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:
- continue to live after your earthly body dies.
- can interact with ‘departed’ loved ones now and after you pass on.
- are integral, infinite, eternal, and beloved parts of Source Energy now and always.
- receive guidance and support from angels, guides, master teachers, etc.
- are sacredly interconnected with all people, animals, and nature.
- have special purposes for having this earthly experience now.
- may manifest in other simultaneous time / space realities now and after bodily death.
- have everything you need to enjoy an optimal earthly experience – no matter what your past or current circumstances.
- can find meaning, as well as opportunities for growth and service, amidst your toughest changes and challenges.
- co-create how heavenly your life feels – whether living on earth or elsewhere – by your predominant thoughts, words and actions.
- 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Will use the terms changed worlds, passed on, transitioned and others that aptly describe a continuation of consciousness after bodily death.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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Drugs, Alcohol, and Greater Reality Living
I receive questions from people around the world about a multitude of topics. This one prompted me to write an article outlining my views.
Q: I would like to ask you about ayahuasca. Do you think it’s a good idea to use it? How about marijuana? Aren’t these safe and natural ways to expand one’s mind?
A: Great question that requires a layer of answering. Many people are searching for ways to feel better and answer questions of great importance. Religions have largely botched the job of filling this gap. In my parent’s generation, the only widely available way to alter ones state of mind was via alcohol. My and subsequent generations had numerous ways to do so, but how has that worked so far?
Dr. Gary Schwartz and I wrote Greater Reality Living and – with co-author Katta Mapes MA, MEd – a version for young people called The Big Picture of Life. We wanted people to know more about the greater reality – all that exists – and that we each are important parts of Life.
Really knowing who you are, why you are here, and Who walks beside / within you always is a HUGE key to having a wonderful earthly experience. The paths outlined in these books can help people gain greater peace, joy, love, and enthusiasm – no matter what their past or current circumstances. That’s greater reality living.
I certainly respect the traditions behind various plant-based ways to expand one’s consciousness. However, any path involving mind-altering drugs can involve downsides and dangers. I have not used ayahuasca but have good friends who had very interesting experiences while being supervised by a reputable shamanic teacher. I’ve not felt the call to try it.
During my twenties, in the 70’s, I drank some beer and smoked pot once a week for several years. To be honest, I had little interest in either until my first love relationship ended. Yes, I too succumbed to self-medication and numbing myself versus dealing with it head-on. I’m sure that decision delayed my grieving and contributed to taking lower-energy forks in the road.
I found the experience getting stoned, and how I felt the day after, to be easily preferable to alcohol. However, at some point, I started getting periodic headaches and neck muscle tension after using pot. Most alarmingly, I found myself becoming psychologically addicted to it.
I vividly remember a Tuesday evening when I enjoyed a marijuana buzz while listening to music, reading enlightened literature, and walking in the woods. The next morning, since I restricted myself to ‘getting high’ to once per week, I had a concerning thought: ‘Oh no, I can’t get high for another week.’ I felt mildly depressed and realized that getting stoned had become overly important to me.
I flushed my supply down the toilet.
Since then, I enjoy the same activities but without the drug. It’s ironic that a variety of powerful marijuana products are now widely legal and available but I’m not interested. Some friends still toke up on occasion and try to talk me into joining them. I’ve found that watching and listening to them is more fun than indulging.
I am also concerned that people will take the easy way out by getting stoned instead of addressing root causes of their unhappiness. In addition, there are so many areas of need for reducing suffering and improving life on earth. We each have special gifts to share that can address this. But it’s tempting to get stoned, listen to music, and eat pizza instead of fulfilling your purposes for being on earth at this time. (I admit that my comments are generalizations based on my observations of many thousands of people over the last 48 years. These tendencies certainly may not always be true for everyone.)
One of my teachers in the 70’s and beyond was Ram Dass AKA Richard Alpert PhD, a Harvard professor who was kicked out for conducting LSD experiments on campus. He asked his teacher Neem Karoli Baba about the wisdom of using mind-altering drugs. The paraphrased reply was: ‘These substances can give you a glimpse of heaven, but they won’t let you stay there.’
I agree.
Regarding the ayahuasca experience, who knows how well trained the teachers are. Experiencing it is in vogue right now, but it’s a two-edged sword. There may be genetic and/or emotional predispositions to addiction. One reason for going the natural route is this: taking drugs can interfere with deeply internalizing the great news that you are an eternal and infinite being of energy and consciousness who is part of Source right now.
