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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. "

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" 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. "

" Consciousness after death demonstrates the possibility of consciousness operating independently of the body. "

" I read Freud's Introductory Lectures in Psychoanalysis in basically one sitting. I decided to enroll in medical school. It was almost like a conversion experience. "

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

" It became much more complicated politically to work with psychedelics because of the unsupervised experimentation with psychedelics, particularly among young people. "

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

" 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. "

" Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" Walt Disney was my great hero. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" In some instances, the accuracy of past-life memories can be objectively verified, sometimes with remarkable detail. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" As long as I had easy access to psychedelics at the government-sponsored research project, most of my energy went into psychedelic sessions. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "