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In the kind of world we have today, transformation of humanity might well be our only real hope for survival.

Stanislav Grof

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Stanislav Grof
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: July 1
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Spiritual intelligence is the capacity to conduct our life in such a way that it reflects deep philosophical and metaphysical understanding of reality and of ourselves discovered through personal experience during systematic spiritual pursuit.
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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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It is possible to transcend the usual limitations of the body, ego, space, and linear time.
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The human psyche shows that each individual is an extension of all of existence.
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An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening to spirituality of a universal and non-denominational type.
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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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He suddenly understood the message of so many spiritual teachers that the only revolution that can work is the inner transformation of every human being.
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I have taken part in ceremonies with North American and Mexican shamans, as well as Brazilian ceremonies.
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