- “The problems that stand in the way are not of economical or technological nature. The deepest sources of the global crisis lie inside the human personality and reflect the level of consciousness evolution of our species.”
- “It is essential that we raise the image of sex, which is currently seen as a purely biological affair and often portrayed in its worst manifestations, to that of a spiritually based activity.”
- “Dying and death are the most universal and personally relevant experiences for every single individual.”
- “Psychedelic experiences mediate access to deep realms of the psyche that have not yet been discovered and acknowledged by mainstream psychology and psychiatry.”
- “An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening to spirituality of a universal and non-denominational type.”
- “There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment.”
- “In one of my early books I suggested that the potential significance of LSD and other psychedelics for psychiatry and psychology was comparable to the value the microscope has for biology or the telescope has for astronomy.”
- “The beliefs concerning reincarnation have great ethical impact on human life and our relationship to the world.”
- “All the cultures in human history except the Western industrial civilization have held holotropic states of consciousness in great esteem.”
- “The human psyche shows that each individual is an extension of all of existence.”
- “Many of us who have experienced psychedelics feel very much that they are sacred tools. They open spiritual awareness.”
- “Each of us can manifest the properties of a field of consciousness that transcends space, time, and linear causality.”
- “It is possible to spend one’s entire lifetime without ever experiencing the mystical realms or even without being aware of their existence.”
- “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.”
- “The function of the brain is to reduce all the available information and lock us into a limited experience of the world. LSD frees us from this restriction and opens us to a much larger experience.”
- “Whether or not we believe in survival of consciousness after death, reincarnation, and karma, it has very serious implications for our behavior.”
- “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.”
- “Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation of any existing phenomena.”
- “I believe it is essential for our planetary future to develop tools that can change the consciousness which has created the crisis that we are in.”
- “The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual’s way of being in the world.”
- “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.”
- “Ancient eschatological texts are actually maps of the inner territories of the psyche that seem to transcend race and culture and originate in the collective unconscious.”
- “The psyche of the individual is commensurate with the totality of creative energy. This requires a most radical revision of Western psychology.”
- “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.”
Eckhart Tolle talks about What Happens When We Die
July 19, 2024
