“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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“Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity.”
DeathAll Quotes by Stanislav Grof
“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.”
Death“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.”
Death“The experiences associated with death were seen as visits to important dimensions of reality that deserved to be experienced, studied, and carefully mapped.”
Death“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.”
Science“In the kind of world we have today, transformation of humanity might well be our only real hope for survival.”
Hope“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.”
Experience“The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual's way of being in the world.”
Death“An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening to spirituality of a universal and non-denominational type.”
Death“Whether or not we believe in survival of consciousness after death, reincarnation, and karma, it has very serious implications for our behavior.”
Death“Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution.”
Death“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.”
Death“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.”
Science“Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity.”
Death“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.”
Hope“If consciousness can function independently of the body during one's lifetime, it could be able to do the same after death.”
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.”
Death“The beliefs concerning reincarnation have great ethical impact on human life and our relationship to the world.”
Relationship“I have to say I regretted giving up animated movies.”
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.”
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