The Light Between Us: Stories from Heaven, Lessons for the Living

by Laura Lynne Jackson

had the ability to see people in colors.

Scientific American, synesthesia

I came to see that I am most comfortable doing readings over the phone because I am able to focus more fully.

I start by going to my bedroom, closing the door, and turning the lights down very low. I sit in a yoga-style position and take off my socks.

close my eyes and focus on my breathing. Once I feel ready, I slip on my cordless headset and contact the person I’m reading—the sitter.

Then I close my eyes again. My eyes stay closed the entire time I’m reading, opening only when I feel the energy of the Other Side pulling back

I say a few words about what I’m going to do and what role the sitter will play in the reading. I explain that when I read, I think of it as a triangle of light—my energy plugging into the sitter’s energy and the energy of his or her loved one on the Other Side. I also ask the sitter to hold any questions until the end of the reading, because it is my hope that the Other Side will address in the course of the reading what the sitter wants to know. I explain how a reading is like a game of psychic charades. Words, numbers, names, dates, symbols, images—all sort of things come through. It’s my job to interpret the information and pas...

A blank rectangular field appears in my mind—an area I call my screen.

Pictures, symbols, images, and even brief film clips appear on my screen.

was able to divide the screen in half.

On the left side psychic activity occurs. This is where I always start a reading, because it helps me to align and ...

where I see the sitter’s core aura, the color map of his or her soul path. For example, if someone’s core color is orange, I know that the person is marked as an artist and that his or her path involves creating art and being filled with art. Blue indicates an advan...

I also might see a separate, second, more immediate aura that pertains to the sitter’s current path.

This second aura appears in a line and gives me a quick snapshot of what energy the sitter is coming out of and what energy he or she is currently in.

yellow to the left on my screen, followed by green in the middle and then orange to the right, I know it means that person has come out of a period of illness, depression, and l...

The left side of the screen is also where the sitter’s spirit guide...

The left side also shows me a horizontal timeline of the sitter’s life.

stay on the left-hand side of the screen—reading auras, assessing energy, examining timelines—until I see and feel someone “pushing in” on my right-hand screen.

The right half of the screen is further divided into top, middle, and lower levels, and these tiers are where I see small but vibrant points of light.

reserve the upper right part of the screen for loved ones from the mother’s side and the lower right for...

Friends, cousins, and peers generally appear closer to the mi...

Once the points of light show up, they will often show me letters, wor...

clairaudience—

clairsentience.

You might wonder how those on the Other Side know to use my screen or my body, or even how they find me. My answer: they just know. We are tied to all those we’ve ever loved by cords of light. Those cords can never be broken.

The most important thing for a sitter to know is that he or she doesn’t need a psychic medium to communicate with loved ones who have passed. If we open our minds and our hearts, we will begin to see the signs and messages they send for us to feel their presence in our everyday lives.

Normally, a person’s core aura comes in a range of one to three colors within a circle on my screen. But Ken’s aura was gigantic and expansive, with colors swirling not only around the inner circle but outside it, too.

saw a beautiful green, which signaled a brilliant openness to new ideas. I saw white, the mastery of a soul test. And I saw pink, an expression of his overwhelming love for humanity. There was also an extraordinary bright blue.

“Blue is a sign of nobility ...

advanced spiritua...