by Mark Pitstick MA, DC

My e-books, ​audio books, audio programs, documentary film, radio shows, articles, and ‘Greater Reality Healing, Living & Helping Program’ are ​all FREE at SoulProof.com.  In lieu of payment, I ask that you fully use the products, share them, and help others as you feel called.

This evidence-based information and holistic resources will help you . . .

  1. Adopt a more accurate worldview based on contemporary understandings about ‘the big picture of life’ and live accordingly – whatever that means for you. (see article #19 ‘The Great News’ about the Nature of Reality at SoulProof.com) 
  2. Experience shorter and lightened grieving after loved ones change worlds and other big changes that seem like losses. 
  3. Fine-tune yourself physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually so you have the vitality to handle life’s demands AND share your greatest gifts / soul’s missions. 
  4. Become more aware of, benefit from, and share life’s silver linings that always accompany opportunities masquerading as adversity. 
  5. Create the greatest life YOU have envisioned. (The term ‘YOU’ refers to your higher self / eternal consciousness / soul) 
  6. Fulfill your highest purposes for being on earth and help make our world a better place. This is now practically possible as discussed in article #125 Eight Developments for Widespread Conscious Living Now. As enough people do this, widespread personal and planetary change will naturally unfold.

To learn more about how you achieve these lofty goals, read the following articles at SoulProof.com/ArticlesAND watch videos at SoulProof.com/Greater Reality Program.

 

Help for Those with Loved Ones Who Passed On by Suicide

Working with family and friends of a person who transitioned from earth via suicide can be one of the most daunting challenges for caregivers.  The pain and suffering accompanying this scenario can run so deep and feel so hopeless.  This may especially be the case for caregivers who are more sensitive and empathetic.  Below is a brief review of my recommendations for health care professionals and lay-caregivers who provide loving services.

I served as a suicide prevention counselor and educator in the mid-70’s while attending theology school.  While employed in hospitals as a respiratory therapist during that same time frame, I worked with numerous patients who tried or completed suicide.  Since then, helping those who are suicidal – and loved ones of those who changed worlds that way – has been one of my top priorities.  I’ve done that as a holistic physician who blended pastoral counseling, clinical psychology, chiropractic health care, clinical nutrition, and optimal self-care education.  To learn more about my training and experience, visit SoulProof.com/About Dr. Mark Pitstick.

For a holistic approach to helping family and friends, read and use my FREE articles, books, and audio programs.  The Greater Reality Healing, Living & Helping Program I created is another source of evidence-based information and resources for people after any kind of loss. NOTE: For additional information, visit the Alliance of Hope website at https://allianceofhope.org/

1. Recommended articles at SoulProof.com/Articles

     #4 When a Loved One Passes On by Suicide

     #9 Visit with Your ‘Departed’ Loved Ones Now

     #14 Heaven and Hell . . . What Are They Really?

     #28 Afterlife Contacts

     #70 Holistic Breathing Technique

     #71 Ask Your Soul, Angels, and The Light

     #108 Higher Energies, Emotions, and Ways of Being

     #126 Can the Soul Exit the Body Before Severe Suffering and Death?

     #131 Greater Reality Healing, Living & Helping Program


2. Suggested books at SoulProof.com/Shop

    The Afterlife Evidence that shares the scientific, clinical, and experiential evidence that no one really dies regardless of their means of passing on.

    Soul Proof, especially the section Suicide: NOT An Unforgiveable Sin in chapter 6 Input from Religions and Spirituality.

    Ask the Soul Doctor for answers to the most frequently asked questions about life, death, and afterlife.  Several questions about the afterlife and reincarnation status of those who changed worlds by suicide are answered.

 

3. Recommended audio programs at SoulProof.com/Shop

    Holistic Breathing Technique to release deep pain, old wounds, needless fears, and past misinformation about the nature of reality

    Ask Your Soul, Angels, and The Light to more clearly discern input from your higher self / consciousness, spiritual support team, and Source Energy

    Afterlife Contact Technique to develop a different but very real relationship and communication with your loved ones now living in the next phase of eternity

 

4. Greater Reality Healing, Living & Helping Program

The Greater Reality Healing, Living & Helping Program addresses root causes of those with suicidal intention to hopefully prevent this choice.  It also helps those with loved ones who passed on by suicide to choose a higher-energy path to heal and positively transform.  This is a key focus for Helping Parents Heal and other more evolved grief recovery groups since so many people pass on via suicide or overdoses.  (It’s the #2 cause of death among the age 15 – 35 group.)  In my opinion, many people who transition by suicide are more evolved souls who just can’t stay on earth any longer due to several factors:

   a. They are empathic and, thus, doubly feel lower-energy thoughts, words, and actions of anger, pain, despair, guilt, etc. that currently abound on our planet.

   b. They don’t receive sensible and evidence-based ‘spiritual’ teachings about how life is set up.  Further, these more advanced souls can see through the BS of more fundamentalist religious denominations.  (Those are a distinct minority, but they negatively impact many people with fear-based teachings about an eternal hell, only one way to salvation, a judgmental God, etc.  As a result, many people – particularly those who think for themselves – understandably reject any notion of a loving Creative Intelligence and afterlife.)

   c. Their more advanced souls / energies require optimal self-care and natural health care for normal functioning.  The brain, GI system, nervous system, and immune system are especially harmed by negative factors (excess chemicals, heavy metals, mental stimulation, harmful junk foods and sugars, etc.) and lack of positive factors (key nutrients, relaxation / meditation, kindred spirits in their tribe, awareness of their true nature, and accurate teachings about Creator and the nature of reality).


