Altered States Quotes

17 quotes by 13 authors

It has always been the role of the shaman to go into an altered state of consciousness and track down where the soul fled to… — Sandra Ingerman
Though we [Humanists] take a strict position on what constitutes knowledge, we are not critical of the source of ideas. Often intuitive feelings, hunches, speculation,… — Fred Edwords
When there are miles to go before we sleep, altered traits are more important than altered states. — Huston Smith
The goal of spiritual life is not altered states, but altered traits — Huston Smith
The desire to live life to its fullest, to acquire more knowledge, to abandon the economic treadmill, are all typical reactions to these experiences in… — Edgar Mitchell
I canâ€™t reveal the mystery to either saint or sinner; I canâ€™t state at length what Iâ€™ve said curtly; I achieve an altered state that… — Omar Khayyam
Write. No amount of self-inflicted misery, altered states, black pullovers or being publicly obnoxious will ever add up to your being a writer. Writers write.… — A.L. Kennedy
More than anything, rave was an intentionally designed experience. The music, lighting, and ambience were all fine-tuned to elicit and augment altered states of consciousness.… — Douglas Rushkoff
You don't meditate to experiment with altered states of consciousness or whatever else. You meditate only to perceive by yourself that everything is within us,… — Daniel Odier
Certain drugs provide brief excursions into altered states of consciousness. The problem is that the perceptions and understandings that come from these experiences don't tend… — Frederick Lenz
To stop thought, you have to go above it. We are collecting energy. When it is freed, it is like a flood and the water… — Frederick Lenz
Selectively pick a teacher, one that you respect, not just someone who can talk with wonderful poetic figures about enlightenment, but someone who has the… — Frederick Lenz
What fascinates me about addiction and obsessive behavior is that people would choose an altered state of consciousness that's toxic and ostensibly destroys most aspects… — Moby
This is part of the complexity of grief: A piece of you recognizes it is an extreme state, an altered state, yet a large part… — Meghan O'Rourke
As a longtime practitioner of yoga and a person who's been involved in physical fitness my whole life, I can tell you, yoga helps you… — Joe Rogan
I love to think. I once considered taking drugs as an attempt to better understand an altered state of mind; however, I decided not to.… — Richard P. Feynman
No one in human history has given as much thought to the interweaving of altered states of consciousness and religion as I have. — Huston Smith

Who Wrote These Altered States Quotes

13 authors contributed a total of 17 Altered States Quotes as follows: