by Mark Pitstick MA, DC

Note: If you already know the following information scroll down to the article title in maroon below the seven asterisks.  However, I strongly recommend reading this introduction until you really ‘own’ it.  In addition, post The Great News where you’ll see it every day.  

Over the last 15 years, and especially during 2019 – 2024, data from a series of experiments at the University of Arizona have definitively demonstrated scientifically that life continues after physical death.  This research was conducted by Gary E. Schwartz PhD, former professor at Harvard and Yale, and pioneer in the fields of behavioral medicine and energy healing.  

Dr. Schwartz is assisted in this work by a team of electrical engineers, software developers, research assistants, evidential mediums, and postmaterial luminaries at the Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health.  (To learn more about the SoulPhone Project and lab, visit LACH.Arizona.edu.  To learn about postmaterial luminaries, see article #31 at SoulProof.com) 

The Demo SoulSwitch is a binary (Yes / No) SoulSwitch device that postmaterial persons (the so-called ‘deceased’) can use to answer questions, verify their identity, and begin providing information to help many people and our planet.  This device should be ready for beta testing by the summer of 2024.  After sessions with project volunteers and larger donors, we will share data that scientifically demonstrates life continues after bodily death.  However, this ‘reveal’ will initially occur as an ‘incremental trickle’ versus a ‘sudden splash’.   Over time and under optimal conditions, we will gradually amplify how widely this news is shared. 

Likewise, demonstrations of this technology will occur in a stepwise fashion.  We anticipate, but cannot guarantee, that full announcements and demonstrations will occur by spring 2025.  These decisions were made in April 2024 after many strategic planning discussions with core project team members.  The many factors involved are much more complex than you might imagine. 

See articles #1, 60, and 115 for an overview of the scientific, clinical, and experiential evidence that indicates – with 99.9% certainty – that consciousness survives bodily death.  This collective evidence also shows – with very high degrees of certainty – The Great News that you and everyone else:

  1. continue to live after your earthly body dies.
  2. can interact with ‘departed’ loved ones now and after you pass on.
  3. are integral, infinite, eternal, and beloved parts of Source Energy now and always.
  4. receive guidance and support from angels, guides, master teachers, etc.
  5. are sacredly interconnected with all people, animals, and nature.
  6. have special purposes for having this earthly experience now.
  7. may manifest in other simultaneous time / space realities now and after bodily death.
  8. have everything you need to enjoy an optimal earthly experience – no matter what your past or current circumstances.
  9. can find meaning, as well as opportunities for growth and service, amidst your toughest changes and challenges.
  10. co-create how heavenly your life feels – whether living on earth or elsewhere – by your predominant thoughts, words and actions.
  11. can likely use SoulPhone technology in the future to communicate with postmaterial loved ones and access wisdom from luminaries who can help us heal our world.  

Statements #1, 2, and 11 are based on definitive scientific research.  The other statements are based on: (a) clinical research: near-death experiences, past life memories and regressions, perinatal experiences, life between lives sessions, shared crossings, terminal lucidity cases, and deathbed visions; and (b) evidencefrom firsthand experiences: after-death communications, out-of-body experiences, spiritually transformative experiences, electronic voice projection / instrumental transcommunication, and other ways of knowing.

This is, obviously, a new and exciting era for humanity.  When understood and internalized – even just a bit – The Great News can help you make the shift:         

  • FROM thinking, believing, and acting as if your time on earth is unfair, meaningless, cruel, and ends with cessation of consciousness or the possibility of endless suffering.
  • TO thinking, believing, and acting as if this earthly experience is a totally meaningful, safe, and magnificent adventure amidst forever.

Conscious language can help you adopt a greater reality perspective and live based on the second bulleted worldview.  And that, in turn, can help you create the greatest life YOU have envisioned, fulfill your purposes for being on earth, serve others, and enjoy a magnificent journey.  In the pursuit of using more conscious / accurate terms, l:   

  1. Will use the term ‘YOU’ to describe the totality of your energy / being. Your real self may manifest in different spacetime ways simultaneously since only approximately 50% of your consciousness is needed to have an earthly experience. The term ‘YOU’ recognizes both of these possibilities.
  2. Won’t use the terms ‘die, departed, deceased, or dead’ without single quotation marks since those have strongly entrenched and erroneous meanings indicating an end of life.
  3. Will use the terms ‘bodily death’ and ‘death of the earthly form’ to remind you that only the earth-suit dies. The rest – all the intelligence, love, personality, memories, preferences, sense of humor, and much more – continues living in other parts of the field of all possibilities.
  4. Will use the terms changed worlds, passed on, transitioned and others that aptly describe a continuation of consciousness after bodily death.
  5. Will primarily refer to those who have passed on as postmaterial persons. That term recognizes the points in #3. I also will use soul, consciousness, essence, and awareness.
  6. Will primarily refer to ‘physical humans living on earth’ as material persons. Why? Because those terms within single quotation marks may apply to postmaterial persons.  That is, they can have physicality, visit earth, and are still human in meaningful ways.
  7. Will use the terms lower versus higher energies, emotions, and ways of being. These descriptors are not critical, judgmental, or subjective; rather, they are based on objective measures by, for example, David Hawkins PhD, MD author of Power Versus Force. He and other researchers found that higher-energy emotions of peace, joy, and love calibrate at 600, 540, and 500 respectively.  Conversely, lower-energy emotions of anger, fear, and guilt calibrate at 150, 100, and 30.  To be clear, energy / consciousness is who and what you really are, not just how you are feeling.  Your predominant energies create the quality of your life and the nature of your earthly or other time-space experience.
  8. Will use single quotations marks with words such as ‘lose and fail’.  The Great News and collective afterlife evidence can expand your worldview about what seem to be losses and failures.  We can’t accurately judge the big picture of life – what is lost or how we failed – with our limited human senses.   

Note: To recognize and respect different genders and sexual identifications, I will alternate using ‘he’ or ‘she’ and related pronouns.  Depending on a person’s orientation, one, both, or neither of those may apply.

The free articles and radio shows mentioned are available at SoulProof.com.  To learn more about the collective afterlife evidence and The Great News, read Soul Proof, The Afterlife Evidence, Greater Reality Living (co-authored with Dr. Schwartz) and The Big Picture of Life (for ages 10 – 16 written with Schwartz and Katta Mapes MA, MEd).  To experience expanded states of consciousness to optimally heal and transform your life, use audio sessions under Shop at SoulProof.com. 

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“Ghosts” / Interim Postmaterial Persons

Some people are worried about or very afraid of ‘ghosts’.  I’ll share my current understandings based on contemporary information.

Interim-Postmaterial Person (interim-PMP) is my recommended term for ‘ghost.’  I know, it’s new and cumbersome but much more accurate.  Newer terms based on contemporary understandings help you release archaic and erroneous notions associated with older terms.  Interim-PMP refers to people whose human bodies have died, but haven’t yet moved into the Light.  Following bodily death, their energy / focus may be more on earth or between earth and the next phase of life.

That interim-PMPs exist is supported by some clinical data.  In the video documentary Sightings: The Ghost Report, paranormal researcher Tony Cornell of Cambridge University stated: “There’s a lot of fraud in this, a lot of imagination, a lot of wishful thinking.  But when you strip that all out, there’s about 20% hard core stuff that’s exceedingly difficult to explain.”

In the Sightings documentary, Kerry Gaynor – an investigator at the UCLA paranormal research lab – said that seeing ghosts has been reported in all cultures since the beginning of time.  He stated, “Research of photographic evidence has produced many hoaxes, but a handful of pictures defy explanation.”  Some of Gaynor’s photos were featured in Popular Photography, the only alleged ghost pictures ever presented in that respected magazine at that time.

