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" Each of us can manifest the properties of a field of consciousness that transcends space, time, and linear causality. "
Stanislav Grof
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" Dying people in pre-industrial cultures typically died in the context of an extended family, clan, or tribe. "
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" The beliefs concerning reincarnation have great ethical impact on human life and our relationship to the world. "
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