Which movement push the idea that an individual could go beyond themselves and listen to their own conscience not religion to learn about the truth of the universe

Transcendentalism. Thoreau and Emerson are sources to look at. Transcendetalism is a American literary , political and philosophical movement of the early nineteenth century centered through Ralph Waldo Emerson. They are transcendentalist. A transcendentalist is a person who accepts ideas not as religious beliefs but as a way of understanding life and relationships.

Farm land would be my guess