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" Ancient eschatological texts are actually maps of the inner territories of the psyche that seem to transcend race and culture and originate in the collective unconscious. "

Stanislav Grof

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" Many cultures have independently developed a belief system in reincarnation that includes return of the unit of consciousness to another physical lifetime on Earth. "

" The study of consciousness that can extend beyond the body is extremely important for the issue of survival, since it is this part of human personality that would be likely to survive death. "

" An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening to spirituality of a universal and non-denominational type. "

" Traditional academic science describes human beings as highly developed animals and biological thinking machines. We appear to be Newtonian objects made of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, and organs. "

" There is an urgent need for a radical revision of our current concepts of the nature of consciousness and its relationship to matter and the brain. "

" At a time when unbridled greed, malignant aggression, and existence of weapons of mass destruction threatens the survival of humanity, we should seriously consider any avenue that offers some hope. "

" I have to say I regretted giving up animated movies. "

Stanislav Grof

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" The psyche of the individual is commensurate with the totality of creative energy. This requires a most radical revision of Western psychology. "

" The new formula in physics describes humans as paradoxical beings who have two complementary aspects: They can show properties of Newtonian objects and also infinite fields of consciousness. "

" Many of us who have experienced psychedelics feel very much that they are sacred tools. They open spiritual awareness. "

" In the kind of world we have today, transformation of humanity might well be our only real hope for survival. "

" When you read the psychedelic literature, there is a distinction between the so-called natural psychedelics and synthetic psychedelics that are artificially produced. "

" The materialistic paradigm of Western science has been a major obstacle for any objective evaluation of the data describing the events occurring at the time of death. "

" A text of Tibetan Buddhism describes the time of death as a unique opportunity for spiritual liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth and a period that determines our next incarnation. "

" Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing; they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the transition. "

" Many instances exist of small children who seem to remember and describe their previous life in another body, another place, and with other people. These memories emerge usually shortly after these children begin to talk. "

" If consciousness can function independently of the body during one's lifetime, it could be able to do the same after death. "

" I spent much of my later childhood and adolescence very, very involved and interested in art, and particularly in animated movies. "

" Dying people in pre-industrial cultures typically died in the context of an extended family, clan, or tribe. "

" Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation of any existing phenomena. "

" Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity. "