Dr. Gary Schwarz reported in the book, An Atheist in Heaven, that even after decades of research and seven books he wrote on the topic, he still struggled believing it all! He wrote, “In my case, being a well-trained skeptical thinker and well-educated disbeliever in the possibility of an afterlife, I had this strong, uncontrollable emotional reactive habit of automatically assuming that anyone who believed in life after death was naive, ignorant, stupid, brainwashed, prejudiced, delusional and/or crazy. This emotional reaction was clearly inconsistent with the emerging theory … and research. I experienced increasing conflict between what the emerging theory and research were teaching me versus my growing fear that if I accepted the theory and research, that maybe I was becoming ‘brainwashed’ by the theory and evidence, and I was even ‘losing my mind.’ I came to realize that I was like one of Pavlov’s classically conditioned dogs who automatically salivated to the sound of a bell. Dogs do not automatically salivate when they hear a bell ringing, and neither do we.” This confession by Dr. Schwartz is both revealing and disturbing. How could it possibly be that decades of research and validation could not successfully alter his emotions? How could he still harbor fear? Is all Type II Skepticism ultimately a FEAR reaction? Was the origin of Dr. Schwartz’s inexplicable emotions, even after decades, wholly originating with his deep subconscious? If so, it certainly reinforces Creator’s assertions that there is little short of divine intervention, via the Lightworker Healing Protocol and Deep Subconscious Mind Reset, that we can do to alter beliefs in the deep subconscious. What can Creator tell us about Dr. Schwartz’s struggle, and what lessons can we draw from it?

Here again is a testament to the power of belief holding sway in spite of mounting evidence to the contrary about something, like the existence of the divine, having witnessed so many accounts of miracles and divine interventions. If nothing else, this shows how blessed the believers are to have their belief in a world so challenging, and in a state of disconnection where people are basically on their own and must trust their belief in the divine because the rules of engagement do not allow leading. So we cannot simply jump in during a moment of doubt and say, "Hello," and pat the person on the back and tell them, "Just keep going. We're here with you." We can impart such thoughts to people, but they must choose to believe in the possibility that God will hear them, and knows they suffer, and will work on the problem on their behalf. The more challenging and difficult the life, the greater the test of faith that will ensue. Fear, in particular, is the most destructive state of being because it will erode faith and challenge belief accordingly. It is harder to reach us when in a state of fear because the intentions of a fearful person are looking in the opposite direction and magnifying our absence from their life. That is what makes it so scary, to have a difficulty, perhaps even being in pain or mortal danger, and seeing that one is seemingly all alone. The more that becomes the reality believed in, the less we can do to make an appearance, even with an interior hint among the thoughts of a person. So this is a good illustration of the burden on the human being, to keep the faith, stand strong, and persist in holding onto belief in the divine, that it will carry them and make the difference in their life most needed to prevail.