The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual's way of being in the world.

Each of us can manifest the properties of a field of consciousness that transcends space, time, and linear causality.

Consciousness does not just passively reflect the objective material world; it plays an active role in creating reality itself.

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.

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.

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

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.

It is possible to spend one's entire lifetime without ever experiencing the mystical realms or even without being aware of their existence.

Whether or not we believe in survival of consciousness after death, reincarnation, and karma, it has very serious implications for our behavior.

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.

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.

Think of good posture as your body’s projection of a positive message to those you meet.

History is not written in the interests of morality.

Come here often?' I asked instead, humoring no one but myself. So it was totally worth it.

You look at public education system, charter schools, infrastructure, in so many ways New Orleans has come back stronger.

I'm usually trying to react to what the actors are coming up with. And then the environment, and then the story.

We only get what we believe that we deserve. Raise the bar, raise your standards and you will receive a better outcome.

A master can tell you what he expects of you. A teacher, though, awakens your own expectations.

My writing has gone to bits - like my character. I am simply a self-conscious nerve in pain.

Growing up as a city kid is a joyous time!