About 20% of Americans say they have experienced a ‘ghost’ contact while 50% believe in them.  There are well-done scientific studies at universities, for example UCLA and Cambridge, that show something is going. The research primarily records aberrations of light in videos or photographs as shown in the respected magazine Popular Photography.  As such, there are some indications of this phenomenon.

An NBC broadcast reported on “The Stately Ghosts of England.”  Professional photographers set up infrared movie cameras in a castle with a history of ghost sightings.  Captured on film was a shaft of light clearly emerging from one door, traveling down a short hallway, and entering another door.  One researcher stated, “All the lighting conditions were controlled, windows were blacked out, there was no possibility  of moonlight or car headlights coming through.  When we saw the stuff later, there was a shaft of light which to me is completely unexplainable.”  Decades later, this paranormal phenomenon is still unexplained.

One theory about ‘ghosts’ is that some people don’t enter the Light after dying for reasons listed below.  Another view is that they are echoes or reflections of negative energies that can be associated with a house, piece of furniture, or other physical object.  Since people – whether living on earth or elsewhere – are fundamentally manifestations of energy, I consider these seemingly differing views to be largely a matter of semantics.

Interim-PMPs may exist temporarily between earth and the next phase of life because:

  1. While in human form, they had little or no belief in afterlife.  This may be due to bizarre religious teachings that make a person reject any notion of God or afterlife.  As discussed, there can be a temporary carry-over of earthly beliefs after bodily death.  For those who believe there is no afterlife, that may be their initial experience.  Forever, however, is a very long time.  Eventually they are very likely to notice they are still conscious and agree with Descartes’ proposition, “I think, therefore I am.”
  2. A violent or sudden death occurred and they were in shock when they passed on.  As a result, they may not have seen the Light or decided to not enter it.  The stronger the spiritual foundation while on earth, the more people are prepared for such occurrences.  That’s why religions advise us to build our houses / lives on granite (resolute knowledge of God, afterlife, love, etc.) versus shifting sand (lack of knowing who we really are).  Gandhi, for example, knew where he was going as he repeated a word for the Divine as he lay dying from gunshot wounds.
  3. Concern about earthly loved ones is another motivation for not entering the Light. The PMP may want to watch over those ‘left behind’ and send comfort and messages.  ‘Souls’ with higher energies may be able to operate with love, peace, and joy whether they are living on earth, in the Light, or in between.  Those with less evolved energies may, however, be afraid or anxious during this netherworld time.
  4. Fear about the quality of their afterlife may cause recently ‘departed’ persons to pause before moving away from the earth plane. Those who seriously consider the possibility of an eternal hell may understandably hesitate to enter the next phase of life.  The ‘betwixt and between’ state as an interim PMP may provide time for processing and releasing old fear-based  religious beliefs.
  1. Needing time to ponder may be another reason why recently ‘deceased’ persons delay entering the Light. They may just want ‘to chill’ and survey things, especially if they just left a chaotic or anxious setting.  Perhaps their temporary ‘between worlds’ experiences are adaptive for karmic or growth reasons, or to help others in ways we can’t understand.   
  2. Strong negative emotions such as jealousy, guilt, or anger existed at the time of passing on.  Interim PMPs may not have wanted to enter the Light because their focus was on revenge, anger, hatred, fear, and other negative emotions.  As such, they weren’t ready to move into the next phase of life.  But they can change their hearts and minds whenever they are ready.
  3. Addictions to excessive food, materialism, sex, alcohol, drugs, sports, etc. existed at the time of bodily death. The recently deceased person feared they couldn’t get ‘their fix’ in the afterlife so they avoided moving on.

