What is the Real Secret to Higher Consciousness & Enlightenment?

Important Information About the Finders Course

The course is 100% secular and built on data from the world’s largest scientific research project in this area, which included over 1,200 participants on 6 continents. The course is built on a 10+ year empirical academic study and blending both meditation and positive psychology in a structured setting. The Finders Course research is facilitated by the Center for the Study of Non-Symbolic Consciousness, and the Transformative Technology Lab.

The program is an incredibly sophisticated mix of positive psychology, age old techniques, and modern innovations - sequenced in a precise way based on over a decade of scientific research. Our research showed that using the Finders Course, an astonishing 70+% of people transitioned to fundamental wellbeing and higher states of consciousness in 4 months or less. And, only 1% of people who took the program failed to experience these profound changes.

Some techniques are well known, and others are less renown but incredibly effective. Even if you’ve tried some of these techniques over the years, it is unlikely that you've experienced our versions of them or have ever been exposed to most of the other methods in the program. This is because even the most popular methods have been slightly modified to be much more effective, based on our research. The methods themselves are sequenced in a highly precise way that makes each more impactful than when they are used alone and in other contexts.

Why is the Finders Course different than other courses?

The Finders Course solves:

• Search – There are thousands of methods, and some are more effective than others. We solve your “search” problem by assembling the most effective techniques in one framework. The original research study revealed which methods produced the best results.
• Fit – Different techniques work for different people. The wrong technique means little to no progress. Fit is essential. We teach you the best techniques and how to optimize their effectiveness for you. You will graduate having experienced many different practices and will come away with a good idea of what works for you.
• Tuning – Techniques shift over time. You need to know what to do when this happens. We help you know when to mix, match, or move on.
• Habit – Finding time to meditate and making it a habit is hard...especially if you are brand new to meditating. We provide precise structure, group support, and weekly measurement. After our course is complete, you’ve learned to make meditation fit into your day-to-day life.

Why does the course work?

• The timing and sequence of techniques and practices
• The practice time commitment
• The group activities
• The sequence of positive psychology techniques to prime the mind for awakening and help prevent a dark night
• The overall structure that helps to keep you from skipping activities when you might be tempted to slack off for a day or two
• Experience support when you need it.

Is Finders Course for beginners?

Yes, anyone without psychological issues can take the course as the Finders Course protocol was designed to be accessible to everyone. In addition, the Finders Course protocol includes a wide variety of techniques. Most people have only tried 1-2 techniques so in FC most people are a beginner at some point in the course.

What is Ongoing and Persistent forms Non-Symbolic Experience (ONE/PNSE)?

• A fundamental sense of wellbeing and that things are okay, regardless of life situation
• Reduced or eliminated negative mental chatter
• Freedom from thoughts impacting mood
• Increased focus on the present, rather than painful pasts and anxious futures
• Increased mental capacity, decision making and problem solving
• Deep sense of connectedness and greater sense of being in flow (Deeper overview further below)

Who should participate?

• People interested in Meditation
• People interested in Quantified Self
• People interested in observing the bio-effects effects of meditation
• People interested in lowering stress and anxiety
• People interested in transitioning to ONE/PNSE
• People interested in experiencing NSE

Why is Finders Course unique?

The Finders Course protocol is derived from over 10 years of academic research. It began by examining what worked for a large number of people who already experienced PNSE, giving it a tremendous advantage. That initial effectiveness has been added to with over 4 years of additional research by actually running people through the protocol. At this point, over 70% of people who use the protocol transition to ongoing forms of non-symbolic experience, and 19% have temporary experiences of it.

If you are accepted to the course, be very clear that you are signing up for:

• 18 weeks of commitment to practice a minimum 1-2.5 hours every day.
• Instruction: New instruction comes via video twice per week initially, then once per week. Additional Q&A videos are typically released on one to three other days of the week. This is NOT a self-paced course. You are taking the course with a cohort and will be on a fast and somewhat demanding schedule.
• Group sessions: You'll have weekly sessions online via Zoom Hangouts with your practice group. You join your group two weeks after the course begins. You will meet with a group on Sundays and will work together to find a time that best fits everyone’s needs.
• Measures: You take several hours of inbound and outbound gold-standard online psychology testing. You complete an additional survey at the end of every session (generally weekly) to keep track of your progress.

Listen to our interview with Finder's Course founder Dr. Jeffery Martin.