All Stanislav Grof Quotes
- It became much more complicated politically to work with psychedelics because of the unsupervised experimentation with psychedelics, particularly among young people. Among
- LSD is a catalyst or amplifier of mental processes. If properly used it could become something like the microscope or telescope of psychiatry. Amplifier
- These substances function as unspecific amplifiers that increase the energetic niveau in the psyche and make the deep unconscious dynamics available for conscious processing. This… Amplifiers
- I believe that used responsibly and in a mature way, the entheogens mediate access to the numinous dimensions of existence, have a great healing and… Access
- Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity. According
- We are not just highly evolved animals with biological computers embedded inside our skulls; we are also fields of consciousness without limits, transcending time, space,… Animal
- LSD was not a pharmacological agent generating exotic experiences by its interaction with the neurophysiological processes in the brain. This remarkable substance was clearly an… Agent
- Philemon explained how Jung treated thoughts as though they were generated by himself, while for Philemon thoughts were like animals in the forest, or people… Air
- 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… Death
- This is an extraordinary book of unique psychological power. It reveals not only scholarship and sophistication of the author, but deep and intimate knowledge of… Author
- 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. According
- Spiritual intelligence is the capacity to conduct our life in such a way that it reflects deep philosophical and metaphysical understanding of reality and of… Capacity
- Whether or not we believe in survival of consciousness after death, reincarnation, and karma, it has very serious implications for our behavior. Behavior
- 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
- An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening to spirituality of a universal and non-denominational type. Consequence
- 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… Buddhism
- 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… Aggression
- In the kind of world we have today, transformation of humanity might well be our only real hope for survival. Hope
- Each of us can manifest the properties of a field of consciousness that transcends space, time, and linear causality. Awareness
- Consciousness after death demonstrates the possibility of consciousness operating independently of the body. Body
- Freud said that we are born as a tabula rasa. This is a model that simply is too superficial and inadequate. Born
- Patients reported that their psychedelic sessions were an invaluable experiential training for dying. Dying
- The human psyche shows that each individual is an extension of all of existence. All
- 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
- Many cultures have independently developed a belief system in reincarnation that includes return of the unit of consciousness to another physical lifetime on Earth. Another Physical