Greater Reality Institute
Exploring the Greater Reality
Investigating consciousness, life after death, transformative experiences, and the deeper nature of reality through scientific, clinical, experiential, and emerging evidence. Begin with our free 10-Step Learning Path guide.
Founded on the work of Mark Pitstick, MA, DC and decades of consciousness and afterlife research.
The big question
What if consciousness is bigger than the brain?
We don’t ask you to believe. We invite you to explore the evidence.
Explore our research areas- 01Does consciousness survive physical death?
- 02Can consciousness exist independently of the brain?
- 03Can information be exchanged between embodied and postmaterial consciousness?
- 04What can transformative human experiences tell us about the nature of reality?
- 05How might our lives change if we better understood who and what we really are?
Greater Living
Six Keys for Widespread Conscious Living
Mark Pitstick identifies six keys that make greater living practically possible — for you, and for our world as enough people use them.
Read the Six Keys- 01Adopt a more accurate worldview
- 02Experience shorter and lightened grieving
- 03Fine-tune yourself physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually
- 04Become more aware of life’s silver linings
- 05Create the greatest life YOU have envisioned
- 06Fulfill your highest purposes
Featured video
9 Keys to Healing, Living, and Optimally Helping Others in Our World
Dr. Mark Pitstick shares nine keys for transforming grief into healing and purpose, presented with Helping Parents Heal.
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Our founder
Mark Pitstick, MA, DC
50+ years of experience in theology, clinical psychology, holistic health care, and life-after-death research. Author of Soul Proof, The Afterlife Evidence, and co-author of Greater Reality Living.
Meet MarkSix core areas
Fields of inquiry
Consciousness
Explore scientific and philosophical questions surrounding consciousness, awareness, mind, and the brain.
02Survival of Consciousness
Examine evidence suggesting that consciousness may continue beyond bodily death.
03Near-Death & Transformative Experiences
Explore NDEs, shared-death experiences, spiritually transformative experiences, and related phenomena.
04After-Death Communication & Mediumship
Explore reported communication with deceased persons, evidential mediumship, and controlled research.
05Instrumental Transcommunication
Explore EVP, ITC, electronic, optical, audio, and emerging technological approaches to possible communication.
06Emerging Consciousness Technologies
Experimental technologies and research approaches, including SoulPhone-related research.
Evidence standards
Not all evidence is the same.
Every item in our library is labeled so you always know what kind of evidence you are reading.
Open the Evidence ExplorerControlled studies, laboratory research, and peer-reviewed findings.
Observations from medical, hospice, and counseling settings.
Patterns across many independent reported experiences.
Individual first-hand accounts, valued but not generalized.
Promising questions and early-stage research not yet established.
Spiritual or philosophical readings of what the evidence may mean.
Pitstick & Schwartz
Learn The Great News
Ten aspects about ‘the big picture of life’ that Drs. Pitstick and Schwartz describe as based on scientific, clinical, and/or experiential evidence.
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Support research, participate in studies, share experiences, or help spread evidence-based education.
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Courses, a personalized learning pathway, moderated discussion groups, live events and verifiable certificates — all in one private member portal.