"Ancient eschatological texts are actually maps of the……" — Stanislav Grof
"Ancient eschatological texts are actually maps of the inner territories of the psyche that seem to transcend race and culture and originate in the collective unconscious."
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70 Quotes by Stanislav Grof
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- For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the only certainty that life holds…
- If consciousness can function independently of the body during one's lifetime, it could be able to do the same after…
- Dying before dying has two important consequences: It liberates the individual from the fear of death and influences the actual…
- There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to…
- Whether or not LSD research and therapy will return to society, the discoveries that psychedelics made possible have revolutionary implications…
- Western science is approaching a paradigm shift of unprecedented proportions, one that will change our concepts of reality and of…
- The problems that stand in the way are not of economical or technological nature. The deepest sources of the global…
- It is essential that we raise the image of sex, which is currently seen as a purely biological affair and…
- The beliefs concerning reincarnation have great ethical impact on human life and our relationship to the world.
- Many of us who have experienced psychedelics feel very much that they are sacred tools. They open spiritual awareness.
- The study of consciousness that can extend beyond the body is extremely important for the issue of survival, since it…
- The function of the brain is to reduce all the available information and lock us into a limited experience of…