I’ll close this short article with a series of beautiful experiences reported by Laura Grether.  (I’ll comment on each one in parentheses.)

      Two days before my son Erich passed on, I had a dream that my younger son called me to say that Erich had shot himself and he was dead.  I arose from bed, saw it was 3:14 AM, and thought, ‘Wow, that was a terrible nightmare!’   Two days later, I got the call, and the dream became a reality.

(Many loved ones have precognitive warnings that prepare them, at least a bit, beforehand.)

      That night, unable to sleep, I sat in the dark at the kitchen table.  Suddenly, in my mind, I saw a beautiful pool of water surrounded by tall plants that seemed to be alive and breathing.  It was indescribably beautiful.  In the middle of the pool was Erich who was    floating inches above the water.  He was covered in light and surrounded by light beings  who were shining with wings like butterflies.  They were huge and splashing Erich with water consisting of colors that I cannot describe.  Absolutely stunning!

      At that moment, my vision stopped but I have no doubt that he was being healed from his pain.  In my mind, I heard the words “Healing Showers’.  My fear of hell was decreased as I realized I had just been a part of his afterlife experience.  I still remember this so vividly . . .it’s imprinted in my memory.

(‘Healing showers’ have been reported by near-death experiencers, clients in Life Between Lives sessions, and by evidential mediums.  Much hope and peace accompany knowing that the loved one who passed on is lovingly cared for.  Laura’s diminished fear of hell and sensing the beauty of Erich’s afterlife experience can provide lasting benefits.)

      Three days after his passing, I kept asking myself ‘Why?  Why Erich?’  Later, as I was driving to the store, I suddenly felt intense emotional pain, but this was different.  Erich was coming through again.  It began to thunder, and the rain was pouring down so I pulled into a parking lot and parked.  I sat quiet for a moment and then, in a flash like a movie, I felt Erich.  He showed me that he was driving while so full of anger and rage.  He was crying and screaming; then he parked his car and shot himself.

      I sat in the car and couldn’t catch my breath for a moment, but I felt that he had answered my ‘Why’ questions.  He had shared his pain with me.  I sat there for ten minutes to compose myself and then another flash.  I saw Erich sitting in the passenger seat of his car while looking at his dead body in the driver’s seat.  From the coroner’s report I saw later,  the position of the body was exactly how I saw it.  Then the most beautiful thing happened    . . . Erich looked right at me and said, ‘Mom, I left my body first and I didn’t feel a thing.’

(Laura’s understanding about the degree of pain some people experience before choosing suicide is a gift that answers the understandable ‘why’ questions.  Her view of his body as confirmed by the coroner’s report provides some validation that this was more than ‘just an imaginary experience’.  Most impactfully, he told her that he didn’t suffer.  As discussed in article #126, evidence from multiple sources indicates that no or very abbreviated suffering is possible.  That is such a relief for loved ones who worry about their dear one suffering.)

      Exactly three weeks after his passing, the most profound thing happened.  Again at 3:14AM, I was in my office with my headphones on watching YouTube.  Suddenly my body became so indescribably cold.  My eyes were drawn to the doorway six feet from me and there was Erich walking past my room.  I call this his ‘goodbye for now’ walk by.  I think he was staying close to me during those hard times, but it was his time to go.

(This section highlights the importance of staying alert for signs such as common times, dates, and others.  It also shares an example of afterlife contacts that aren’t crazy but, rather, quite common.  To learn more about signs and visits, see chapter 2 of the Shining Light Parents Speak book.)

The above program, along with other services you provide, will go a long way toward helping family and friends whose loved ones have passed on via suicide or any means.  Please don’t hesitate to mail me at mark@soulproof.com if I can assist you and those you serve in any way.  For additional information, visit the Alliance of Hope website at https://allianceofhope.org/

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Hugs, love, blessings, and let it shine!
Mark

Mark Pitstick MA, DC

– a​uthor, lecturer, c​ounselor, and holistic chiropractic physician 

– spokesperson, researcher, and strategic planner for SoulPhone Project

– ​founder of ‘Greater Reality Healing, Living & Helping Program’

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University-based research has now scientifically proven that life continues after bodily death.  The SoulPhone Project will enable communication with postmaterial (so-called “deceased”) loved ones and luminaries who want to help us heal our world. How does this project, The Great News, and The 8 Developments affect the way you live and treat others and our planet?  (To learn more, see articles #35, 19, and 125 at SoulProof.com/Articles)

Dr. Pitstick 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. 

To learn more about the Greater Reality Healing, Living, and Helping Program, visit the ‘Greater Reality Programs’ top tab at SoulProof.com and SoulPhone.org.  Also see  articles #19, 72, 82, 119, and 125 at SoulProof.com/Articles.

SoulProof.com provides many FREE resources:

  • 8 e-books Radiant Wellness, Soul Proof, The Eleven Questions, Greater Reality Living, The Big Picture of Life, The Afterlife Evidence, Ask the Soul Doctor, and Shining Light Parents Speak
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In lieu of payment, he asks that you: (1) fully use and appreciate the products, (2) share them with others, and (3) help others in ways you feel called.

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Note: This article is intended as a reference source, not to replace professional treatment for physical, emotional, or mental problems.  The author disclaims any liability arising directly or indirectly from the voluntary use of action steps discussed in article. 

Dr. Pitstick created this article while ‘wearing the hat’ of a clinician, counselor, and educator.  His statements are based upon some scientific research; much clinical and experiential evidence; his personal experiences; and best current understandings.  This article does not reflect his role in the SoulPhone Project since that requires scientific data for all statements.