If consciousness can function independently of the body during one's lifetime it could be able to do the same after death.
If consciousness can function independently of the body during one's lifetime it could be able to do the same after death.
Author: Stanislav Grof
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.
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.
Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity.
Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual's way of being in the world.
The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual's way of being in the world.
The experiences associated with death were seen as visits to important dimensions of reality that deserved to be experienced studied and carefully mapped.
The experiences associated with death were seen as visits to important dimensions of reality that deserved to be experienced studied and carefully mapped.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 life.
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 life.
The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material.
The motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material.
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 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.