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" 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. "

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

Stanislav Grof

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" 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. "

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

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

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

" It is possible to spend one's entire lifetime without ever experiencing the mystical realms or even without being aware of their existence. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Stanislav Grof

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

Stanislav Grof

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" Freud said that we are born as a tabula rasa. This is a model that simply is too superficial and inadequate. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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 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. "