"The elimination of the fear of death transforms the individual’s way of being in the world." ― Stanislav Grof Topic(s): Death More From Stanislav Grof "Traditional academic science describes human beings as highly developed animals and biological thinking machines. We appear to be Newtonian objects made of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, and organs." "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." "Consciousness after death demonstrates the possibility of consciousness operating independently of the body." More In Death "I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death."― A. N. Wilson "When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty."― W. C. Fields "There are only three events in a man’s life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live."― Jean de la Bruyere