The term ‘ghost’ has strongly engrained meanings of a distraught dead person who can hurt you or at least cause you to run into walls and fall down stairs.  Some people enjoy being a little scared by ghost stories and haunted houses, but many children and some adults are terrified by them.  These fears are needless when simple precautions are taken, for example, praying and intending that you are always aligned with good and God, love and Light.  With this layer of protection, you don’t have to worry about them interfering while you’re having an after-death communication.  (article #9)

Can an interim-PMP hurt you?  From my perspective, the answer is ‘no,’ they cannot, but they can scare you: your hair may stand on end, you may get cold chills, run into a wall, or fall down stairs.  However, that’s not a ‘ghost’ hurting you – that’s you hurting yourself.  While living on earth, it’s wise to protect yourself with prayer and intentions.  Likewise, it’s smart to be cautious and shield yourself when interacting with ‘spirits’.

A visiting postmaterial loved one may be mistaken for an interim-PMP because of engrained fearful beliefs.  What is the difference between those souls and dear ones who visit during after-death communications?  Visitations by ‘ghosts’ may feel scary or sad, be accompanied by physical coldness, and continue for longer times.  Their energy is characterized as being slower, looking darker, and feeling hopeless.

Postmaterial loved ones who visit during ADCs, on the other hand, usually make briefer visits and exude energies of peace, love, and joy.  They are not stuck between realms; they are just visiting to relay comfort and hope.  Recipients of ADCs consider them to be sacred and are often transformed by the experience.

What seem to be ‘ghost’ encounters may be misperceptions due to fear, sadness, or other limiting emotions.  ‘Helen’ from Germany shared the following fascinating story about this:

For three months after my son-in-law passed over, there was an eerie sense of cold about the house.  I heard heavy footsteps outside my bedroom window and encountered many sleepless nights due to being poked and pulled at.  I knew deep inside who it could be, but chose to ignore it and pray that tonight would be the night that I would get some rest.  This was not to be and finally I had enough.

I looked at his photo with tears streaming down my face and said to him, “Okay, baby, I know there’s something wrong and I will find someone who can help so that you can be at peace.”

As soon as I said that, the room felt suddenly warmer and brighter and a peace came over me that I can’t really explain.  He had passed over so quickly and tragically that he had unresolved issues and hadn’t accepted his physical death.  He only wanted somebody to help him and if I wasn’t so keen on denying his presence, I could’ve helped him sooner.  I found a medium to help send him into the Light.  Those incidents never occurred again.

Beings in this sort of netherworld sounds like purgatories described by some religious denominations.  My understanding is that such souls can enter the Light anytime they choose.

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Your life, and that of others around you, will be more enriched when you:  

  1. read this article again within a few days so you really own it.
  2. discuss it with trusted family members and friends.
  3. take recommended action steps that seem right for you.
  4. share it with others who can use it.

Let it shine,
Mark

Mark Pitstick MA, DC is an author, master’s level clinical psychologist, holistic chiropractic physician, frequent media guest, and webinar / workshop facilitator.  He has also helped others in pastoral counseling and suicide prevention / education settings.  Mark directs The Soul Phone Foundation, founded Greater Reality Living Groups, and assists research on the SoulPhone Project.  To learn more about how Dr. Pitstick might help you, visit SoulProof.com/About.

Dr. Pitstick’s goal is to help you know and show– no matter what is happening to or around you – that this earthly experience is a totally safe, meaningful, and magnificent adventure amidst eternity.  Visit SoulProof.com for free articles, newsletters, and radio interviews with top consciousness experts.  Other resources include his very reasonably priced books, audio-products, and documentary film.

Note: Because of his many outreaches, Dr. Pitstick can no longer answer complex and/or multiple questions.  However, he has created many resources to answer your biggest questions and provide holistic solutions for your toughest challenges . . .  

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Disclaimer: This information is not designed to replace medical or psychological care.  Dr. Pitstick’s remarks are based on his personal and professional training and experience during forty-eight years of helping many thousands of people.  Collective clinical, scientific, and experiential evidence supports some, but not all, of what he shares.  Mark’s views may change over time, and he does not claim to have all the answers or the only answers.

Dr. Pitstick encourages you to consider this information and decide for yourself what makes the most sense.  Note: the articles and other resources at his SoulProof.com site are NOT purely based on scientific research as is the SoulPhone Project.