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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. "

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

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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. "

" Many cultures have independently developed a belief system in reincarnation that includes return of the unit of consciousness to another physical lifetime on Earth. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Walt Disney was my great hero. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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