“ Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution. Stanislav Grof
“ There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment. Stanislav Grof
“ 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
“ The knowledge of the realm of death makes it possible for the shaman to move freely back and forth and mediate these journeys for other people. Stanislav Grof
“ An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening to spirituality of a universal and non-denominational type. Stanislav Grof
“ If consciousness can function independently of the body during one's lifetime, it could be able to do the same after death. Stanislav Grof
“ 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
“ I read Freud's Introductory Lectures in Psychoanalysis in basically one sitting. I decided to enroll in medical school. It was almost like a conversion experience. Stanislav Grof
“ I spent much of my later childhood and adolescence very, very involved and interested in art, and particularly in animated movies. Stanislav Grof
“ In the kind of world we have today, transformation of humanity might well be our only real hope for survival. Stanislav Grof
“ The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual's way of being in the world. Stanislav Grof
“ Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation of any existing phenomena. Stanislav Grof
“ 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
“ The experiences associated with death were seen as visits to important dimensions of reality that deserved to be experienced, studied, and carefully mapped. Stanislav Grof
“ The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material. Stanislav Grof
“ A number of cases have been reported in which a dying individual has a vision of a person about whose death he or she did not know. Stanislav Grof
“ The beliefs concerning reincarnation have great ethical impact on human life and our relationship to the world. Stanislav Grof
“ The materialistic paradigm of Western science has been a major obstacle for any objective evaluation of the data describing the events occurring at the time of death. Stanislav Grof
“ 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 l… Stanislav Grof
