Quotes by Psychologists

The study of consciousness that can extend beyond the body is extremely important for the issue of survival, since it is this part of human personality that would be likely to survive death. Stanislav Grof
Death Survival Personality Important Extremely Would Would-Be Part Study Since Beyond Likely Issue Survive Human To Survive Body Human Personality Extend Consciousness
The psyche of the individual is commensurate with the totality of creative energy. This requires a most radical revision of Western psychology. Stanislav Grof
Creative Energy Radical Totality Individual Most Western Revision Psyche Psychology Requires Creative Energy
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
Physics Complementary Paradoxical Objects Properties New Also Infinite Fields Formula Aspects Show Who Beings Consciousness Humans Two
The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material. Stanislav Grof
Death Important Archetypal Important Role Material Role Psyche Human Karmic Human Psyche Connection Plays
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
Death Knowledge People Other Back Possible Freely Journeys Makes Move Forth Realm
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
Life Memories People Remember Other Emerge Seem Small Small Children Previous Previous Life Talk Another Exist Begin Children After Place Body Who Many Describe
Many cultures have independently developed a belief system in reincarnation that includes return of the unit of consciousness to another physical lifetime on Earth. Stanislav Grof
Earth System Independently Physical Lifetime Developed Return Another Cultures Many Belief Unit Reincarnation Consciousness
It is possible to spend one's entire lifetime without ever experiencing the mystical realms or even without being aware of their existence. Stanislav Grof
Spend Possible Entire Mystical Lifetime Without Existence Being Experiencing Even Aware Ever
In some instances, the accuracy of past-life memories can be objectively verified, sometimes with remarkable detail. Stanislav Grof
Memories Sometimes Detail Some Objectively Remarkable Verified Accuracy
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
Experience School Enroll Introductory Almost Like Read Freud Lectures Sitting Psychoanalysis Decided Conversion Medical Medical School Basically
I have taken part in ceremonies with North American and Mexican shamans, as well as Brazilian ceremonies. Stanislav Grof
Part Taken Well Mexican North North American American Brazilian Ceremonies
Dying people in pre-industrial cultures typically died in the context of an extended family, clan, or tribe. Stanislav Grof
Family People Tribe Clan Context Cultures Died Dying Extended Extended Family
Coming to terms with the fear of death is conducive to healing, positive personality transformation, and consciousness evolution. Stanislav Grof
Positive Death Healing Personality Fear Transformation Evolution Terms Coming Conducive Consciousness
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
Science Memory Network Genes Material Materialistic Brain According Any Requires Molecules
The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority. Stanley Milgram
Responsibility Submission Sense Disappearance Most Authority Consequence
A technical survey that systematize, digest, and appraise the mid century state of psychology. Stanley Smith Stevens
Digest State Survey Mid Psychology Century Technical Appraise
From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist or chemist. But the truth was, I didn't know there was another kind of world, the inner world, that was just as interesting, if not more relevant, than what was going on in the outside world. Stephen LaBerge
Truth World Understanding Assumed Relevant Kind Would Would-Be Physical Some More Outside Outside World Know Another How Chemist Scientist Than Going Childhood Just Interested Interesting Worked Inner Early Early Childhood Inner World
Not all lucid dreams are useful but they all have a sense of wonder about them. If you must sleep through a third of your life, why should you sleep through your dreams, too? Stephen LaBerge
Life Dreams You Sense Too Must About Through Wonder Them Should Your Useful Your Dreams Lucid Why Third Sleep
We don't teach our children how to dream. Stephen LaBerge
Our Dream How Children Teach
We dream every night, all the time. Stephen LaBerge
Time Every Dream Every Night Night
Some people have vivid imagination, some not so vivid, but everybody has vivid dreams. Stephen LaBerge
Dreams People Some People Imagination Everybody Some Vivid
I have high-tech tastes. If I had $100 million, I would spend it on research equipment rather than a yacht. Stephen LaBerge
Research Spend Would Rather High-Tech Had Yacht Equipment Than Tastes Million
I'd say that we dream primarily the same way that we have consciousness of the world for the same reason. Basically, that our brains evolve to simulate reality and to control what's happening around us. Stephen LaBerge
Reality World Control Our Way Say Evolve Dream Primarily Simulate Around Brains Same Happening Us Reason Consciousness Basically
Your experience is a dream; so is my experience. This stuff about how the frontal cortex is repressed during dreaming, lucid dreaming presents an obvious contradiction to it. The only difference is sensory input. Stephen LaBerge
Experience Input Dream Dreaming About Only Only Difference Stuff Obvious How Contradiction Difference Repressed Sensory Your Lucid Presents
I'd like to see much more understanding of emotional issues around hurt, abandonment, disappointment, longing, failure and shame, where they stem from and how they drive people and policies brought into public discourse. Susie Orbach
Failure Disappointment Hurt People Abandonment Drive Longing Understanding See Brought More Shame Emotional Stem Like Policies Around How Issues Discourse Where Public Public Discourse Much
There is no such thing as a neutral therapist. Susie Orbach
Neutral Therapist Thing
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