#me

There are people who can start having very powerful experiences without taking psychedelics. It can happen against their will. This is a universal phenomenon. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#experiences #happen #having #people #phenomenon

Many instances exist of small children who seem to remember and describe their previous life in another body, another place, and with other people. These memories emerge usually shortly after these children begin to talk. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#another #begin #body #children #describe

The new formula in physics describes humans as paradoxical beings who have two complementary aspects: They can show properties of Newtonian objects and also infinite fields of consciousness. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#aspects #beings #complementary #consciousness #describes

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. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#any #brain #dna #genes #material

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

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 have taken part in ceremonies with North American and Mexican shamans, as well as Brazilian ceremonies. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#brazilian #ceremonies #i #mexican #north

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down. ↗

— Wilson Mizner

#because #down #meet #nice #people

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

In some instances, the accuracy of past-life memories can be objectively verified, sometimes with remarkable detail. ↗