That is, people who have transcendent insights while taking drugs may later decide that their epiphanies were due to the drug and not really real. Put another way, drugs may or may not strengthen an inner knowing that we each have everything within that we need no matter what befalls us. However, with drugs, even sacred plant-based ones used by indigenous peoples, people may think they need something from without whereas awakening is an inside job.
Another big concern is that people who aren’t ready for the drug experience may have a downhill slide afterwards. See my story about “Jim” in the excerpts below.
If I had it to do over again, I wouldn’t have used alcohol or pot at all. I would have focused on yoga, meditation, more time in nature, listening to mind-expanding music, attending ‘higher thought’ classes, reading inspirational books by wise men and women, attending services at different religious and spiritual centers, talking with open-minded and open-hearted persons, and serving others.
My book Radiant Wellness teaches the basics of self-care practices: rest / renewal, activity, diet, inner cleanse, awareness, natural health care, and transcendence.
When affordable, I would also regularly use holistic health approaches to fine-tune my body and brain. The following list of holistic health care should be available to all people. (Insurance should cover these safe, affordable, natural, and effective (SANE) treatments as much or even more than drugs and surgery. However, in the long run, this care will save many people money and much illness.)
- specific chiropractic adjustments
- cranial work including emotional release techniques
- acupuncture
- deep tissue massage
- personalized nutrition-based healing such as Nutrition Response Testing
When you want a buzz, try green tea with honey and/or dark chocolate. Both are healthy and increase energy and alertness.
I also recommend using the following products as directed in the introduction track:
1. Holistic Breathing Technique to release pain and wounds, and remember life’s big picture
2. Ask Your Soul to access your inner wisdom about how to improve every aspect of your life
3. Identify and Fulfill Your Purposes: your time on earth is so much more joyful and meaningful when you share your greatest gifts and talents
Depending on a person’s past and current challenges and goals, the following techniques may be helpful (learn more about each at SoulProof.com/Shop/)
1. Pre-Birth Planning
- Past Life Regression
- Facilitated After Death Contact
- Love, Acceptance, and Forgiveness
Here are excerpts from my book Radiant Wellness about my views on alcohol and drug use.
Use Alcohol Minimally or Not at All
In our society, alcohol is the most widely accepted way to change ones state of consciousness. People enjoy looking at life from a different perspective and alcohol allows that. It’s fun to feel a little giddy, laugh, and be relaxed. Those are good things.
Some studies even suggest that very moderate drinking—one or two glasses of wine a day, for example—provides minor health benefits. However, there are other ways to achieve those benefits. Other studies say that any benefits are outweighed by negative factors and the potential for addiction.
About 10 percent of our population become alcoholics who, by genetic predisposition or acquired addiction or both, cannot drink moderately. Unfortunately, most people don’t know they are an alcoholic until it is too late.
Signs and symptoms for being at risk for alcoholism include: morning drinking, blackouts, regrettable actions while intoxicated, trouble stopping, five or more drinks per day, friends and family becoming concerned, interference with your job, driving under the influence, and a family history of alcoholism.
If you choose to use alcohol, wait until legal age and don’t drive while drinking! At least 50 percent of America’s fatal traffic accidents involve alcohol.
I understand the severity of the problem. My family has a multigenerational history of alcoholism, depression and blood sugar handling disorders. Alcohol provides instant jet fuel that temporarily raises blood sugar levels and causes euphoria.
In addition to Alcoholics Anonymous and medical supervision, I recommend using the seven keys to radiant wellness. Natural health practices can also be a potent aid in preventing and treating alcoholism.
If you’re not an alcoholic, you can enjoy moderate and responsible drinking. However, in certain individuals over time, even moderate alcohol intake can cause impaired liver function, brain cell damage, gastric and esophageal irritation, and yeast infections.
Just recently, a new patient told me about his indigestion symptoms. At age 26, he’s been on medication for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) for several years. He was wearing a T-shirt and hat with beer logos so I took a stab in the dark and asked about his drinking habits. He admitted to drinking five beers, five days a week for several years so it’s probably more than that. You can imagine what decades of alcohol abuse can bring.
One final note. Those who take great care of themselves and receive natural health care may feel crummy after drinking even moderate amounts of alcohol, especially hard liquor, beer, or wine with preservatives. Good wine or beer without chemical additives seems to work best for those who can and want to drink in moderation.
Many years ago, my brother-in-law talked me into celebrating his 50th birthday by drinking beer with him. I hadn’t drunk any alcohol for many years, but three cold ones went down pretty smoothly. I felt a little dizzy two hours later so I went to bed. In the middle of the night, I woke up and felt very dizzy. A hangover was my constant companion for the next two days with headache, malaise, and lack of mental clarity. Needless to say, it wasn’t worth the buzz.
