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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

" Walt Disney was my great hero. "

" For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the only certainty that life holds for us - must be central, for an understanding of death is the key to liberation in life. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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