{"id":3279,"date":"2020-07-17T10:07:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T10:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aanwebsolutions.com\/ENFOLD\/?page_id=3279"},"modified":"2023-09-28T13:41:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T13:41:47","slug":"the-founder-and-telerf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elainefinkelstein.com\/staging\/5569\/telerf\/the-founder-and-telerf\/","title":{"rendered":"Founding TELERF"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div   data-size='featured'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids='3757'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='false'  data-slide_height=''  data-handle='av_slideshow_full'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-el_id=''  data-css_id=''  data-scroll_down=''  data-control_layout='av-control-default'  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='415px'  data-src=''  data-position='top left'  data-repeat='no-repeat'  data-attach='scroll'  data-stretch=''  data-default-height='28.666666666667'  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1  av-control-default av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-featured av_slideshow_full   avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 28.666666666667%;' ><li  class=' av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><div class = \"caption_fullwidth av-slideshow-caption caption_bottom\"><div class = \"container caption_container\"><div class = \"slideshow_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_inner_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_align_caption\"><h2  class='avia-caption-title  '  itemprop=\"name\" >THE FOUNDING OF TELERF<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><img src='https:\/\/elainefinkelstein.com\/staging\/5569\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/^6C1912184A7E7A10443095199759C5749DFB56026AA0948749^pimgpsh_fullsize_distr-1500x430.jpg' width='1500' height='430' title='^6C1912184A7E7A10443095199759C5749DFB56026AA0948749^pimgpsh_fullsize_distr' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  style='min-height:415px; min-width:1448px; ' \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-3279'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_slideshow_full  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In the 1990s, Elaine commenced informal research into exceptional or non-ordinary psychological experiences. Over time this research increasingly focused on the non-ordinary transformative experiences of those nearing the end of life, on near-death and transient-death experiences, on signs and messages received by the living from deceased loved ones, and on the apparent memories of a past life and death.<\/p>\n<p>Experiences of this nature raise fundamental questions around the dominant materialistic view of consciousness, which motivated Elaine to enrol in a PhD programme to take this research, and the questions that is raises, further. This programme required the submission of a number of papers as well as a dissertation. Her Doctoral dissertation was entitled, <em>The Continuity of Consciousness beyond Clinical Death,<\/em> and was submitted in early 2012.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This work encompasses 450 pages of experiential evidence and discussion supporting the view that the current materialistic paradigm, one that assumes that the brain creates consciousness, is inadequate. In her dissertation she examines the impact of quantum physics or modern science as a potential catalyst for the expansion of scientific thinking, an expansion embracing consciousness as a phenomenon that is significantly more than a by-product of brain processes. Elaine\u2019s dissertation supports the hypothesis that consciousness is primary, that human consciousness survives physical death in some form, and suggests a different approach to the understanding of consciousness and reality.<\/p>\n<p>While Elaine was conducting the research for this dissertation the platform for the establishment of a research foundation was developing. Soon after successfully completing her PhD programme, Elaine founded the Transformative End-of-Life Experiences Research Foundation, or TELERF, as the vehicle for future research. Elaine now continues her research, and forms research collaborations, through the Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-4  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-align- '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img class='avia_image' src='https:\/\/elainefinkelstein.com\/staging\/5569\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/left495by569px.jpg' alt='' title='left495by569px' height=\"569\" width=\"495\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_full  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-6  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-align-left '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img class='avia_image' src='https:\/\/elainefinkelstein.com\/staging\/5569\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2016-07-17-11-51-12-0200-width495px.jpg' alt='' title='2016-07-17-11-51-12-0200-width495px' height=\"569\" width=\"495\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  enfold_slider_size_reduce_gap column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Below is the Abstract of Elaine\u2019s PhD dissertation as well as information on the papers Elaine submitted during her studies.<\/p>\n<p>Abstract:<\/p>\n<p>There is increasing evidence to suggest that consciousness is far more than an emergent neurological phenomenon, and that consciousness continues during times of severe brain impairment and beyond clinical death.<\/p>\n<p>A significant body of research strongly indicates that the current materialistic paradigm is inadequate in many respects, not least of which is the inability of this model to satisfactorily explain so-called paranormal anomalies. Such paranormal anomalies include the near-death experience and the associated out-of-body experience, spontaneous past-life recall in young children, and communication with the deceased.<\/p>\n<p>This research critically examines the predominant reductionist approach to consciousness and highlights these inadequacies. The contribution of quantum mechanics to furthering the understanding of consciousness and the brain is explored, as is the premise that quantum physics allows for the continuity of consciousness, in some form, beyond physical death. A new framework for consciousness is proposed in which the role of the brain is illustrated as one of transmission, or the filtering of non-local consciousness. This top-down approach accommodates the anomalies that current neuroscientific models do not, and strongly suggests the primacy of consciousness. An exploration of these anomalies forms a major focus of this work, as they provide qualitative evidence for the eternal and non-brain-dependent nature of consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>This research draws on the vast body of evidence provided by near-death experiences, past-life recall, and research into the functioning of consciousness within an invisible realm or different dimension. The evidence presented in this work strongly suggests the continuity of consciousness beyond clinical death.<\/p>\n<p>Papers:<\/p>\n<p>A total of 21 papers were submitted. The primary foci of these papers were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The power of human consciousness<\/li>\n<li>Conscious living and conscious dying<\/li>\n<li>Transformation of the inner self and spirit<\/li>\n<li>Past-life regression and regression therapy<\/li>\n<li>Techniques for mind-body health and healing<\/li>\n<li>Stress management<\/li>\n<li>Clinical hypnosis and therapeutic trances<\/li>\n<li>Transpersonal-centred therapy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3283,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3279","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainefinkelstein.com\/staging\/5569\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainefinkelstein.com\/staging\/5569\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainefinkelstein.com\/staging\/5569\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elainefinkelstein.com\/staging\/5569\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elainefinkelstein.com\/staging\/5569\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3279"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/elainefinkelstein.com\/staging\/5569\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6676,"href":"https:\/\/elainefinkelstein.com\/staging\/5569\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3279\/revisions\/6676"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elainefinkelstein.com\/staging\/5569\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elainefinkelstein.com\/staging\/5569\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}