by Mark Pitstick MA, DC
If you’ve not already, please read . . .
- ‘The Great News‘ (article #19 at SoulProof.com/Articles)
- ‘Eight Developments for Widespread Conscious Living Now’ (#125)
- Greater Reality LIVING Program: Integrating ‘The 8 Developments’ Into Your Daily Life (#72)
- Greater Reality HEALING Program: Journeying FROM Deeply Grieving TO Brightly Shining (#82)
The evidence-based information and holistic resources outlined in these articles will help you to:
- realize your true nature as an eternal being of consciousness / life-force / energy
- receive guidance and assistance from highly evolved energies and Source / The Light
- heal old wounds, release lower energies, and update erroneous teachings
- create the greatest life YOU have envisioned (YOU = your higher self / soul)
- help others by sharing your greatest gifts
- make our world a better place
As enough people do this, widespread personal and planetary change will naturally unfold.
Prayer
I’ve been asked how I pray. This is a bit personal but I’m glad to share. No matter what I say, some people will think I’m evolved while others will think I’m doomed to hell forever. I’ve reached the point where I don’t worry about what other people think about me.
The backstory is I’ve felt a close relationship to G.O.D. throughout my life. G.O.D. stands for the guiding, organizing, and designing Presence and Power that is behind and is all life. I rejected archaic notions of a big guy in the sky who judges and smites in my youth. However, I always felt an interconnection with the Creator and Sustainer of all life. (For more information, see article #13 What Is God Really Like at SoulProof.com)
I’ve also enjoyed a personal relationship with Jesus and had experiences that indicate he is part of my spiritual support team. I didn’t capitalize the pronoun ‘he’ because I don’t believe Jesus is God any more than all of us are. Assuming that Biblical history is correct — which is a reach — he was one of the most enlightened, aware, illumined, advanced, loving, wise, and compassionate people on earth. From what I know, Buddha and others were in a similar category that I call master teachers. (To learn more about my views about Jesus, see article #83 Am I a Christian?)
I attended Lutheran church services regularly until I was 18. Then I attended a fundamentalist Christian denomination for a few years because my girlfriend did. But I totally rejected many of their beliefs and consider them blasphemous to a loving and caring Source. I learned and used techniques from Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Sufism, and Native spirituality sources. I attended Methodist theology school until I finished all their pastoral counseling and Biblical history courses. When I attend services these days, I prefer Unity, Unitarian-Universalist, or Centers for Spiritual Living.
The term soulmate refers to the large number of beings who serve as my cast, crew, and closest loved ones — and I as theirs — in different life experiences that are like a movie, play, or book. Material person refers to those living on earth. Postmaterial person refers to those whose earthly forms have died and are now living in another slice of life.
When do I pray? As a youth, the advice by St. Paul to ‘pray without ceasing’ caught my attention but it sounded like a lot of praying. Now, at age 67, I pray or chant whenever I can. I start and end each day with prayers shared below. I enjoy talking with Creator / Spiritual Support Team / Inner Self while driving, walking in nature, and before meditation.
At bedtime, I start with various terms for Creator. I don’t always complete them before falling asleep but it’s a great way to end the day and begin my dreamtime.
Why do I pray? Ram Dass tells that Gandhi was asked by a reporter to give the people a message. Gandhi replied: My life is my message. Similarly, my life is my prayer. I agree that prayer is a great way to talk with God. Meditation and other centering practices allow us to listen more closely. I enjoy the process of prayer and how I feel during and after. It’s like keeping up with a very dear friend with whom I’ve had a very long connection.
Who do I pray to? Based on much evidence and my personal experiences, I believe that I and everyone else are integral, infinite, eternal, and beloved parts of All That Is. Further, I believe that I and everyone else are sacredly interconnected with all of life. As such, my prayers simultaneously like talking to Source / Spiritual Support Team / Inner Self / All Life.
I talk to ‘them’ as though they are right beside me because they are. I converse as though they are just as real as any ‘solid’ person on earth even though I know solidity and separateness are illusions.
