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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When a Loved One’s Earthly Form Is Dying
Watching the body of a loved one go through the process of dying can be difficult.
(Did you notice how I stated that? Your loved one isn’t dying, just her outer shell. Over 99% of who and what she is continues to live after bodily death. That’s very important to remember at this time.)
Even so, you may feel helpless about not being able to do more or prevent his passing. You may feel angry toward yourself, your loved one, the health care team, or even the Creator and Sustain of All Life about what is happening. You may notice several conflicting emotions at the same time. For example, you may feel very sad that she is dying and, simultaneously, happy that her suffering is coming to an end.
Again, hopefully you deeply know that what is dying is just a very small part of who and what your beloved family, friend, or pet is. That knowledge can make all the difference in how fully and quickly you reach acceptance and healing when a loved one changes worlds.
The dying process can be a powerfully transformative time for you, your family, and the person who is transitioning. Much growth and many blessings await those who consciously experience life’s biggest change with peace, faith, and awareness. Here are eleven points to remember:
1. Death is not an end. Much documented clinical, scientific, and experiential evidence strongly indicates that life does not end when the physical body dies. The Soul Proof book and documentary film and Greater Reality Living book share much of this convincing evidence. I said it before, but it bears repeating: the physical body is much less than 1% of who and what your dying loved one really is. The rest—all the energy, consciousness, memories, personality, love and more—continues on.
2. It’s normal to experience different emotions. Be prepared for an avalanche of feelings that you rarely experience occurring together during an earthly experience. You may feel lower energy emotions such as sadness, guilt, anger, and fear. At the same time, you may feel higher energy emotions such as love, joy, peace, relief, and gratitude. That may feel like a roller-coaster at first. Meditation, prayer, quiet time in nature, and talking about it can help you release lower energy emotions so you can focus on higher ones. See article #41 The A.R.T. Technique to assist this process.
3. Your loved one likely wants to talk about his transition. Imagine preparing to embark on a trip to a destination far away. Wouldn’t you want to talk about it? Your loved one who is preparing to change worlds probably does too – even if he seems reticent to do so initially. Women are usually more verbal than men, but most dying people want to discuss it. Ask him how he feels, what is he thinking, what is he fearful of, and what is he excited about. Ask what his afterlife beliefs were as a youth and what they are now. Then really listen. You will learn much and he will be able to process his emotions.
4. Being present during the physical death of a loved one can lessen your fear of death. Many family and friends who are present at the time of a dear one’s passing report feeling peace that occurs at the moment of death. They see the pain go away and the ego release. They eventually notice the dying person cease to struggle and she relaxes into the process of graduating. They often see a little smile form as the unneeded body is discarded.
Bodily death is like being born – only in reverse. A new born has just arrived on earth after coming from the great beyond. Those who pass on are returning Home. Remembering this can make their and your transition into the next stage of life easier.
I and eleven consciousness experts – Raymond Moody, Caroline Myss, Anita Moorjani, Gary Schwartz, and others – discuss their understandings about this and other important topics about life in my book The Eleven Questions. You also can hear my interviews with them for free at Radio Shows.
5. Create a joyful and peaceful environment. Play favorite music and movies. Put inspiring posters and artwork on the wall. Laugh, cry, tell stories, share your hopes and fears. Ask her what wonderful memories stand out during her life and then really listen. Some people like to make audio or video recordings of these precious stories.
Create an awakened and loving space for your loved one to birth into the next phase of life. It will also help you and other loved ones relax and realize death is an integral part of living.
6. Death isn’t contagious. Unless your loved one has an infectious disease, it’s good to touch her. Rub her feet and back, brush her hair, cuddle up beside her in bed, hold hands. The dying person wants to be touched before she journeys from earth. She isn’t gone yet. Being with a dying person isn’t a spectator event—you’re not watching it on TV. It is real life happening in real time, so treasure touching her. Also, consider bringing in a massage therapist, Reiki, Healing Touch or other practitioner to release tension and ease discomfort.
7. He may see “the welcoming committee.” As your loved one’s general health and mental clarity diminish, he may be able to see what was there all along: loved ones in spirit, angels, guides, and the Light. In the past, some health care providers thought such patients were losing their minds. But now most know the dying person is excited about sensing those who have come to journey with him. Ask him about these visitors and listen. To learn more about these ‘Death Bed Visits’, read Greater Reality Living.
8. You may have a ‘shared crossing’ experience. It’s fairly common for family and friends of the dying person to feel the peace and joy that accompany glimpsing the Light. You may see or feel entities who are there to assist her graduation to the next level. The room may fill with light at the time of her passing. You may feel “the peace that passes all understanding” near the time of physical death. These gifts are there for those with open hearts and minds, especially if you can remain relaxed and present during the dying experience. To learn more, visit Shared Crossing Project.
9. Invite an evidential medium to help. An evidential medium can provide valuable insights about people and pets that have changed worlds before and relay their messages. This input can radically change the mood of everyone for the better. Andy, my fiancé who is a medium and can see energy, was present when my dad was preparing to cross over. She saw the soul of his grandmother whom dad helped when she was dying. Andy was told by the grandma to ask dad about the icebox when he was a kid. That simple question led to dad laughing and telling stories about his youth, and that’s literally how he spent his last waking hour on earth. What a great way to go! To find a good medium, see article #6 Evidential Mediums.
10. She may want to transition from earth while alone. You’ve likely heard stories of loved ones who, after spending many hours with the dying person, finally went to the cafeteria or bathroom. While they were gone, their loved one crossed over. Some dying persons are more private and want to pass on while alone. Others are worried about traumatizing their loved ones. If family and friends aren’t ready to accept that the person is dying, she may transition while there is more peace and quiet.
11. Say ‘see you later’ – not ‘good-bye.’ You can bless others by remembering that death is not an end. Your loved one completed his earth-school lessons, that’s all. We all pass on sooner or later – it’s truly not a big deal. Love and life continue after death . . . who knows what adventures you two will have in the future. Forever is a very, very long time so there will be ample opportunities for enjoying each other’s company in other times and places.
What’s more, you can likely enjoy a continuing but different relationship with your dear ones who have changed worlds. To learn more, see article #9: Visiting ‘Departed’ Loved Ones Now. You can use the Facilitated After-Death Contacttechnique to increase the chances of sensing that your dear ones in spirit are indeed very much alive, well, and near.
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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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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.
