Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj.
The movie is opens with a chance encounter between a young politician named David Norris, played by Matt Damon and a beautiful contemporary dancer named Elise, played by Emily Blunt. Their spark of romance is cut short unexpectedly by men in suits with supernatural powers. They intervene and deem that the romance to be ‘not in the script’, They take her phone number from David, so he has no way of contacting her. All romance seems lost until a rebellious member of the bureau decides to help David. A frantic chase insures with a surprising and wonderful plot twist at the very end. Join us in a discussion of this fun and heartwarming film, with deep spiritual undertones.
The Wisdom of Kabbalah
Join us at 10:15 am ET/ 7:15 am PT for our Weekly Gathering with Rev. Gloria Wells
Join us at 8:00 pm ET/ 5:00 pm PT for Awakening Together Ministers Ordination Ceremony
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Join us at 8:00 pm ET/ 5:00 pm PT for Movie Watcher Discussion Group
