“The desire to live life to its fullest, to acquire more knowledge, to abandon the economic treadmill, are all typical reactions to these experiences in altered states of consciousness. The previous fear of death is typically quelled. If the individual generally remains thereafter in the existential state of awareness, the deep internal feeling of eternity is quite profound and unshakable.”

“...a dream isn't a wish - it's an altered state of consciousness ...”

“Each of us needs periods in which our minds can focus inwardly. Solitude is an essential experience for the mind to organize its own processes and create an internal state of resonance. In such a state, the self is able to alter its constraints by directly reducing the input from interactions with others. (p. 235)”

“The city-state was the means by which the Greek consciously strove to make the life both of the community and of the individual more excellent than it was before.”

“Others will, typically, encourage you to be typical. It makes them feel better about their typicalness.”

“To those who have faced death with courage, and lived life to its fullest,eternity is but a moment in time, of complete and utter fulfillment.”