The Finder's Course - A Radical Experiment in Online Spiritual Awakening

The Finder's Course (http://finderscourse.com/) is a radically successful experiment in modern spiritual awakening. Based on Dr. Jeffery Martin's pioneering research into the science of enlightenment (http://nonsymbolic.org/publications/) (what he calls Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience, PNSE), an online tool was developed, originally to guide participant's to the tool or technique that worked best for them. This resulted in a 15 week rigorous course in which participants were exposed to 25 different traditional and modern practices. According to Dr. Martin's data, the unexpected result was a rapid spiritual development often requiring years of practice. Join us to learn more about how the online course was designed, and to take a close look at the data.

An Interview with Dr. Martin: http://www.closertotruth.com/series/what-non-duality#video-2657

We will also hear from Dr. Gino Yu, Director of Digital Entertainment and Game Development at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Dr. Yu has been a pioneer in Transformative Technology for decades, and is currently a wide range of projects including: a transformational festival, programs for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Self-Discovery, and gaming, virtual reality & robotics technologies.

An interview with Dr. Yu: http://www.closertotruth.com/series/what-non-duality#video-3768

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Jeffery is a social scientist who researches personal transformation, and a leading international expert on non-symbolic consciousness. He specializes in bringing rigorous empirical research and testing to transformational techniques and theories that have strong anecdotal support.

Jeffery's academic focuses include: technology, psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and transformative studies. A bestselling author and award winning educator, he has authored, co-authored, or co-edited over 20 books and numerous other publications; appeared in a wide variety of media; and lectured broadly in both academic and public forums.

His research on non-symbolic consciousness began while he was a graduate student in Transformative Studies at CIIS and Psychology at Harvard University. In the years since, he has been widely recognized as instrumental in driving research in this area forward worldwide.

His work has been regularly featured at leading academic conferences in North America, Europe, Asia, and India. He has been an invited speaker at leading universities worldwide including: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, University of California, University of London, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and the National University of Singapore.

Jeffery's work has also been featured in leading public forums such as Deepak Chopra's Scientists and Sages conference, the Science and Nonduality Conference, the Asia Consciousness Festival, and TEDx. He has been covered in media as diverse as the South China Morning Post and PBS's Closer to Truth.

Jeffery is the Founding Director of the Center or the Study of Non-Symbolic Consciousness (nonsymbolic.org) and a Research Professor and Director of the Transformative Technology Lab at Sofia University (transtechlab.org). In addition to these primary affiliations, he holds a number of additional academic appointments across a variety of institutions worldwide, and serves on many advisory boards.

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Dr. Gino Yu’s research spans Design Automation, Computer Animation, Video Games, Creativity, and Consciousness with over 60 publications. Currently, his main research interests involve the application of media technologies to cultivate creativity and promote enlightened consciousness (meaningful media).

He is an Associate Professor and Director of Digital Entertainment and Game Development at the School of Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU).

He is co-founder of the PolyU MERECL (www.merecl.com (http://www.merecl.com/)), a commercially oriented digital entertainment laboratory that provides services to industry. He has also developed programs at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where he created the Multimedia Innovation Centre (www.mic.polyu.edu.hk (http://www.mic.polyu.edu.hk/)), and the University of Southern California, where he was instrumental in establishing multimedia initiatives in the Engineering School including the Integrated Media Systems Center.

Dr. Gino Yu is also Chairman and co-founder of the Hong Kong Digital Entertainment Association. He received his BS and PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California at Berkeley in 1987 and 1993 respectively. He is a composer and father of three.

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