When you’re radiantly well, drinking bacteria urine – which is what alcohol is – constitutes an inferior high.
Avoid Illegal Drugs
Here’s another disastrous wrong turn that creates inner toxicity and much worse. Drug use has created vast suffering for many people. Everyone wants to feel good and, granted, drugs can provide a fleeting high but at such a cost. Fortunately, there are better natural ways to relax and feel great without using drugs.
In my youth, I tried various ways of altering my consciousness. Fortunately, however, I soon saw that no matter how ‘high’ I got, I always came down. And there was that silly little matter of feeling hung over and wiped out for a day or two. I noticed that pot heads and heavy drinkers started to look and act brain damaged. I decided that there had to be a better way.
There is.
Some people consider recreational use of drugs to be harmless and cool. Webster defines recreational as “creating anew or refreshing
in body or mind” but there is nothing renewing or refreshing about drug use. I’ve observed the tragic downsides firsthand and the lessons are clear: it’s better to never start. Some people who plan to try it just once become psychologically and physiologically addicted or damaged.
Drug use increases the incidence of robberies, accidents, murder, suicide, domestic violence, and child abuse. The cost in lost potential due to lowered standards and poor life decisions cannot be estimated. My recommendation is to steer clear of all illegal drugs since they can cause significant personal, family, and societal problems.
Pressures to experiment with drugs can be powerful, especially during one’s youth. However, drugs are illegal, can be dangerous, and can lead to unwise behaviors. No matter how finely tuned the dose or well designed the drug, you always come down. The chemicals in drugs are often cumulative and their long-term effects are unknown.
Even marijuana – considered a harmless and even beneficial herb by many – has 400 different chemicals in it. When smoked as a joint, the burning paper and pot combination releases over 2,000 chemicals. Some of these fat-soluble chemicals accumulate in organs and can cause short and long-term impairments.
Many people enjoy – depending on the strain and amount used – varying degrees of relaxation/energy, mental clarity/comfortably numb, and almost always euphoria with marijuana. With legalization in a growing number of states, its use will probably increase. And, frankly, I usually would rather see my patients smoke a few tokes of vaporized good quality pot in the safety of their home than get drunk.
However, there are still potential risks, especially if a person drives while stoned. Using pot could lead to experimenting with other drugs since it clearly lowers inhibitions. And there’s the chance of decreased motivation and psychological addiction. All things considered, I still recommend getting and staying high naturally.
Young people, please don’t make the same mistakes that prior generations have with more dangerous drugs. Visit mental hospitals and chemical dependency units and see the potential results of drug abuse for yourself. During my pastoral counseling practicum at a psychiatric hospital, I met “Jim”, a sixteen-year-old boy who had taken PCP. Despite a year of treatment, Jim was a walking vegetable and will probably be in a mental institution for the rest of his life.
Haven’t we individually and collectively suffered enough? Please focus on natural ways of looking, feeling and being your very best. By the way, some people use drugs because those sometimes provide a glimpse of inner peace and enlightenment. Why not pursue a natural path that helps you reach these sublime states and stay there most or all the time?
Decades of drug experimentation have left a clear conclusion: there is no safe, legal or effective way to stay high on drugs. God knows, enough people have tried and paid a tragic price for the experiment. Wise ones will learn from the experience of others and evolve toward better ways of creating the greatest life of your dreams.
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Your life, and that of others around you, will be more enriched when you:
- read this article again within a few days so you really own it.
- discuss it with trusted family members and friends.
- take recommended action steps that seem right for you.
- 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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– Articles for Transformation and Healing (top tab Articles at SoulProof.com) address the most common questions, concerns, and challenges about life, death, and afterlife.
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AUDIO-PRODUCTS, BOOKS, AND DOCUMENTARY FILM
– Transformational Audio Products (see Shop at SoulProof.com) provide quality sessions at home for a fraction of the cost of an office visit. These CDs and digital audios use deep relaxation, visualization, breathwork, and/or other techniques to: access your inner wisdom, visit with “departed” loved ones, release old wounds and lower energy emotions, evaluate your pre-birth planning, have past life regressions, and other goals.
– Books and Documentary (Shop at SoulProof.com) provide information and strategies to help you more deeply realize and demonstrate:
- you are a forever being of energy / consciousness
- the many wonderful benefits of realizing this
- how to reflect this great news in every aspect of your life — even when confronted with big challenges and changes
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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.
