Stanislav Grof - Revision and Re-enchantment of Psychology

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In this slide-illustrated lecture Stanislav Grof explores observations from more than fifty years of research of holotropic states (an important subgroup of non-ordinary states of consciousness) that call for a radical revision of basic assumptions of modern psychiatry, psychology, and psychotherapy. The proposed changes involve the nature of consciousness and its relationship to matter, dimensions of the human psyche, the roots of emotional and psychosomatic disorders, and therapeutic strategy. In the light of the new observations, spirituality appears to be an essential attribute of the human psyche and of existence in general.
Without these changes, the understanding of psychogenic emotional and psychosomatic disorders and their therapy will be superficial, unsatisfactory, and incomplete. Psychiatry and psychology will lack genuine comprehension of the nature and origin of spirituality and of the important role that it plays in the human psyche and in the universal scheme of things. Many potentially healing and transformative experiences ("spiritual emergencies") will be misdiagnosed as psychotic and treated by suppressive medication. In addition, a large array of the experiences and observations from the research of holotropic states will remain mystifying "anomalous phenomena", events that according to the current scientific paradigms are in principle not be possible and should not occur.
STANISLAV GROF, M.D., PH.D.
Stan Grof, M.D., Ph.D. is a psychiatrist with more than fifty years experience researching the healing and transformative potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness. His groundbreaking theories influenced the integration of Western science with his brilliant mapping of the transpersonal dimension. He is one of the founders and chief theoreticians of Transpersonal Psychology and received an Honorary Award for major contributions to and development of the field of Transpersonal Psychology from the Association for Transpersonal Psychology in 1993. Dr. Grof is also the founder of the International Transpersonal Association (ITA) and its past and current president. He has organized large international conferences throughout the world and continues to lecture and teach professional training programs in Holotropic Breathwork and transpersonal psychology. Currently, Dr. Grof is Professor of Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in the Department of Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness, and teaches at the Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, CA www.stanislavgrof.com/

[@jessemontano6399]

This gentleman is brilliant as well as amazing. He knows that those experiences, psychedelic transpersonal, etc, are true states and can be used to heal and understand mental Illness. God bless, Dr grof!!!!! Peace from southern California

[@nylevesemken]

His Spiritual Emergency text was a godsend (pun intended) for me during my spiritual emergence experiences and I am a psychologist. Thank you Stan Grof. We need more people understanding this is the psychiatry and psychology professions. It is a great loss to humanity and healing to not expand our awareness and knowledge to include extraordinary states of consciousness.

[@pam6760]

Doesnt align with pharma profiteering

[@Unsubscribedd]

Another beautiful talk by Dr. Stan Grof. His intelligence and his ability to speak are really nothing short of absolute genius. He is a product of being able to open your mind to all possibility and see truth dispassionately and then know the reality of life and the universe.

[@richidpraah]

It's pretty much the same rap he has given over and over (and over) since the 50's, but it does not make it any less important. Indeed, the temper he exerts in bringing a new psychological scientific paradigm out, which naturally historically always are shunned until they no longer can be ignored, has always been admirable. He knows what he's up against and just tirelessly contines putting out his message. However, I'd love for him to work with some young new historians of ideas, movie makers, artists and so on, and really make a better case for himself, because so many contemporary intellectuals will still just place a talk like this in a pre-judged aesthetic category and believe that it doesn't have any real bearing on their school of materialist philosophy or history and thus simply ignore it. Grof is to be intensely admired in his books for staying rigorously within the boundaries of scientific methodology and nomenclature, much more than most clinical psychologists (with or without larger agendas) and philosophical "adversaries" like Dawkins and Dennett, yet they have an enormous structural upper hand simply because of their style and position. I really hope someone will give him the high cultural and intellectual contextualization that he and his scientific insights deserve!

[@GoldenGateNum9]

+richidpraah "It's pretty much the same rap he has given over and over (and over) since the 50's" *Yeah Its currently 2015 - 16 and he / his ideas are still far ahead of it's time, go figure.*

[@BushyHairedStranger]

Im curious to see Dawkins and Dennets arguments against Grof’s work. I’m familiar with their names though im unaware of specific arguments against Grofs work. Has Dawkins called Grof out(in so many words?)? I am a Grof Devotee..almost everything Grof has written Ive collected, 1st Edition Hardbacks, nearly all of it. I covet his work and am thankful to have met him. I am interested in balancing arguments with counter arguments. I was interested in your mentioning Dawkins & Dennet. If there are any PDF’s, articles, lectures on KZbin, or books that you could offer, with these counter arguments, I would appreciate it. I feel its important to know opposing arguments on such important work. Grof is a Titan of Psychedelic Research, few alive today have as much personal knowledge as he. Thanks

[@mahadazzle676]

@@BushyHairedStranger I am curious too. Did anyone found anything? Thanks

[@BushyHairedStranger]

Maha Dazzle Maha Dazzle nothing has surfaced so far. As to Grof’s working with new generations especially in Art & Film ‘The Way of the Psychonaut’ in books and film came out in 2019 so that speaks to his reach across generations. Plenty of young faces at his Plenary talk in 2017 at MAPS Psychedelic sciences conference.