How do I pray? Aloud or in my mind. No flowery sucking up to a mercurial dictator in the sky that I fear. I just pick up with what seems like an infinitely long and dear conversation. No supplication needed. I assume that Universe knows what is best. Mainly prayers of gratitude since I know that my intentions will occur if, how, and when they are supposed to.
What are my prayers? They grew into the current form and sometimes change.
In the morning . . .
Dear G.O.D. and all my beloved support team. Greetings, love, gratitude, blessings, and good morning to you. Thank you for another walk on earth together today. Thank you for all your love, support, guidance, and assistance in helping me make today outstanding in every way as I:
– Serve many people lovingly, joyfully, and magnificently
– Always am aware that this brief time on earth is an exciting adventure. I have everything I
need to be a hero, help others, and enjoy the journey
– Grow, learn, and evolve
– Enjoy the richness, beauty, entertainment, pleasure, and much more of my time on earth
(The first letters of those four words spell SAGE)
I send out prayers to all people everywhere — especially those who are searching, struggling, and suffering. I send peace, joy, love, light, and vibrant reminders that we each are one with the One and part of Source now and always. (Then I send out special prayers to family, friends, patients, and others)
Thank you for all your love, support, guidance, and assistance as I expand my wonderful life even more toward the greatest life I have envisioned. (Then I list five or so of my current goals for making my life even more incredible.)
I am always protected, shielded, guided, balanced, and centered — even if I forget to ask.
I shine as brightly as possible, do all I came here to do, share my greatest gifts, and sing all my heart songs.
Thank you and so it is. Amen
At bedtime . . .
Dear E.L.G.O.D. — the energizing, loving, guiding, organizing, and designing Presence and Power that is behind all Life, that IS all Life, and of which I — and everyone else — is an integral, infinite, eternal, and beloved part.
Great Spirit, the Light, the Presence, All That Is, the Ground of All Being, Mother-Father God, the Above One. One Mind, Life Source, Creator and Sustainer of all life, the Great Mystery, Boundless Consciousness.
Source Energy, Universal Intelligence, Creator, the One, the Divine, the Infinite, Higher Power, the Beloved, the Supreme, Creative Energy, the Force, Creative Mind, the Source Field.
Infinite Intelligence, First Spirit, Life Itself, Life Unfolding, the Cosmic Dreamer, the Omniscient One, Sacred Beingness, Birther of all that exists, the Infinite One, Breather of all life, the Source.
And to my beloved support team: my angels, guides, master teachers, soulmates, and material and postmaterial loved ones. Greetings, blessings, love, and gratitude to you and good night.
Thank you for helping me have another outstanding day. And now, thank you for helping me to sleep deeply — totally relaxing, resting, recharging, and revitalizing head to toe, in body / mind / spirit, always and in all ways. Traveling, learning, serving, and having great adventures in other realms until this body awakens after just the right amount of sleep. Feeling fully energized and enthusiastic about a new outstanding day.
Thank you and so it is. Amen.
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Thank you for telling others about this article! Your life, and that of others around you, will be more enriched when you:
- read the article again so you really know it.
- discuss with close family and friends to more deeply internalize it.
- take action steps that seem right for you.
- share it with others via social media, discussion groups, and other ways.
Hugs, love, blessings, and let it shine!
Mark
Mark Pitstick, MA, DC
author, lecturer, counselor, and holistic chiropractic physician; spokesperson, research assistant, and strategic planner for the SoulPhone Project; founder of Greater Reality Living, Healing, Helping, and Sharing Programs
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Mark Pitstick, MA, DC is a master’s clinical psychologist, holistic chiropractic physician, and clinical nutritionist. He has also helped others in pastoral counseling and suicide prevention / education settings. His goal is to help you know and show that this earthly experience is a totally safe, meaningful, and magnificent adventure amidst eternity.
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I created this article while ‘wearing the hat’ of a clinician, counselor, and educator. My statements are based upon some scientific research; much clinical and experiential evidence; my personal experiences; and my best current understandings. This program does not reflect my roles with the SoulPhone Project since those require solid scientific data for all statements.
