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> [“For all the successes of Western civilization, the world paid a dear price in terms of the most crucial component of existence - the human spirit. The shadow side of high technology - modern warfare and thoughtless homicide and suicide,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eben-alexander/for-all-the-successes-of-western-civilization-the-world-paid-a-dear/)

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## More by Eben Alexander

> [My journey deep into coma, outside this lowly physical realm and into the loftiest dwelling place of the almighty Creator, revealed the indescribably immense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eben-alexander/my-journey-deep-into-coma-outside-this-lowly-physical-realm-and-into/)

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> [Communicating with God is the most extraordinary experience imaginable, yet at the same time it's the most natural one of all, because God is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eben-alexander/communicating-with-god-is-the-most-extraordinary-experience/)

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> [I understand what happens to the brain when people are near death, and I had always believed there were good scientific explanations for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eben-alexander/i-understand-what-happens-to-the-brain-when-people-are-near-death-and/)

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> [“My experience showed me that the death of the body and the brain are not the end of consciousness, that human experience continues beyond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eben-alexander/my-experience-showed-me-that-the-death-of-the-body-and-the-brain-are/)

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> [“Death: It is the greatest adventure. It is stunning that in western civilization we deny it to the degree that we do. Perhaps that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eben-alexander/death-it-is-the-greatest-adventure-it-is-stunning-that-in-western/)

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> [I had a foretaste of another, larger kind of knowledge: one I believe human beings will be able to access in ever larger numbers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eben-alexander/i-had-a-foretaste-of-another-larger-kind-of-knowledge-one-i-believe/)

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> [I grew up in a scientific world, the son of a neurosurgeon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eben-alexander/i-grew-up-in-a-scientific-world-the-son-of-a-neurosurgeon/)

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> [“Dogmatic religion is not open to people having direct access to those higher realms.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eben-alexander/dogmatic-religion-is-not-open-to-people-having-direct-access-to-those/)

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> [“The brain itself does not produce consciousness. That it is, instead, a kind of reducing valve or filter, shifting the larger, nonphysical consciousness that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eben-alexander/the-brain-itself-does-not-produce-consciousness-that-it-is-instead-a/)

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> [How did I gain from not remembering my earthly self? It allowed me to go deep into realms beyond the worldly without having to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eben-alexander/how-did-i-gain-from-not-remembering-my-earthly-self-it-allowed-me-to/)

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> [I'm not the first person to have discovered evidence that consciousness exists beyond the body. Brief, wonderful glimpses of this realm are as old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eben-alexander/i-m-not-the-first-person-to-have-discovered-evidence-that/)

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> [Love is, without a doubt, the basis of everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eben-alexander/love-is-without-a-doubt-the-basis-of-everything/)

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> [Evil was necessary because without it free will was impossible, and without free will there could be no growth—no forward movement, no chance for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eben-alexander/evil-was-necessary-because-without-it-free-will-was-impossible-and/)

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> [“Hallucinogens affect the neocortex, and my neocortex wasn’t available to be affected.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eben-alexander/hallucinogens-affect-the-neocortex-and-my-neocortex-wasn-t-available/)

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> [“Our choice is not whether or not to be interested in philosophical questions, but whether or not to become conscious of the fact that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eben-alexander/our-choice-is-not-whether-or-not-to-be-interested-in-philosophical/)

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