[@mahadazzle676]

@@BushyHairedStranger Thanks. I am curious too. You mentioning Dawkins, as I see; this is also related to some new findings (gene expression and so on) that support Lamarc's ideas.

[@venusonmars]

He just seems like a wonderful guy. Heartfelt as well as brilliant.

[@BushyHairedStranger]

Mars North He is, gentle, with a powerful and magnetic nature. He’s someone you can tell has seen the fabric of the Universe..and more. I met him in 2017 in Oakland, California

[@maksimmihajlov4782]

Thank's for this material.

[@plejaren1]

Looks great for being in his eighties... Lovely man. Good video :)

[@ilonahawser]

Amazing lecture. Invaluable work for humanity and healing modalities ✨

[@veilofreality]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@romeoangel9713]

Brilliant! He has a sense for humor, too. But most of all openminded and brave. There is more in this universe and in the human mind than we ever expected, is there not?

[@CoachellaValleyEvent]

This was lecture was great ! I first heard of his name in one of my favorite books, "Holograhic Universe" by Michael Talbot , and had not heard his name since. A big insight for me was when he mentioned about the first senses of a newborn baby about 30:00 section ... That section really brought it home for me personally, and this video was the first time that that event was mentioned. Thank U & SHARING!

[@PetadeAztlan]

I will try to make time to check this out soon. Time is often a kind of tyrant to me. I have "Holograhic Universe" by Michael Talbot by my desk area now... Kind of a synchronicity! @Peta_de_Aztlan.

[@GoldenGateNum9]

*Psychology and the mental health profession here in the UK is nothing short of a tragic joke.* *It really is shocking to me when i realize how much more i know and perceive than a qualified* *health care worker which is sitting across from me who is messing with my life due to bureaucracy and because of their* *own sickness and prejudice which they are unconscious of.* *If all the worlds governments / leaders and the human race put as much effort, energy, motivation and will power into* *curing disease and sickness as it does for creating miracles of death and mass destruction, we'd be alright!.*

[@arturasbuilovas]

Brilliant!

[@boleroinferno]

watch at 1.25x speed

[@charlesbenedetti8607]

Years ago I came across the book DIANETICS by Ron Hubbard and instantly recognized an amazing clarity in his description of the mind. Basically he says that during life, people fail to attend to, to confront, and to understand people and events, but REACT-- - - -from this he discovered that part of the mind call the Reactive Mind. And when we can diffuse the reactive behavior of a person, we then help him/her to be free and open and thereby RESPOND intelligently , rather than REACT. The result being that a person who receives Dianetics therapy becomes more rational, more sane, more calm and relaxed, and more able which allows the individual to succeed in life without the baggage of phobias and other crippling behaviors . In my practice of Dianetics the results were indeed wonderful. It would be very correct to say that Dianetics truly restores life.

[@increasement]

No one cares. Every cult uses the same bait. Fuck L Ron Hubbard & his clones.

[@RepairRenovateRenew]

Thank you stan

[@obchodiknet]

Mr. Grof lives in the USA more than 40 years and yet you can hear his czech accent.

[@indianmilitary]

obchodiknet so what?? English (a flawed language) is NOT important anymore, given the fact that western economies are going down the drain. China has already surpassed US as the largest economy in the world. Go and learn mandarin or something

[@GoldenGateNum9]

+obchodiknet *You keep an accent for life if you live for the first 18 years in your native country.* *Still what the fuck does that have to do with anything?, do you see any subtitles?*

[@BushyHairedStranger]

I love his accent! He’s multi-lingual can speak Czech, German, English and Spanish.

[@stalkerlohh]

i wonder how much acid did doctor Grof took and exactly what kind of light was used ...

[@donaldmurray4350]

Mr. Grof: With hundreds of hours of studying theology, having had marginally similar (more or less) experiences, (in lots less numbers), I am qualified to render the opinion or nitpick as follows: It is incorrect to list the prophet from whatever sutra, edition of Koran, Hadiff or other source. It is doubtless that the prophet did not write or dictate any word intending to promote any religious experience except his own. Mohamme would have viciously pursued any known exponents of magic mushrooms. Any close observer of Islamic expansion would doubt it is a negotiable issue. I think the Islamic quote should be removed from this splendid content. Also, the statement quoted (at 27.01) from mohamme "whoever knows himself, knows his lord," is not profound, spiritual, or helpful.

[@Lightwave1111]

credit where credit is due regardless of agreement. It is Dr. Grof