#con

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. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#concepts #consciousness #current #matter #nature

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. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#ancient #collective #culture #inner #maps

Dying before dying has two important consequences: It liberates the individual from the fear of death and influences the actual experience of dying at the time of biological demise. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#actual experience #before #biological #consequences #death

I never went to rock concerts when I was a kid. I didn't see any rock & roll bands. ↗

— Dave Grohl

#any #bands #concerts #i #kid

For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the only certainty that life holds for us - must be central, for an understanding of death is the key to liberation in life. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#central #certainty #concerned #culture #death

I believe it is essential for our planetary future to develop tools that can change the consciousness which has created the crisis that we are in. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#change #consciousness #created #crisis #develop

If consciousness can function independently of the body during one's lifetime, it could be able to do the same after death. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#after #body #consciousness #could #death

Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#activity #biological #challenges #conscious #death

The beliefs concerning reincarnation have great ethical impact on human life and our relationship to the world. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#concerning #ethical #great #human #human life

The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#connection #death #human #human psyche #important