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.
Why Are You on Earth Now? S.A.G.E. Training
You, as an infinite spiritual/energetic being, chose this earth experience for four primary reasons: service to others, adventure, growth and enjoyment. This earth experience provides unique opportunities and experiences. The first letters of the words “service, adventure, growth, enjoyment” spell the word sage. This acronym is a reminder that you are visiting this physical plane for important reasons—for sage training. Let’s examine the four.
Serving others is one reason we’re here. We each are beings of light. When we share that light, we are radiant—inwardly and outwardly.
Native American wisdom has long taught that all people have a “give-away,” a special gift to impart at the right time.
Serving others benefits both the giver and the recipient. Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” A universal law seems operative here: we get back ten-fold what we give out. As the Beatles put it, “And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.”
Service to others is an essential component of total success. The most serene and accomplished people I know are those who regularly and unselfishly give of themselves.
Some people feel an inner emptiness due to a lack of purpose or direction in life. A self-centered life devoid of service just doesn’t feel right. The solution for this problem is simple: open your eyes and heart and see how life calls you into service.
All humanity is one big family; we’re all children of God. Serving others helps us see through the illusion of separateness. Helping one another triggers an inner knowing that we’re all in this earthly classroom together. We learn our lessons best when we act with compassion and love one another.
Matthew 5:14-16 described the wise words attributed to Jesus, “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men.” We’re here to let our inner lights shine. Make your life a blazing example of how bright and beautiful life can be.
Adventure is the next reason that we, as souls, come to such a challenging planet.
One morning years ago, I began rousing from sleep and was aware of a recurrent phrase that had been going through my head. The phrase was: this earth-experience is a totally safe and magnificent adventure amidst eternity. That’s become one of my guiding themes.
Your time on earth can be seen as an exciting adventure when you remember your infinite spiritual/energetic nature. If this life is all there is, there’s a lot of beauty, but there’s some gloom and doom as well. However, it’s an entirely different story when you really know that life is ever-changing but never-ending. That’s when the fun begins and you can enjoy life’s adventures with faith, not fear. You already know that everyone’s story has a happy ending, even if it’s grim during the middle pages.
Many people enjoy reading books and watching movies with action and suspense.
It’s the same way in life. A constant sameness where nothing exciting ever happened would soon get boring. So your soul signs up to experience adventures. Every aspiring hero needs something to overcome—a mean villain or great adversity. That’s why fairy tales and legends of knights are such universally popular themes. Adventure allows you to expand your perceived limits, to find out just how powerful and capable you are.
In the pioneer days, wagon wheels caused ruts in the road if they ran over the same place time after time. Similarly, you can get into ruts without challenges and change. A variety of life experiences opens you to the infinite field of all possibilities in life.
Growth is the next reason that your soul volunteers to visit places like earth. Advanced learning is a huge motivation for visiting physical dimensions.
The collective evidence indicates that your spiritual self purposely chooses diverse life events in order to learn specific lessons. Just as you go through elementary, junior and senior high school, you likewise benefit from life’s gradational lessons. Handling the challenges of this planet can powerfully assist consciousness raising. Difficulties help you work on your rough edges and discover what parts of yourself are not yet congruent with the Light.
Growth allows a more complete experience of God. You may need to learn patience, empathy or humility before deeply realizing the Divine firsthand. Your soul may select difficult life experiences that aid spiritual growth in deficient areas.
When confronted by adversity, remind yourself that you volunteered for challenges that you knew would provide important lessons. You trained for life’s difficult missions just like the members of the popular TV show and movie Mission Impossible.
As you have probably experienced, life’s toughest challenges provide the biggest lessons. This physical plane is a perfect classroom for personal growth because of its density and struggles. It’s like weight lifting: to develop bigger muscles, you lift more weight more times. Challenging experiences provide empowering opportunities for developing spiritual muscles.
Source Energy/God/Life Itself is everywhere, within and all around you. Life’s learning experiences refine you and make you more aware of this omnipresent Spirit. Then you can reflect it on all levels of your being.
Enjoyment is the last reason why spiritual beings visit this planet. A Puritan work ethic persists in some cultures and makes people feel bad about feeling good. It’s important to work hard, but it’s also essential to play and enjoy life.
Consider the myriad experiences available on earth that some take for granted: the feel of rain drops on your skin, the sound of waves on a lake or ocean, views of sunsets and sunrises, smells of freshly baked bread, tastes of fresh ripe fruit, the touch of a loved one’s caress, notes of beautiful music, sights of a baby smiling, fragrances of fresh flowers, sensations of chocolate melting on the tongue.
Life, whether on physical worlds or in spiritual dimensions, is full of exquisite richness and wonder. Why not enjoy the entire spectrum of creation?
Joy is also a compass to guide your self through life’s obstacle courses. How better to know that you’re on the right path than to follow what feels good and gives you joy? Feelings provide immediate feedback, like the old “you’re getting colder, you’re getting hotter” find the button game. Feeling enthusiastic—which means “filled with God”—means you’re getting closer to your optimal balance.
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Service, adventure, growth and enjoyment: that’s a lot packed into one earth-experience that lasts only a blink of an eyewhen compared to the span of eternity.
While watching the movie Superman Returns, I wondered why Superman would bother with the Clark Kent thing. Why wouldn’t he just fly around and skip the mild-mannered reporter part?
The answer that came to me addresses the question, “Why am I here?” Taking on a lesser role allows him to develop compassion and serve others better. If he were Superman all the time, he wouldn’t get to enjoy the full spectrum of adventure in human life. As Clark Kent, he gets to grow in ways not possible as a super hero.
Finally, he wouldn’t be able to enjoy relationships and intimately experience life from different perspectives if he were the man of steel all the time.
Like Superman, you are a tremendously powerful being who has temporarily taken on a limiting disguise. You are an indestructible spiritual being who has wisdom and abilities that far surpass your outer persona. You really are Super-Soulwho has assumed a human disguise for important reasons. Your challenge is to remember and demonstrate all that, even amidst the trials and tribulations of a physical incarnation.
If you can do that, you will become an even brighter light in the world and more deeply realize your infinite interconnection with the Ground of All Being. You will better serve as a conduit for Creative Energy as It expands. Sage training . . . that’s why you’re here.
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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.
