The human psyche shows that each individual is an extension of all of existence.
Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution.
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.
As long as I had easy access to psychedelics at the government-sponsored research project, most of my energy went into psychedelic sessions.
Many of us who have experienced psychedelics feel very much that they are sacred tools. They open spiritual awareness.
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.
Many cultures have independently developed a belief system in reincarnation that includes return of the unit of consciousness to another physical lifetime on Earth.
It is possible to spend one's entire lifetime without ever experiencing the mystical realms or even without being aware of their existence.
It is possible to see the intermediate state between lives as being in a way more important than incarnate existence.
It became much more complicated politically to work with psychedelics because of the unsupervised experimentation with psychedelics, particularly among young people.
Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing; they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the transition.
An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening to spirituality of a universal and non-denominational type.
A text of Tibetan Buddhism describes the time of death as a unique opportunity for spiritual liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth and a period that determines our next incarnation.
I have taken part in ceremonies with North American and Mexican shamans, as well as Brazilian ceremonies.
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.