Stanislav Grof
Psychologist
1931-07-01
Quotes by Stanislav Grof
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There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment.
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When you read the psychedelic literature, there is a distinction between the so-called natural psychedelics and synthetic psychedelics that are artificially produced.
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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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The psyche of the individual is commensurate with the totality of creative energy. This requires a most radical revision of Western psychology.
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Each of us can manifest the properties of a field of consciousness that transcends space, time, and linear causality.
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Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution.
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Dying people in pre-industrial cultures typically died in the context of an extended family, clan, or tribe.
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Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation of any existing phenomena.
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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 avenue that offers some hope.
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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.
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In some instances, the accuracy of past-life memories can be objectively verified, sometimes with remarkable detail.
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The experiences associated with death were seen as visits to important dimensions of reality that deserved to be experienced, studied, and carefully mapped.
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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.
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