Stanislav Grof: Psychedelics and the Future of Humanity

Stanislav Grof, MD, PhD

Psychedelic Science 2017
A six-day global gathering of the international scientific community in Oakland, California to explore new research into the benefits and risks of MDMA, LSD, psilocybin, ayahuasca, ketamine, ibogaine, medical marijuana, and more.

[tryptaminedream]

i greatly admire Rick and everyone working with MAPS. Shedding light and knowledge on consciousness expanding medicines that save countless people on a daily basis. You guys are doing amazing work, keep it up

[andysmith]

cheers to MAPS for posting all these great talks. keep it up!

Thanks for these talks! That's the kind of use of the internet and technology that can be transformative.. sharing this knowledge, making different perspectives available..

[gatheringtheflowers]

What an incredible man; wise, kind and generous of heart. Humble and wholesome.

Thank you for all that you contributed to our ever-evolving understanding of consciousness Stan. You have inspired so many to question and see beyond limited ways of perceiving and interpreting reality, and to walk a path of service and healing. Your legacy is and will continue to change the direction of life on this planet for the better - what an incredible contribution. Blessings in your life and in the lives of all.

Thank you to MAPS, where would we be without you?

[paulbraunstein]

This is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. We’re all ONE

[dimensiontraveler]

"Responsible use of psychedelics can really solve lot of individual problems, can improve the quality of life in individuals, and I believe that, that kind of transformation that I describe that happens,
if it could happen on a large scale, I think it would increase our capacity for survival. I have seen it in hundreds of people, individually. Now whether we can do it on a large enough scale and whether we
have enough time to do it you know it's an open question(?). But it is very exciting to know that there is a way, that if we agree and if we try to put our energy there, that it could really make a difference
propably the only thing that can make difference"

[olsenfalcon]

some peaople dont want to remove the bondries

[jonatanadolfsson]

this is insane! !! I just randomly found this one other video of this him through some comment on a video 4 in the morning and now right after i find this one that just came out 20 min ago !! wooow !!! I liked that other video where he got through the understanding or the different possible world views we have around the world experiences and how important it is to understand non physical perspective and physical perspective and that they both exist and talk about Alan Watts and other thing I shared it time like 20 friends on their personal messager because he was doing good!

[TheKetsa]

I'm old enough to remember a time where we had sound engineers.

[nicolasderu]

I have nothing but praise regarding the CONTENT of this talk, BUT M.A.P.S. really needs to improve the AUDIO QUALITY of their videos, it is really problematic :-/

[mentaltfladdrig]

Imagine if people in a vegetative state isnt There, mentally, but is walking around in a perfectly fine hallucination where they live life and don't even realize that they are in a hospice or hospital with brain damage and has gotten, in a way, a New life?

[Daniel_TransformationCoach]

Does anyone know a talk of Stanislav where he adresses all the concerns about psychedelic usage?

[OnerousEthic]

A very nice talk, but failed to (explicitly) deliver the subject at hand. The description of "universal spirituality" at the end would have benefitted from "non-dualistic" or "Unitarian", IMHO...

[natashapope]

Don't need psychedelics to explore however, therapeutic value I do not deny anyone.screw the pharma economy.

[NZ.YouTube]

I just could get myself to pay attention to his speech. Too verbose, too few slides. It's also interesting that the effect of responsible use of psychedelics seem to coincide with the stereotypes of the psychedelic user but repackaged in a dignified way....

[solidsnake]

Not very compelling. His introduction was much more profound than his subsequent lecture. The use of psychedelics for transformation does not respect the requirement of preparedness and discipline for true integration of unconscious material. Unearned wisdom much?