Between Two Worlds: Lessons From the Other Side

by Tyler Henry

I think we can agree that we all benefit from the healing of others and the idea that love is eternal. The goal of my work, and the work of many other authentic mediums, is to reinforce these universal truths.

“There won’t be much, but the necklace in the brown box is yours,” she said. “It’s just stuff. I will see you again.” I stared in astonishment. How casual she seemed, and her demeanor was as soft as it had been in life. Her voice was the kind, comforting sound that was so familiar to me. The light around her expanded, and she stepped forward. I felt her warm embrace around me and her wordless message: her love for me transcended death itself.

Over the next few days, my family prepared for my grandmother’s funeral. At the church, as people filled the pews, I felt no need to be there. Only a few days earlier, I had experienced the most profound closure for which a person could ask. Though I didn’t fully understand what my experience meant, I never questioned how real it was. Throughout the service, I observed people whom I didn’t know speaking about my grandmother in heartfelt eulogies. As I watched each person go to the stage, I understood how my best friend, advocate, and the human being I was closest to had changed the lives of everyone she touched. Their eyes communicated a loss that words couldn’t do justice. That didn’t stop them from trying, though. As for my grandmother’s spirit? It was nowhere to be seen. I realized in that moment that funerals are really for the living.

It was in that moment that I understood that symbols, and their contexts, often convey messages far deeper and more profound than they appear. More than anything, it showed me that my urgent desperation to say goodbye to my grandmother the night she passed—a feeling to which so many can relate when facing loss—hadn’t been necessary. Dying doesn’t mean having to say goodbye.

I was reminded of one of the earliest insights I’d ever been given from my guides: being on life support is like wearing locked handcuffs.

I continued scanning the audience, and made my way over to a pretty brunette girl who had tears in her eyes, from watching the other readings. In a striking British accent, she introduced herself as Charlie. Almost immediately, a woman I identified as Charlie’s grandmother came through, painting for me the picture of a relationship that had ended abruptly, with some kind of personal trauma attached. Through symbols, her grandma acknowledged for me that a blood vessel had ruptured, and she made some sort of reference to her makeup. Strongest of all, I felt a deep sense of love for her granddaughter, which cut across all time and space. Charlie’s emotion was palpable. She told us that she had watched her beloved grandma die unexpectedly in front of her, shortly after Charlie had a conversation about her makeup. The grandmother’s spirit positively radiated with her granddaughter’s validation, which made the message so fulfilling to deliver. Not only was her grandmother a beautiful communicator, but Charlie had an energy unlike anyone I had ever met. Just being around her, I’d later find, helped get me into a receptive, open mindset. Her spirit and way of thinking were like a powerhouse for spirituality . . . and ultimately made her a perfect fit as my future assistant, a role she would step into after a series of synchronicities of her own.

Fundamentally, that’s what my passion is all about. Whether in Hanford or Hollywood, my intention will always be the same: to show as many people as I can that love lasts forever. The bonds we forge in this world never break.

our loved ones come through to us because they want to share what dying taught them about living.

Our egos are our beliefs about ourselves. It’s an identity of our own creation and conditioning that doesn’t reflect who we truly are as souls. Yet, as human beings, our egos are developed from infancy and maintained throughout our lives. We think of our talents, abilities, and personalities as who we are, but these are all capabilities we have, not the defining features of our soul-selves.

... only Love is real ...

The death process acts as a rebirth, and the growth, change, and perspective we acquire in transitioning are the natural results of an expanding consciousness. It happens to even the most jaded people (and a single incarnation doesn’t define an entire soul). As our states of existence shift and develop, deeper understandings of our roles in the universe are birthed.

I can’t claim to know exactly how this process works, how many lives we live, who reincarnates, who doesn’t, and when—nor, especially, who or what controls the process. But I’ve picked up on enough past lives that I’m convinced these are part of a soul’s journey. The implications of what this says about our interconnectedness and the evolution of humankind throughout history are mind-boggling. It is one of the greatest mysteries of life and death, perhaps so intricate and complex that our brains are simply not capable of understanding. And that mystery, that infinite series of question marks, may be a lesson in itself.

My client described her dreams in the same way I’d heard countless visitations depicted: super-vivid. Many report that the dreams felt almost like real-life memories. Whereas normal dreams are often nonsensical, inconsistent in chronology, and varyingly vague, spiritual dreams have an unmistakable sharpness. They also tend to be remembered as short interactions, regardless of time elapsed. To an intuitive person, dream visitations are conspicuous and very difficult to ignore.

On the night after my father died, both my Mom & I had a spiritual dream, a visitation with my Dad. I lost him when I was 18; I lost my Mom at 21 ... <3

The spirits of those we love want to remind us that their energy is always with us. We are interconnected, throughout space and time. Pain and sadness are temporary, but their love for us is eternal.

We can learn not to take things personally, to understand that behaviors are the results of conditioning, and to make conscious efforts to understand others instead of automatically reacting to them. As a result, our lives will change drastically for the better.

While everyone who comes through seems to acknowledge growth and perspective, some individuals are nearer the beginning of their journey, and therefore have varying degrees of understanding. We all seem to get there by different routes and speeds.

I definitely believe in an inherent creative force that’s responsible for—and interconnects—all that is. Although I was raised to believe in an anthropomorphic God who passes judgment and metes out damnation or heavenly reward, ultimately my pursuit of God led me inward. I now view God as a force that we are all not just the result of—we are also a part. What gave me that unexplainable feeling of fulfillment as we worshipped together in church was not the “rightness” of the words we were singing together or the doctrine we were supporting. It was the feeling of connection between people in a congregation, as they expressed collective gratitude to the Creator. This feeling of fulfillment doesn’t require religion at all. It is available to any group of souls communing through interconnected passion and selfless dedication to a force greater than themselves. My spiritual sense tells me this is where God lives. No matter how it is manifested, I know that this source connection runs through us all, infinitely.

Tarot cards are a spiritual tool like any other. Whether an individual is using astrology, runes, tarot cards, mirror gazing, tea leaf reading, or any other form of divination, all are tools that intuitive people can use to glean information. The tarot cards themselves hold about as much spiritual power as a deck of playing cards—which is all they were, originally. It’s all about the person reading the card—a tool’s effectiveness depends entirely on the craftsman’s skill in using it.

Do you believe in aliens? I do! I think that there are many forms of consciousness in this universe, and humans aren’t necessarily the only “intelligent” life. Considering how massive the universe is, it’s both naive and egocentric to say that we as humans must be all there is.

I strive to encourage people to live their lives in such a way that they’ll never need help from someone like me. When we live each day with kindness, compassion, and communicative love, there is no business left unfinished. There are no regrets or words we should have said, but didn’t. There is no need for closure or forgiveness or apology of any kind. A life well lived is not harmed by death.