Serve Others and Make the World a Better Place

WHAT IS GREATER REALITY LIVING? The term greater reality living describes how you might choose to live as you expand your awareness of reality, which is defined as the state of things as itactuallyexists . Because so much of reality escapes the five physical senses, you likely have viewed life as if through a tiny pinhole and then wondered why things don’t make sense . As the old saying goes, “There is much more to life than meets the eye . ” Ifyou are nowinspired to expand your perception and take action in your own life, the Greater Reality Living model outlined in this series of Transformation Coaching articles provides a roadmap to : 1) Learn That Consciousness Survives Physical Death 2) Internalize This Great News 3) Vitalize Your Body, Mind and Spirit 4) Enjoythe Many Benefits of Greater Reality Living 5) Serve Others and Make the World a Better Place I designed this LIVES model to prepare people for optimal living after learning about the findings of Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D., who directs the Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health at the Uni- versity of Arizona. He is a Harvard graduate, former Harvard and Yale professor, and author of nine books includingThe Afterlife Experimentsand The Sacred Promise. I also started the nonprofit SoulPhone Foundation (http://www.SoulPhone.org) to help fund research and development for the SoulPhone Project. Depending on funding, a reliable and highly accurate SoulSwitch™ that provides yes/no answers from post-material (“deceased”) persons may be completed in 2020. An array of these switches can be used to produce a SoulKeyboard™ to enable texting and typing with them. This will greatly increase the quality and quantity of communication with postmaterial loved ones as well as scientists, inventors, and others who want to help us improve life on Earth. Replicated, multi-center, university-based scientific studies for the SoulPhone™ technology have now — for the first time in human history — definitively demonstrated that death is NOT the end of life.

“One of my goals as a scientist is to make the u nknow n more know n and the invisible more visible. Understanding more of the greater reality is a major key to personal and p lanetary transfor mation. -Dr . Gary Schwartz

By Mark Pitstick, MA, DC

Have you ever wondered, “What will it take to awaken a sufficient number of people and make a major positive difference in our world?” The collective evidence that life is eternal can be a huge step in that direction, since the fear of death has negatively impacted humanity in so many ways. In this article, I want to share quotes from great teachers to help you grasp the possibilities for helping others and positively transforming yourself and our planet. You don’t have to work long and hard at it. Just remember your true nature and amazing potentials, then take action steps based on your new perspective. This formula, applied by a critical mass of people, can change our world for the better. It’s really that simple. Consider the potential transformation possible when selfish political and big business interests no longer

block important changes. As author Stephan A. Schwartz commented, “The challenge is not technical so much as political.” A similar test applies to the scientific recognition of the greater reality. The successful creation of SoulPhone technology, for example, will provide definitive evidence of life beyond death of the earthly body. However, this technical advancement also will require political evolution. Dr. Schwartz and a team of 10 senior scientists created the Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences (http://www.AAPSGlobal. com) to help bring updated knowledge to academia and the general public. To date, nearly 300 scientists, university professors and physicians have signed the manifesto for the Academy. Accomplishing important changes can happen quickly when we elect and monitor political representatives who are progressive and caring. Please do your part to ensure that elected leaders are intelligent and service-oriented, and willing to work toward solutions. In Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela wrote, “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his back- ground, or his religion. People must learn to hate. And if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

As Maya Angelou said and Op rah Winfrey w idely shared, "When you know better , you do better ."

