Resources

I have spent so many days, so many evenings, late nights going down rabbit holes online. One query leads to another, as I’ve worked to understand, educate myself, research the science, tie things together in my mind—so that I not only believe, but also know. I provide resources here I trust so you hopefully don’t have to go down the rabbit holes, too.

Grief Support

Helping Parents Heal

helpingparentsheal.org

Helping Parents Heal (HPH) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting parents whose children have passed. Through support and resources, HPH aspires to help individuals become “Shining Light Parents,” meaning a shift from a state of emotional heaviness to hopefulness and greater peace of mind. HPH goes a step beyond other groups by allowing the open discussion of spiritual experiences and afterlife evidence in a nondogmatic way. HPH welcomes everyone regardless of religious or nonreligious background and encourages open dialogue.

Other Resources for Grief Support

Grief Recovery After Substance Passing (GRASP)
grasphelp.org

The Compassionate Friends
compassionatefriends.org

Dr. Lucy Hone
drlucyhone.com

Lifespan Integration
lifespanintegration.com

EMDR trauma therapy—find a licensed therapist
emdria.org

In the event of a mental health emergency in the United States, if you or someone you know is considering suicide or self-harm:

Call or text 988, the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or use the chat feature at 988lifeline.org.

Text “HOME” to 741741.

Go to the nearest emergency room.

Science

I provide here information about some reputable institutions and universities studying the survival of consciousness and the afterlife.

Windbridge Research Center, with Dr. Julie Beischel:
windbridge.org

Laboratory for Advances in Consciousness and Health (LACH), Dr. Gary E. Schwartz, Director: lach.org

University of Virginia Division of Perceptual Studies, studying extraordinary experiences: med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies

New York University’s Parnia Lab, studying the experience of death and conscious awareness in an unbiased and methodical manner: med.nyu.edu/research/parnia-lab

Yale University COPE (Influence/Control Over Perceptual Experiences) Project: powerslab.net

Life After Life, the website of Dr. Raymond Moody and the pioneers who are following in his footsteps: lifeafterlife.com

IONS (Institute of Noetic Science), founded by Apollo 14 astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell: noetic.org

Academy for the Advancement of Postmaterialist Sciences (AAPS), inspiring scientists in all areas to expand their theories, methods, and applications by exploring mind and consciousness as core properties of nature and the cosmos: aapsglobal.com

Dr. Gary E. Schwartz says there’s huge amounts of evidence that, when put together, make an overwhelming evidential case for life after death. When you integrate all five areas of the research noted by the books below—none of which is definitive in itself—it’s far beyond reasonable doubt. “In fact, the only way that you can doubt this, is to engage in unreasonable doubt.”

Life After Life by Raymond Moody, MD (on near-death experiences)

Hello from Heaven! by Bill Guggenheim and Judy Guggenheim (on after-death communication)

Children Who Remember Previous Lives by Ian Stevenson, MD, and colleagues at the University of Virginia (on reincarnation)

The Afterlife Experiments by Gary E. Schwartz, PhD (research on and with mediums)

The emergence of postmaterial communication technology as discussed in books by Dr. Schwartz: Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence, Greater Reality Living, and the upcoming The SoulPhone Experiments. His article “Photonic Measurement of Apparent Presence of Spirit Using a Computer Automated System” was published in Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing.

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