An empowering discussion of our spiritual reality from a non-religious, scientifically trained perspective. This knowledge can be a gateway to self-discovery and personal growth, and can help extensively to better handle personal losses and traumas, deaths of loved ones, even PTSD. In the human experience, there is suffering, frustration, hardship, even unbearable misery. We feel helpless, but we are not. With beneficial intentions and an open mind, we can learn how to mitigate negative forces by connecting with higher energies and positive forces. No drugs, no mind-altering substances of any kind are involved. No religious affiliation is required or excluded. It is simply a matter of accessing a part of our brain functioning that most people are not consciously aware of, an altered state of consciousness. Induction into altered state of consciousness has been shown to be safe and effective with a variety of therapeutic uses, such as controlling pain, without drugs or side effects. We can make life better for ourselves and others, and we can keep it that way.