Will you put your newfound knowledge and strategies to work and make the world a better place? Neale Donald Walsch, author of the Conversations with God series

of books, stated: “If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best. The new spirituality will produce an experience in human en- counters in which we become a living demonstration of the basic spiritual teaching: ‘We are all one.’ We’re seeing a higher level of consciousness and many more opportunities for people to challenge their present ways of thinking and move into a grander and larger experience of who they really are.” After a near-death experience (NDE) or other spiritually transformative experiences, many people reorder their priorities. They become less concerned with excess materialism and superficial pursuits. Over time, they become more focused on helping others, deepening their compassion, and enjoying life’s simple pleasures. You now have the opportunity to learn how to do the same. In Living in a Mindful Universe, Eben Alexander M.D. wrote: “A brilliant, hopeful future is within our grasp—we must simply choose to make it so. Each of us is a potential change agent that can help bring our collective vision to fruition. It is up to us individually to accept the invitation to break out of the illusion of the physical world. We must acknowledge our spiritual nature and how it resonates with the fundamental nature of the universe.” Please don’t hold back from doing something because this vision seems overwhelming. Everyone’s contribution is important and sufficient.

As anthropologist Margaret Mead said, "Never doubt that a small, committed group of peop le can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

An Eastern p roverb notes: "It's better to light just one candle than to cu rse the darkness. You never know how far reaching something you say or do today may be in the futu re."

The Helping Parents Heal group was started by two bereaved parents after their child’s earthly body died. Now there are over 70 chapters worldwide with local and online groups and 10,000 members. More than 500 people attended their first national conference, and they expect 1,000 at the next one. This is a beautiful example of how just two people chose to find the silver lining and help others. Drs. Wayne Dyer and Bernie Siegel gave the same advice when I asked them how to reach and help more people: “Pray every morning and ask, ‘How can I help?’ Then keep your eyes open and feel how life calls you to serve.” When you feel discouraged about all the problems in the world, consider this story about a man who was walking along the beach. He saw thousands of starfish that had washed up overnight and would soon perish from the hot sun and birds of prey. Then he noticed a woman gently picking several up and walking them out into deeper water so they could survive. The man said to her incredulously, “Why are you doing this? Look at all these starfish. You can’t begin to make a difference.” The woman picked up a few more and, as she walked them out to safety, said: “I’m making a difference for these.”

To extend the possibilities of this story, what if the man realized the wisdom of her words and began pitching in? Might others no- tice and begin to help as well? Soon, all of the starfish could be rescued. The analogy in this story for addressing personal and worldwide needs is obvious. 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 helpanother w ithout help ing himself."

A universal law seems operative here; you get back so much when you help others. Can you imagine the summation effect as more people awaken to their true nature and interconnection with all life, and live accordingly? The potential for transformation has no ceiling. Remarkable achievements are readily attainable as more people become enlightened and serve as they feel called.

Overpop ulation, p rejudice, hu nger , poverty, disease and war can become relics of the past as peop le hold a more positive world vision and do their part to achieve it.

In Life and Teaching of The Masters of The Far East, Baird T. Spalding wrote nearly a century ago, “God is holding the ideal perfect world in mind in every detail and it is bound to come forth as a heaven or perfect home where all His children, all His creatures, and all His creations may dwell in peace and harmony. This is the perfect world that God saw in the beginning and the one He is thinking into existence right now; the time of its manifestation lies in our acceptance of it.” Helping others is also a great way to serve and thank the Light. In her book In the Heart of the World, Mother Theresa stated: “Seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, all the time and His hand in every happening, this is what it means to be contemplative in the heart of the world. Seeing and adoring the presence of Jesus in the distressing disguise of the poor.”

Some peop le waste p recious time and energy ranting about how some peop le are so c rooked, thoughtless and ignorant. We like Gandhi's advice: "Be the change you want to see in the world."

Serving others is a great way to create more peace, joy and harmony for yourself and others. Our world can quickly come together as more people realize the sacred oneness in all creation.

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Mark Pitstick, MA, DC is an author, master’s clinical psychologist, holistic chiropractic physician, frequent media guest, and webinar/workshop facilitator. He directs The SoulPhone Foundation and founded Greater Reality Living Groups. Dr. Pitstick can help you know and show—no matter what is happening to or around you— that your earthly experience is a totally safe, meaningful, and magnificent adventure amidst forever. Visit http://www.SoulProof.com for free articles, newsletters and radio interviews with top consciousness experts.

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