Stanislav Grof

Stanislav Grof

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As an American psychiatrist, Stanislav Grof earned a lasting place in the canon of memorable quotations. With equal ease, Stanislav Grof moved between Death and Science, finding connections others missed. Browse 41 quotes by Stanislav Grof that cover ground from Death, Science, Fear, Hope, and Experience. A line that stays with you: "I have to say I regretted giving up animated movies."

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

— Stanislav Grof

Hope

All Quotes by Stanislav Grof

“I have to say I regretted giving up animated movies.”

— Stanislav Grof

Movies

“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.”

— Stanislav Grof

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.”

— Stanislav Grof

Death

“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.”

— Stanislav Grof

Future

“The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material.”

— Stanislav Grof

Death

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

— Stanislav Grof

Relationship

“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.”

— Stanislav Grof

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.”

— Stanislav Grof

Hope

“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.”

— Stanislav Grof

Science

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

— Stanislav Grof

Death

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

— Stanislav Grof

Death

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

— Stanislav Grof

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.”

— Stanislav Grof

Science

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

— Stanislav Grof

Hope

“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.”

— Stanislav Grof

Death

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

— Stanislav Grof

Movies

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

— Stanislav Grof

Science

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

— Stanislav Grof

Death

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

— Stanislav Grof

Death

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

— Stanislav Grof

Death