Dr. Jeffrey Martin on A Scientific Approach to Awakening and Fundamental Wellbeing Part 2
Channel: Life Itself
Date: 17/04/2023

See our full introduction to work of Dr. Jeffery Martin: https://lifeitself.org/learn/fundamental-wellbeing

In this episode of the Life Itself Podcast, Rufus Pollock is joined by Dr Jeffery Martin. Jeffery is a founder of the Transformative Technology space, a serial entrepreneur, and a social scientist who researches personal transformation and the states of greatest human well-being. #mentalhealthawareness #stagesofspiritualawakening #actualized 

In this episode, Jeffery discusses Persistent Non-Symbolic Experience, more commonly referred to as Fundamental well-being. He discusses his research and key findings, and the protocols he has developed and tested to help people obtain "fundamental well-being" in a rapid, secular, and safe way.

Don't miss part 1 and part 3 of this incredible conversation:
- Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmsLdIH8nzU&t=1881s
- Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDuh7vDgGIg&t=3027s

00:00:00 Introduction 
00:02:25 The first group of testing the protocol
00:10:58 What is the dark night of the soul?
00:14:46 How journaling can make you less happy?
00:21:59 Taking a break from the 12-week protocol
00:28:59 The value of data collection and data
00:31:33 How did you choose your subjects for research?
00:42:32 Transcendental meditation and fundamental well-being.
00:49:25 What does location 3 look like for listeners?
00:52:12 Why is the map useful?
00:58:09 How does knowing your location help you?
01:04:00 The best map I’ve seen

About Dr Jeffery Martin

For over 15 years Jeffery 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, unitive experience, and hundreds of other terms. This resulted in the first reliable, cross-cultural and pan-tradition classification system for these types experience. It also led to the fundamental discovery that these were psychological states that had been identified and adopted for thousands of years by many cultures and belief systems. 

They were not inherently spiritual or religious, or limited to any given culture or population, and could be molded in many ways to shape the 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.

About Rufus Pollock

Rufus Pollock is an entrepreneur, activist and author as well as a long-term zen practitioner. He is passionate about finding wiser, weller ways to live together. He has founded several for-profit and nonprofit initiatives including Life Itself, Open Knowledge Foundation, and Datopian. His book Open Revolution is about making a radically freer and fairer information age. 

Previously he has been the Mead Fellow in Economics at the University of Cambridge as well as a Shuttleworth and Ashoka Fellow. A recognized global expert on the information society, he has worked with G7 governments, IGOs like the UN, Fortune 500s as well as many civil society organizations. He holds a PhD in Economics and a double first in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge. Find out more about his work on his website: rufuspollock.com.

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