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" I believe it is essential for our planetary future to develop tools that can change the consciousness which has created the crisis that we are in. "

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

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

" The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material. "

" I have taken part in ceremonies with North American and Mexican shamans, as well as Brazilian ceremonies. "

" A number of cases have been reported in which a dying individual has a vision of a person about whose death he or she did not know. "

" 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. "

" The experiences associated with death were seen as visits to important dimensions of reality that deserved to be experienced, studied, and carefully mapped. "

" The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for other people. "

" 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. "

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

" It is possible to see the intermediate state between lives as being in a way more important than incarnate existence. "

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

" Walt Disney was my great hero. "

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

" Dying before dying has two important consequences: It liberates the individual from the fear of death and influences the actual experience of dying at the time of biological demise. "

" There are people who can start having very powerful experiences without taking psychedelics. It can happen against their will. This is a universal phenomenon. "

" 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. "

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

" The beliefs concerning reincarnation have great ethical impact on human life and our relationship to the world. "

" There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment. "

" According to materialistic science, any memory requires a material substrate, such as the neuronal network in the brain or the DNA molecules of the genes. "

" Patients reported that their psychedelic sessions were an invaluable experiential training for dying. "

" The human psyche shows that each individual is an extension of all of existence. "

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

" Whether or not we believe in survival of consciousness after death, reincarnation, and karma, it has very serious implications for our behavior. "

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

" The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual's way of being in the world. "

" A radical inner transformation and rise to a new level of consciousness might be the only real hope we have in the current global crisis brought on by the dominance of the Western mechanistic paradigm. "

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

" Each of us can manifest the properties of a field of consciousness that transcends space, time, and linear causality. "