An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening to spirituality of a universal and non-denominational type.

In some instances, the accuracy of past-life memories can be objectively verified, sometimes with remarkable detail.

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 motif of death plays an important role the human psyche in connection with archetypal and karmic material.

Patients reported that their psychedelic sessions were an invaluable experiential training for dying.

Western science is approaching a paradigm shift of unprecedented proportions, one that will change our concepts of reality and of human nature, bridge the gap between ancient wisdom and modern science, and reconcile the differences between Eastern spirituality and Western pragmatism.

This sense of perfection has a built-in contradiction, one that Ram Dass once captured very succinctly by a statement he had heard from his Himalayan guru: "The world is absolutely perfect, including your own dissatisfaction with it, and everything you are trying to do to change it.