Stanislav Grof "Race for Consciousness"

[skatechildd]

this was completely dumb

[jbro81]

"The planet doesn't have any other problem than people." The more people that realize that, the better we all will be.

[koldjgdaro]

I love this man. He has changed my life.

[hazmathew]

@koldjgdaro He has changed my life as well. His work is invaluable to me.

[mysticradio]

i did a few Holotropic Breathwork weekends with some shrinks where the group of seven used to pain up in Georgian bay a while back.... early 90's i think

[gukonni]

I guess what I"m saying here is that this tendency to overuse psychotropic drugs to solve patient problems... is somehow related to other problems we have in society... like with violence and rape and sex and pollution and ignorance and similar detrimental aspects. It seems like we use the easiest answer we have available rather than looking for a better one - we grab a drug and throw it at the patient, and call it done.

[gukonni]

But I think that psychotropic drugs are used too routinely, too often. Rather than being used for special cases where it would likely prevent someone from using violence to harm others or themselves, they instead use it for in all sorts of applications... even for people with mild depression symptoms. These people aren't so unstable that they're one moment away from killing something. We're messing with brain chemistry, and it's still a hit/miss affair. It's not a precise field.

[Hivequik]

psychedelics are simply a different version of serotonin, they act on the 5HT serotonin recepters the same way serotonin does, but they activate the serotonin system in a different way and allow other parts of the brain to be used that usually arent used.

[gukonni]

A lot of people I see on psychotropic drugs look drained and beat. And a disproportionate number seem to be overweight... but that's my own experience. I think it's ironic that we combat generic depression by manipulating the brain in pretty much the same way that any other drug does. We block certain chemicals or we floood it wiht certain chemicals... either way, it's hard for me to see this as a good thing. I know that in some special cases it's necessary because that person could "blow" up.

[Hivequik]

pschedelic are 100% safe, theya re the same thing thats in your brain right now, but they expand the mind and allow u to forsee the future.....these are not recreational drugs, you are supoposed to do it in a ritualistic setting to clense your mind... that is what theya re suposed to be used for.

[nathan91181]

cool video, now I'm curious about this holotropic breathing

[matomania]

it should be grat that anybody tranlsates that to spanish, i understand a few things but not all and it's very interesting, sure!

[wintersnot]

great to see this out here.

something humble about this process that resonates with me.

[AmosNomore]

A remarkable man with a unique career path. He has really pushed the boundaries of transpersonal psychology like no other. He grew up in Czechoslovakia, dj.

[djtanner66]

where is he from?

[gargos25]

he sounds Czech... I am about 99% sure by his accent and his name confirms that very well also.

[Colmpaschal]

He wrote "LSD and Psychotherapy", didn't he? You shouldn't wave the D-word around before you check your facts.

[Mansig]

You mean

"Realms of the human unconsciousness - Observations from LSD research"?

[realnoid]

It's good to see that this guy is still

around. Unfortunately his work is used by

people to do acid and drugs. They play

with their brain chemicals & drain their

adrenal hormones of ambition and drive.

OOBE, it's been recently found, can now be done in a lab by tricking the brain in a

very mechanical fashion.

[ptaba123]

I think this video speaks for alot of people all across this planet.

[Desertphile]

Lying to people is not a good thing. Why do it? For the money?

[stefanzigo]

to knock them off center and get them to have a deeper reliance on their own inner truth!

[fasdl]

drop some acid and you'll know too what the visions are as well.

[redliterocket4]

researchers like Grof have an important message that I hope more people will hear and understand in the coming years.

[richidpraah]

hey, i meant to thumb up.. damn, ha!

[engram101]

Thank you for posting this video. Mr. Grof has tuned into something very vital in spreading this awareness of the self. Holotropic breathwork seems to cut off oxygen from the brain to achieve this OOBE. All expanding consciousness methods seem to underlying fall under the "breath". Bless this man for his work.